IT Security Manager

Qualification

To qualify for the NITOAD Branch IT Security Manager position, a person must be a high school graduate or equivalent, however a bachelor’s degree is preferred.

The candidate must also have at least three years of general experience and five years of specialized experience with network and system administration principles, practices, methods, and techniques.

Some higher education from an accredited college or university, preferably with a concentration in computer or management-information science or a related field, may be substituted for some of the required experience.

Regardless of educational substitution, candidates must have specialized experience in two or more of the following areas :

• The ability to maintain technical competency by reading, analyzing, and interpreting common technical journals and documents;
• Proficiency in understanding, adhering to, and implementing federal IT policies and regulations to include FISMA and NIST;
• The ability to recognize and analyze security deficiencies and recommend a corrective plan of action;
• High level of business acumen, strategic agility, ability to develop others, and influence outcomes and change (key results);
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, especially being able to communicate with different groups of people, from end users with little technical knowledge to senior staff.

The ability to lift 50 pounds and occasional travel, including overnight travel, is required. A candidate must have a general understanding of office confidentiality issues, such as attorney / client privileges.

Experience with a public defender, law office, or court functions policies and procedures are preferred. The selected candidate must complete a ten-year background investigation with periodic updates every five years thereafter.

Employment will be considered provisional pending the initial ten-year background investigation. Continued employment will depend upon favorable determinations from the background investigation.

Applicants must be US citizens or be authorized to be employed by the federal government. The full position qualifications statement with position description is available upon request.

Benefits

The starting salary will be commensurate with the experience and qualifications of the applicant within a range of $104,887 (JSP-13, Step 1) to $123,945 (JSP-14, Step 1) per annum.

The position is in the excepted service and does not carry the tenure rights of the competitive Civil Service. The position does offer federal government employee benefits, including health and life insurance programs, retirement, and the Thrift Savings Plan.

Salary is payable only by Electronic Funds Transfer (direct deposit).