IT Spec (INFOSEC), GS-2210-14, FPL 14 (DH)

This position is in the U.S. Department ofEducation (ED), Federal Student Aid (FSA). FSA is modernizing the systems that serve over 17 million students and power more than $120 billion in financial aid each year. We are building a team of IT professionals to strengthen the technical foundation of one of the federal government's highest-impact digital ecosystems.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. This position is eligible for Remote/Virtual work. However, this position may fall under the Presidential Memorandum titled "Return to In-Person Work" which will require you to go into the office if you are located within 50 miles of a Department ofEducation facility in these locations: Washington, DC, Dallas, TX, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA, Kansas City, MO, Chicago, Il, Atlanta, GA, Philadelphia, PA, New York City, NY, and location is negotiable. Actual salary will be based on location of selectee. Locality pay tables available at www.opm.gov . We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application. As an IT Specialist (INFOSEC), GS-2210-14, you will be responsible for: • Ensuring all stakeholder cybersecurityrequirements for safeguarding FSA's assets and business processes are fully integrated into every layer of the enterprise architecture. • Directing the design, implementation, and management of robust cybersecurity solutions across hybrid environments, spanning Amazon web services (AWS) and on-premises systems, while developing architectural blueprints that deliver comprehensive protection for critical infrastructure • Ensuring compliance with FSA Lifecycle Management Methodology, industry best practices, and regulatory standards by overseeing the development of security solutions, while serving as the Information System Owner (ISO) for both major and minor cybersecurity systems and applications. • Delivering project status updates and enterprise security posture insights to executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders through clear, impactful presentations using PowerPoint, MS Project, and other briefing tools. • Developing comprehensive security frameworks to secure Cl/CD pipelines and creating architectural "blueprints" that ensure end-to-end protection of critical infrastructure.