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IT Specialist (INFOSEC) - Direct Hire
Export-Import Bank of the United States · Posted 93 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $144K – $187K Apply by Jul 15, 2026 Information Technology Management ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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Announcement may be used to fill similar positions within 90 days of the closing date. This announcement will be used to fill vacancies through OPM-authorized Direct Hire Authority (DHA) for IT Specialist (Information Security, GS-2210-09 through GS-2210-15 and Cybersecurity, GS-2210-12 through GS-2210-15). This position is processed under Direct Hire authority. Veterans' Preference and Category Rating procedures DOES NOT APPLY. For more information, click here: About this agency
What You'll Do
- →This position is in the Office of Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Infrastructure Engineering Unit (IEU).
- →The OCIO directs and implements EXIM's Cybersecurity Program to ensure security controls are appropriately applied to EXIM systems for the protection of privacy, and to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information.
- →Also, the OCIO enforces cybersecurity standards and security control parameters that comply with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other federal government security requirements.
- →The IEU oversees the daily Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure operational support and management activities consisting of IT Security support, and customer support and services.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Serves as the operational authority for the Bank's Security Operations Center (SOC) and Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT).
- →Directs enterprise detection and response activities across on premises, cloud, and externally hosted environments.
- →Establishes incident classification standards, response thresholds, escalation protocols, and operational response procedures.
- →Exercises authority to declare cybersecurity incidents, direct containment and coordination actions, and initiate executive escalation in accordance with Bank policy.
- →Ensures SOC activities produce measurable security outcomes, including timely detection, coordinated response, defensible documentation, and alignment with federal reporting requirements.
- →Owns the design, tuning, and operational performance of enterprise monitoring capabilities.
- →Directs development and refinement of detection logic, correlation rules, alert thresholds, analytic use cases, and investigative workflows to improve threat visibility and reduce false positives.
- →Ensures comprehensive logging and telemetry coverage across identity systems, endpoints, network infrastructure, cloud platforms, and SaaS services.
- →Validates that monitoring capabilities provide sufficient visibility to detect misuse, compromise, insider activity, and control failures in near real time.
- →Establishes and monitors SOC performance indicators measuring detection latency, response timeliness, incident recurrence, systemic control weaknesses, and contractor service effectiveness.
Personality Fit
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