Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Security) Job in District of Columbia, DC

Summary

This job is open to

• The public

  U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

• Federal employees - Competitive service

  Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales.

• Federal employees - Excepted service

  Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluation criteria.

• Veterans

  Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference

Duties

The Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Security) serves as the Cyber Threat Hunt Branch Chief, a senior-level cybersecurity leader overseeing the branch mission. The Cyber Threat Hunt Branch Chief leads the strategy and execution of the Judiciary's threat hunting program, including using hypothesis-based threat hunting to identify, investigate, and mitigate advanced persistent threats (APT), zero-day vulnerability abuse, and other malicious activity that may bypass traditional security controls.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

1. Overseeing the development and application of custom tools and automated analysis capabilities to scale hunt efforts.
2. Developing, articulating, and planning technical iterative threat hunt hypotheses using a combination of Splunk, CrowdStrike, Microsoft Threat Explorer, Microsoft Sentinel, and Jupyter/Python Notebooks.
3. Developing and documenting required application level, operating system level, and network level artifacts for each hunt mission.
4. Performing technical analysis of ELF/PE binaries through controlled execution and/or assembly code static analysis, overcoming techniques designed to defeat analysis, to ascertain functionality, capability, and call-backs, and assist with attribution and identification of indicators of compromise.
5. Supporting escalations from the incident response team and re-prioritizing efforts for risk reduction, if necessary.
6. Leading daily Agile scrum activities as the product owner for all Cyber Threat Hunt Branch activities.
7. Serving as a senior advisor to executive leadership on cyber threat hunt operations, emerging threats, and risk mitigation strategies.
8. Oversee the development and modification of Splunk (SPL) and Sentinel (KQL) queries to conduct hunt missions.
9. Producing bi-weekly executive summary reports that document hunt activities and demonstrate the return on investment for cyber threat hunt activities.
10. Coordinating with threat intelligence, detection engineering, and vulnerability management teams to share findings and recommend improvements to detection logic and security controls.
11. Managing resource allocation, budget planning, staffing, and professional development for a highly technical team of contract and federal staff.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

How You Will Be Evaluated

Required Documents

How to Apply

To apply for this position, you must complete the online application and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below.

The complete application package must be submitted by 05/12/2025 to receive consideration.
To begin, click

• Apply Online to access an online application. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account or you may need to create a new account.
• You will be taken to an online application. Complete the online application, verify the required documentation, and submit the application.
• You will receive an email notification when your application has been received for the announcement.
• To verify the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the More Information link for this position. The Application Status page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and your responses submitted to the online application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process.
• Click the following link to view and print the occupational questionnaire https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12727718

Next steps

After a review of your complete application is made, you will be notified of your rating and referral to the hiring official if determined qualified. If further evaluation or interviews are required, you will be contacted.