IT Specialist (INFOSEC)

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the Fort Belvoir, VA.

Responsible for identifying and applying specialized audit techniques to achieve audit objectives associated with DoD Policy, Local Policy, Information Assurance (IA) vulnerability management program and Command Cyber Readiness Inspections (CCRI).

Responsible for gathering and analyzing information obtained though network security appliances, document review, previous audit reports, written policies and procedures, and other material related to the program, function, or activity under review.

Reviews and evaluates the impact of new systems or system changes against DoD and Army IA/Cybersecurity configuration management, architecture, and network security standards and requirements.

Reviews computer system techniques for accessing files and the total system, to assure data, equipment, and files are not compromised.

Provides technical assistance and security guidelines in the areas of IT, data integrity, intrusion detection, firewall management, forensic, and legal issue coordination on INFOSEC, telecommunications and administrative security.