Information Technology Specialist (Security Operations Center), GS-2210-15 (Direct Hire) (Information Technology Specialist (Team Lead))

This position is located in the U.S. Department ofEducation (ED) Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA). FSA is a Principal Office of the United States Department ofEducation responsible for awarding billions of dollars in federal student aid funds. Our vision is to be the most trusted and reliable source of student financial aid, information, and services in the nation.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 Information Technology Specialist (Security Operations Center): GS-2210-15, you will be responsible for: • Leading FSA's cyber defense operations, overseeing real-time monitoring, incident command, escalation, and coordination with federal partners such as CISA, and US‐CERT. • Ensuring compliance with FISMA and NIST RMF, maintains documentation and audit readiness, and drives the development of response playbooks. The manager also guides modernization of SIEM/SOAR capabilities, integrates threat intelligence, leads threat‐hunting efforts, and builds a cleared cyber workforce aligned with the NICE Framework. • Ensuring compliance with FISMA and NIST RMF, maintaining documentation and audit readiness, and driving the development of response playbooks. • Guiding modernization of SIEM/SOAR capabilities, integrates threat intelligence, leading threat‐hunting efforts, and building a cleared cyber workforce aligned with the NICE Framework. Additionally, the position provides executive-level briefings and ensures timely, accurate reporting for mandated and congressional cybersecurity inquiries. •Overseeing IT systems throughout their full engineering lifecycle, ensuring secure design, development, implementation, maintenance, and retirement.