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Cybersecurity Specialist
Food and Drug Administration · Posted 18 days ago
Hybrid North Bethesda, MD $122K – $191K Apply by Jul 7, 2026 Information Technology Management ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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This position is being filled under a stream-lined hiring authority, Title 21 of the United States Code (21 US Code 379d-3a) as amended by the 21st Century Cures Act of 2016, section 3072 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Section 3624. The candidate selected for this position will serve under a career or career-conditional appointment and be paid under the provisions of this authority. This position is being recruited based on the Title 21 Pay Table 2, Band C.
What You'll Do
- →Conducts network engineering, implementation, configuration and operational support for new and existing tools, systems, and architectures within the FDA to prevent and mitigate cybersecurity risk.
- →With guidance, performs system changes and or customizations to optimize systems and reviews and corrects deficiencies found in existing systems regarding threats, vulnerabilities, and configurations outside of the approved baseline.
- →With guidance, implements COTS software packages; custom developed software applications, firewall requirements, and other systems in supporting infrastructure operations.
- →Monitors and analyzes organizational attack surfaces across networks and systems, identifies vulnerabilities, and supports implementation of risk mitigation strategies to strengthen cybersecurity posture.
- →Develops and implements technical solutions to centralize collection of data forroot cause analysis for system anomalies, vulnerabilities detection, mitigation, and eradication.
- →Supports the design, development, and implementation of artificial intelligence-based defensive security solutions to detect and respond to cyber threats, contributing to enhanced organizational security capabilities.
Requirements
- ✓Pay careful attention to the Qualifications and Education sections to identify vacancies where a transcript is required.
- ✓Even if you hold a similar position or are a current employee, you are not exempt from transcript requirements.
- ✓TRANSCRIPTS: Positions which are scientific or technical in nature often have very specific educational requirements.
- ✓You must submit an official transcript, unofficial transcript, or a list including courses, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned.
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities, see the Foreign Education section below for additional requirements.
- ✓Electronic Transcript Caution: If you have obtained your transcripts electronically, the file might contain security measures that could prevent our application system from reading the file.
- ✓Therefore, you should consider asking the institution to provide the file in a non-secured electronic format.
- ✓Alternatively, you could scan or take a photo of the printed copy of the transcript.
- ✓If your uploaded transcript cannot be read by our system, you may receive consideration and credit for the information we can access.
- ✓For further information, visit the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 40b704c1-b40b-4a66-a1f8-2587cedb3272
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