IT SPECIALIST (INFOSEC/NETWORK) (TITLE 32)

This National Guard position is for a IT SPECIALIST (INFOSEC/NETWORK) (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D2338000 and is part of the 109ACS, located in Salt Lake City, UT with the Utah Air National Guard.

This selecting supervisor is Cameron Baker.

Priority will be given to those who are current military members of the Utah Air National Guard.

* Military membership in the Utah Air National Guard is required.

Qualifications:

*Your resume must reflect in detail how the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer meets the below listed general and specialized experience required for the position.

**Must include beginning and ending dates of employment stated as MM/YYYY; and total hours worked per week in order to determine part time vs. full time credit.

Minimum Requirements:
Have experience, education or training that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process. Experience may have been gained in work such as computer operator or assistant, computer sales representative, program analyst, or other positions that required the use or adaptation of computer programs and systems.

Organizational requirements:
* Must have Security Certificate
* Must have TS/SCI security clearance.
* Must become qualified with 17S within 12 months of hire.

Specialized Experience GS-12:
1-year specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-2210-11 (Must provide SF50 reflecting Occupational Series 2210 experience to validate response).
OR
Demonstrate:

• Thorough knowledge of the mission, objectives, terminology, and management practices in the activity, the agency and the department to recognize probable areas of interaction and to serve as a technical expert in systems/network security.
• Knowledge of project management principles and methods sufficient to assign and provide expert technical direction to team members concerning their role in vulnerability assessments.
• Thorough knowledge of network systems design, development, testing, installation, operating, management, and maintenance concepts and methods to provide and protect network services.
• Knowledge of, and skill in applying IT security principles and methods and of IT security products and services sufficient to evaluate and recommend the acquisition of, implement, and disseminate IT security tools, procedures, and practices to protect information assets.
• Extensive knowledge of information technology methods and information protection techniques and procedures. This includes government and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) technology using industry standards and an ability to understand the capabilities and limitations of software, utility programs, network management systems and programming.
• Knowledge of hardware, software, and operating systems; systems configuration and integration; maintenance, upgrades, and modifications.
• Extensive knowledge and skill in applying applicable policies, standards, directives, and operations manuals to perform systems analysis, evaluate approaches, offer advice, define alternative approaches, and coordinate requirements regarding the merits of proposed applications.
• Extensive knowledge of hardware, software, network operations functions, firewalls, packet switching communications protocols, and diagnostic tools to analyze difficult and complex system problems and provides resolutions.
• Knowledge of systems analysis, configuration management, and computer equipment requirements related to networks to assess vulnerabilities. Skill in evaluating innovative approaches in formulation of programs or systems specifications.

Responsibilities:

MAJOR DUTIES: This is NOT an all-inclusive list.

• Prepares for, maintains currency for, and executes an advanced role in Cyberspace Operations. Utilizes knowledge of systems security principles and concepts of emerging Information Technology (IT) security developments, and of the infrastructure protection environment to select appropriate tools to be used by team members.
• Establishes methodology and determines best techniques to secure computer systems and to protect cyber key terrain from exploitation of information within these systems and/or to achieve other tasked objectives in cyberspace.
• Leverages knowledge of multiple entities with a stake in current operations to plan and build appropriate courses of action and training scenarios.
• Functions in at least one of the following advanced roles:
  • a. Cyberspace Crew Commander.
  • b. Cyberspace Operations Controller.
  • c. Operations Planner/Scheduler.
  • d. Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cyberspace Operator.
  • e. National Mission Team Cyberspace Operator.
• Prepares Unit Training Assembly, Annual Training and currency training events for Mission Ready Cyberspace Operators to optimize training time available.
• Ensures training for each event has been prepared and is ready.
• Monitors assigned military members' go-no-go readiness status and ensures deficiencies are recognized.
• Works with scheduling section to provide opportunities for assigned members to maintain full mission readiness.
• Coordinates with maintenance section to ensure all assigned equipment is in good working condition and ready for each training and mission event.
• Conducts extensive research of new vulnerabilities and insecurities discovered in operating systems, application software, infrastructure and boundary protection devices.
• Investigates, analyzes, and develops methods that could be used to exploit these vulnerabilities.
• Conducts testing on training range to validate findings and to develop and refine methods and procedures to mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Coordinates research and findings with the Cyberspace Weapons Officer for inclusion in unit and cyberspace community tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Conducts extensive research of tools currently being used to attack or gain unauthorized access to information networks.
• Analyzes and tests these tools on training range to determine effectiveness, stability, and scope of the tools.
• Recommends and refines tools for use on Cyberspace Weapon System to provide the customer with the best possible evaluation of their security posture.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Salary : $89,508