Supervisory IT Specialist (Security)

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions. Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position.

Specialized experience is demonstrated experience in ALL of the following: Leading cyber threat intelligence, threat hunting, and detection engineering in support of 24/7security operation center. Analyzing and integrating threat intelligence from open-source and classifi ed sources. Developing detection methodologies. Conducting proactive threat hunting to identify and mitigate cyber threats. Desired Education: Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or equivalent technical field is highly desired.

Desired (but not required certification): Offensive Security Professional (OSCP) GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) GIAC Exploit Researcher Advanced Penetration Tester (GXPN)

The Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Security) is in the Information Technology Security Office's Security Operations Division and serves as the Security Operations Support Branch Chief. The Security Operations Branch delivers enterprise detection engineering, threat hunting, threat intelligence, and insider threat capabilities in support of continuous cybersecurity operations. This position reports to the Security Operations Division Chief.

The incumbent is a recognized cyber-security subject matter expert with a strong defensive cybersecurity background and is responsible for leading detection engineering, threat hunting, threat intelligence and insider threat teams to identify cybersecurity threats impacting the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of judicial data.

The Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (Security) leads hypothesis-based threat hunting to identify, investigate, and mitigate advanced persistent threats, zero-day vulnerability abuse, and other malicious activity to bypass traditional security controls. The incumbent lead detection engineering to categorize known attack vectors through the security information and event management.

The incumbent is responsible for the threat intelligence program, reporting on malicious threat actors, and identifying insider threats to judiciary data and systems. Leading, directing, and overseeing the Security Operations Support Branch. Overseeing the development, testing, deployment, and lifecycle management of detection logic used to identify malicious activity.

Leading the production and operational integration of threat intelligence to inform detection engineering priorities, hunting hypotheses, and risk-based decision making. Directing proactive threat hunting activities to identify emerging, novel, or evasive adversary behavior not covered by existing detection mechanisms. Establishing and maintaining detection engineering standards, methodologies, and quality assurance processes to support accuracy, consistency, and operational effectiveness.

Overseeing the validation, tuning, and refinement of detections based on operational feedback, adversary emulation results, and observed threat activity. Ensuring development of metrics and reporting to measure detection coverage, effectiveness and operational maturity. Leading the development and maintenance of a common operational picture that identifies baseline behavior and meaningful deviations to support shared situational awareness, prioritization and leadership decision making.

Providing regular executive summaries to senior leadership and judiciary cybersecurity stakeholders for informed enterprise risk understanding prioritization, and resource allocation decisions. Coordinating closely with Security Operations Center to support alert fidelity, investigative workflows, and continuous improvement of analytic outcomes. Managing branch personnel, contractor support, and resource planning to sustain required capabilities.