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IT Specialist (Security), GS-2210-14, FPL GS-14 (DH)
Department of Education Headquarters · Posted 14 days ago
Hybrid San Francisco, CA $126K – $197K Apply by Sep 11, 2026 Information Technology Management ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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This position is located in the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Federal Student Aid (FSA), Technology Directorate (TD). The Technology Directorate provides information technology services for all FSA systems, promoting the effective and secure use of technology to achieve FSA's strategic objectives through sound planning, investments, integrated technology architectures and standards, effective systems development, production support, and cybersecurity services.
What You'll Do
- →APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 200 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 200th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.
- →We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.
- →As an IT Specialist (Security), GS-2210-14, you will be responsible for: Managing the FSA Privacy Program, including development, planning, initiation, evaluation of privacy tools, and liaison with the Department's Senior Agency Official for Privacy (SAOP).
- →Conducting Privacy Investigations and Incident Response including investigating computer incidents, gathers evidence, preserving incident artifacts, and supporting prosecution of computer crimes as a member of the Privacy Incident Response Team (PIRT).
- →Promoting awareness of security and privacy issues among management and users while ensuring sound security principles are reflected in the organization's vision and goals.
- →Providing advisory support including advising and supporting other IT security and privacy experts across FSA on a variety of situations and issues that involve interpreting or adapting new privacy principles, methods and practices.
Requirements
- ✓Condition of Employment: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a probationary period or 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 trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Key Requirements: Must be a US Citizen.
- ✓Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.
- ✓Must complete a Background Investigation and Fingerprint check.
- ✓Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
- ✓Relocation expenses will not be paid.
- ✓You may be subject to serve a one-year probationary period.
- ✓You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this vacancy announcement.
- ✓Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
- ✓Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills, and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
- ✓We will consider all qualifying experience, including any volunteer experience.
- ✓Education cannot be substituted for experience for this position and grade level.
Benefits
- ★As an ED employee, you will also benefit from our family-friendly work environment.
- ★As part of our commitment to maintain a work life balance, we offer excused leave for Parent/Teacher Conferences (3 hours); excused leave for annual health screenings (4 hours); and matching leave for community volunteer service.
- ★Other flexibilities that may be available to you include alternative work schedules.
- ★You may be eligible to receive a recruitment incentive for this position.
- ★To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S.
- ★Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
- ★You may be eligible to receive a relocation incentive for this position.
- ★To receive this incentive payment, you will be required to sign a service agreement obligating you to remain with the U.S.
- ★Department of Education for a specified period as agreed upon.
- ★You may be eligible to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program as a recruitment incentive for this position.
Personality Fit
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