{"id":3642031,"url":"https://alion.io/job/sba-it-cybersecurity-specialist","title":"IT Cybersecurity Specialist","company":{"id":1753246,"name":"SBA","domain":"sba.gov","url":"https://alion.io/company/sba-gov","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":null},"role":"Security","role_family":"Security","seniority":"junior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Washington, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":143913,"max":null,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":143913},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":1,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-02T16:46:47Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-11-02T16:46:47Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"Summary\nThis position is located in the Small Business Administration, Office of the Chief Information Officer in Washington, DC. The incumbent serves as an Information Technology (IT) Cybersecurity Specialist for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). \n\nThis vacancy is open to CTAP and ICTAP eligible candidates only. If you are not eligible for one of these you will be made ineligible for consideration for this position.\nDuties\n\n As an IT Cybersecurity Specialist at the GS- 2210-14, some of your typical work assignments may include:\n\n Lead risk and vulnerability assessments of enterprise information systems to identify vulnerabilities, risks, and protection needs and support remediation.\n\n Provide technical oversight of cybersecurity requirements and implementations, develop long-range security plans, and design enterprise security controls.\n\n Evaluate enterprise security programs, assess compliance, identify gaps, and recommend improvements to minimize vulnerabilities and strengthen program effectiveness.\n\n Investigate security incidents, develop security resolutions, implement remediation measures, and strengthen authentication and authorization controls.\n\nRequirements\nConditions of employment\n\n You must be a U.S. Citizen\n\n You must successfully complete a background investigation.\n\n You may be required to serve a one year probationary period.\n\n Qualifications\n\n GS-14: You must demonstrate the competencies required to successfully perform the duties of the position. These competencies are normally attained through one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level of the position being filled but may be obtained through other means. Experience may be paid or unpaid (internships, volunteerism). Experience must be validated through the assessment process, consistent with OPM's skills-based hiring policy.\n\nQualifying specialized experience includes:\n\n- Leading risk and vulnerability assessments, such as directing comprehensive risk assessments and vulnerability analyses of enterprise systems, networks, and software to identify systemic weaknesses and inform mitigation strategies.\n\n- Building cybersecurity architecture, such as developing long-range system security strategies to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise systems.\n\n- Evaluating cybersecurity programs, such as assessing enterprise cybersecurity programs to identify gaps, ensure compliance with organizational requirements, and recommend improvements to enhance overall program effectiveness.\n\nSpecialized experience must show demonstrable competencies aligned to the position's job analysis and the IT-2210 standard.\n\nThese qualifications must be clearly referenced in your resume.\n\nAdditional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications web site:\n\nInformation Technology Management Series, 2210\n\nExperience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.\n\nGenerally, time in Non-Pay status as a federal employee is not creditable towards the specialized experience requirement listed above.\n\nAll qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 11/11/2026.\n\n Education\n\n APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Verify School accreditation. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.\nIf you are selected for this position and qualified based on education (i.e. basic education requirement and/or substitution of education), you will be required to provide an OFFICIAL transcript prior to your first day on duty.\n\n*** If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. *** For further information, click on: Foreign Education.\n\n Additional information\n This is a bargaining unit position with AFGE Local 228.\n\nThis is not a (drug) testing designated position (TDP).\n\nReasonable Accommodation Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended and Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 as amended, that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a reasonable accommodation in your online application. Requests for Reasonable Accommodations for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for Reasonable Accommodation must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for Reasonable Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a Reasonable Accommodation, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments\n\nCareer and InterAgency Career Transition Assistance Programs: Are programs that applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed.\n\nCareer Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) is a program that helps \"surplus\" or \"displaced\" federal employees improve their chances of finding a new job in their current agency (intra-agency, i.e. SBA employees only).\n\nInter-Agency Career Transition Assistance (ICTAP) is a program that helps \"surplus\" or \"displaced\" federal employees improve their chances of finding a new job at another agency (inter-agency; i.e. not applying to their current or former agency).\n\nYou are eligible for CTAP/ICTAP if:\n\n1. You are a current federal employee who meets the definition of a \"surplus\" or \"displaced\" employee meaning you have received official notice that your job is no longer needed or that you will lose your job by Reduction-in-Force (RIF).\n\n2. Your agency, or the agency to which you are applying, is accepting applications from within or outside of the permanent workforce.\n\n3. The position to which you are applying MUST BE in the Local Commuting Area of the position of record from which you are being displaced.\n\n4. You meet the qualifications and other requirements of the job for which you are applying. This includes being rated as well-qualified for the position (score of 85 or better based on your responses to the competencies and associated questions listed within the assessment)..\n\n Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\nHow you will be evaluated\nYou will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.\n\n Applicants meeting basic eligibility requirements will be further evaluated based on additional assessments. One of these assessment is USA Hire. Based on your application and your responses to the application questionnaire, you may be presented with instructions on how to access the USA Hire system to complete the online assessments. The online assessments must be completed within 48 hours following the close of this announcement. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation for the assessment should you have a disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).\n\nYour USA Hire assessment results will be kept on record for one year and used toward future positions for which you might apply that require the same assessments.\n\nThe assessments relate to the following Competencies required to do the work of this position:\n\nAccountability\nAttention to Detail\nCustomer Service\nDecision Making\nFlexibility\nInfluencing/Negotiating\nInformation Technology Architecture\nIntegrity/Honesty\nInterpersonal Skills\nLearning\nReading Comprehension\nReasoning\nSelf-Management\nStress Tolerance\nTeamwork\n\nIn order to be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. One of the required assessments for this position is an online assessment that measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. The assessment includes a cut score based on the minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. You must meet or exceed the cut score to be considered. You will not be considered for the position if you score below the cut score or fail to complete the assessment.\n\nAll qualified Non Competitive applicants and the best qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration.\n\n A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .\n\n Review our benefits\n\n Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.\n\n Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing date/time of the vacancy will result in your removal from consideration for this position. Please review your application prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all appropriate documents. Uploading documents to USAJOBs does NOT ensure inclusion with your application to our system. You must verify that the documents are in the system with your application prior to final submission.\n\n1. Your Resume must not include photographs. Resume length may not exceed 2 pages and must contain the following information:\n\n Name, address, telephone number, email address;\n\n Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade);\n\n If qualifying based on related unpaid (e.g. volunteer service) experience, you must provide hours worked per week and beginning/ending dates (mm/dd/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy);\n\n If other than full time you must provide hours worked per week.\n\n PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. 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