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Supervisory It Specialist (Infosec)
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology · Posted 14 days ago
Hybrid Phoenix, AZ $126K – $164K Apply by Sep 8, 2026 Information Technology Management ENTJINTJINTPISTJ Engineering
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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 office assures the confidentiality, integrity, and risk management, record management, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests. In addition, the OIS team develops, implements, and oversees the training, communication how VA and its partners safeguard the personally identifiable information (PII) of Veterans and VA employees.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Coordinate responses and follow-up actions to information security audits and external oversight organizations and maintain secure files of such responses and actions as required.
- →Use information systems life cycle reviews and budget cycle approvals to promote information security objectives within VA.
- →Ensures security standards, industry best practices, and evaluation criteria are integrated in all phases of information resources life cycle planning from capital investment review at the project imitation and design phase to acquisition approval, in-process reviews of operational systems, and planning for system replacement.
- →Provide SME input to enhance the VA certification process and to ensure that systems undergo sufficient rigorous management review prior to accreditation.
- →Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
- →Knowledge of the laws, regulations, and guidelines related to securing personnel, facilities, and information, including the requirements for handling, transporting, and protecting classified information and proper reporting of security incidents.
- →Formulates effective strategies consistent with the business and competitive strategy of the organization in a global economy; examines policy issues and strategic planning with a long term perspective; determines objectives and sets priorities; anticipates potential threats or opportunities.
- →Knowledge of how to perform one's job.
- →Refers to specialized knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience.
- →Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.
- →Facilitate innovative application of best practices and cybersecurity risk management methods.
- →Prepare trends analysis to reflect shifts in IT security priorities.
- →Supervise and keep abreast of all emerging compliance issues and policies and socialize with their team.
- →Supervise, monitor and report compliance to VA policies, procedures, and processes at designated VA and non-VA facilities.
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 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, 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
Job ID: 689e467c-bf76-4415-bd5d-8d39b72d3a95
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