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IT Cybersecurity Specialist
Bonneville Power Administration · Posted 42 days ago
On-site Portland, OR $115K – $149K Apply by Aug 13, 2026 Information Technology Management ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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This position is located with Bonneville Power Administration, in Cyber Security Forensics and Intelligence (JBB), Cyber Security (JB), Information Technology (J). A successful candidate in this position will serve as a technical specialist and digital forensics expert leading a wide variety of investigations, inquiries, and tasks concerning incident and investigations management and with the preservation, identification, extraction, interpretation, and documentation of computer evidence.
What You'll Do
- →As an IT Cybersecurity Specialist, you will: Retrieve, recover, and preserve digital evidence.
- →Use various host-based forensic tools such as Encase or FTK to search for and prepare information and evidence.
- →Obtain and image various digital devices and provides information about the devices to assist investigations/inquiries.
- →Examine and perform thorough technical analyses of computer-related evidence/information.
- →Examine and analyze evidence/information from magnetic media storage devices (floppy disks, hard disks, magnetic tapes, optical disks, memory cards, magnetic strip cards, and the like).
- →Analyze raw data (e.g. malware, network packets), log information, and other information sources in the course of incident response.
- →Manage multiple threat analysis sources and their integration and use in the enterprise incident response teams.
- →Provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities.
- →Lead projects or efforts to maintain and improve our department's cyber defensive capabilities.
- →Interact with other agencies such as the FBI to stay informed about threats to BPA's infrastructure.
Requirements
- ✓In accordance with Executive Order 14170, applicants are encouraged to respond to four short, free-response, essay questions in the questionnaire.
- ✓Answer to these questions is not scored or rated.
- ✓Your answers will be reviewed by the hiring manager and agency leadership if you are referred for selection consideration.
- ✓When you apply you will be asked a series of questions to determine your eligibility for employment and your qualification for this position specifically.
- ✓You must answer all of these questions completely and truthfully.
- ✓Key Requirements: You must be a United States Citizen.
- ✓This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
- ✓Males must abide by Selective Service registration requirements.
- ✓You will be required to report in person to the official duty location.
- ✓Conditions of Employment: Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
- ✓May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
- ✓This position has been designated as Critical-Sensitive, High Risk, Tier 5 and requires a security clearance at the DOE "Q" level; the incumbent will be required to access, process, use, and safeguard classified information.
- ✓The incumbent is required to obtain and maintain this clearance level; failure to do so may result in separation from federal service.
- ✓This position requires an initial drug test prior to appointment and random drug or drug and alcohol testing thereafter.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a1cfdcca-6aa2-4721-98ba-b40818c4cbf5
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