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IT Specialist (Infosec)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology · Posted 5 days ago
Hybrid Salt Lake City, UT $106K – $138K Apply by Sep 18, 2026 Information Technology Management ENTJINTJINTPISTJ EngineeringOperations
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The Office of Information Security (OIS) provides information security and privacy infrastructure for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The primary purpose of the position is to monitor and evaluate Field Operations activities related to IT security. The work involves the planning, installation, configuration, testing implementation and management of the systems environment is support of the VA's IT architecture and business needs.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Plan, develop, implement, and maintain IT operating systems, policies, and procedures to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems, networks, and data.
- →Designs, acquires, modifies, evaluates, and uses software intended to ensure that users are trained on security measures necessary to protect automated systems and classified data from misuse or unauthorized disclosure, viral infection, and other problems that would compromise information confidentiality or privacy.
- →Evaluates new security authentication technologies such as public key infrastructure certificates, secure cards, and biometrics for inclusion in operating systems.
- →Recommends that acquisition, implementation, and dissemination of IT security tools, procedures, and practices to be used by users to protect information assets.
- →Develops operating system security policy and procedural controls covering physical security, application, and data security, system software security, contingency planning, and compliance with personnel clearance procedures.
- →Establishes risk-management procedures and ensures that risk-management techniques are applied to all new and modified IT training applications.
- →Identifies and specifies information systems security requirements associated with migrations to new environments and provides guidance in planning and development of migrations to new environments.
- →Conducts independent comprehensive assessments of the management, operational, and technical security controls and control enhancements employed within or inherited by an information technology (IT) system to determine the overall effectiveness of the controls (as defined in NIST SP 800-37).
- →Ensure that plans of actions and milestones or remediation plans are in place for vulnerabilities identified during risk assessments, audits, inspection, etc.
- →Assure successful implementation and functionality of security requirements and appropriate information technology (IT) policies and procedure that are consistent with organization's mission and goals.
- →Analyze and report organizational security posture trends.
- →Analyze and report system security posture trends.
- →Work with stakeholders to resolve computer security incidents and vulnerability compliance.
- →Skill in applying total infrastructure protection, systems security certification and accreditation requirements/processes and Federal information systems security protocols.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period (OR INSERT "2-year trial period") during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period (OR INSERT "trial period"), your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Personality Fit
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