The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), IT Security Office (ITSO) is seeking a recognized cybersecurity expert who has successfully managed the full spectrum of cyber operations to serve as a Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Security). This position reports to the Chief Information Security Officer.
ITSO manages the Judiciary's IT security program, oversees the security operations of Judiciary IT assets and environments, proposes national IT security policies and develops guidelines for their implementation, and establishes and maintains collaborative relationships within the Judiciary and with third-party partners.
The Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Security) ensures the Security Operation's Center defensive cybersecurity operational readiness, including recruiting staff, developing processes, planning and evaluating performance, onboarding contractors, developing management capabilities, and implementing succession plans. The incumbent ensures the technical security operations operate smoothly, effectively, and efficiently on a daily basis and performs strategic planning to ensure cybersecurity operations goals and objectives align with those of the Judiciary.
The ideal candidate must have a proven record of successfully leading threat detection, incident response, and recovery activities at a national level; and extensive experience managing, developing and mentoring federal and contractor personnel conducting defensive cyber operations.
The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:
- Identifying technical and process improvements to elevate the quality of work performed by program managers and other technical staff.
- Forecasting staffing needs and coaching, motivating, and developing team members.
- Executing defensive cyber operations, including internal defense measures and response actions.
- Developing and maintaining the technical, analytical, and practical proficiencies needed to ensure the cyber team is successful in the detection of intrusion attempts and compromises.
- Developing, maintaining, and reporting cybersecurity operational effectiveness metrics.
- Evaluating and updating operations policies and procedures.
- Identifying information security risks within the Judiciary and recommending priorities for risk mitigation.
- Managing client expectations and ensuring client satisfaction by meeting their needs in a complete, consistent, and timely manner.
- Providing input for resource planning, cost estimation, budget development, and cost control.
- Providing statistical cyber-management reports and supporting data in response to ad-hoc requests for information, in addition to routine situational awareness reports.
- Providing impacted Judiciary stakeholders with timely, clear, technically accurate notification of the risk potential associated with IT security events and options for remediation.
- Developing and maintaining reporting metrics to measure and categorize intrusion attempts and related activities as well as identifying incident trends.
- Developing and maintaining processes and procedures used to manage, maintain, and enhance the security roadmap used to provide technical, personnel, and procedural growth.
- Interfacing with clients and management to understand their security needs and oversee the development and implementation of procedures required to accommodate them.
- Planning, scheduling, assigning, and directing staff on technical and operational projects and regular departmental activities as well as participating in federal recruitment and contract management activities.