Supervisory Information Technology Specialist

Summary

You will serve as the Supervisor, Service Element Lead for NASA-wide Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) architecture services, infrastructure integration for business and mission information systems, and initiatives that require ICAM services. You will provide strategic ICAM engineering leadership, with oversight of contract deliverables for dedicated ICAM engineering support and ensure enhancements and new services align with the ICAM roadmap, risks, and budget.

Duties

• Serve as the Chief of Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) service element and collaborate with the Cyber Security and Policy Division, Information System Security Officers, Security Operations Center, and Agency/mission organizations.
• Lead the direction of the ICAM team on requested services and architecture enhancements, adhering to governance, collaborating on designs to integrate the Agency authentication and authorization infrastructure into NASA business and mission systems.
• Identify and follow governance to develop new security architecture standards, including for secure cloud service adoption, and ensure these standards/frameworks are aligned with business strategy. Work with key stakeholders to gain approval.
• Provide leadership to the ICAM application business architecture for engineering software and hardware solutions that will meet NASA, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), and federal requirements.
• Maintain a keen understanding of industry trends, application and system security threats, and associated patterns and techniques used to mitigate associate threats across one or more enterprise systems.
• Coordinate with Workplace and Collaboration Services (WCS) leadership, to ensure service enhancements and new services align with ICAM roadmap, risks, and budget. Provide contractor oversight to include management of their deliverables.
• Provide high-level analytical expertise for complex assignments of enterprise-wide scope, including but not limited to, advice on project costs, design concepts, or design changes, including representation on requisite governance boards.
• Provide leadership to security architecture and design evaluations to determine the adequacy of security design and architecture proposed or provided. Ensure proposed capabilities translate into technical requirements.
• Perform a full range of supervisory duties which includes assigning and evaluating work; recommending personnel actions; taking disciplinary actions; and identifying training needs and developing employees.

Qualifications

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. To qualify for GS-15, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-14 level: Developing and communicating authoritative enterprise security architecture that addresses risk and aligns an organization's mission and business outcomes; Developing, implementing, and monitoring Zero Trust authentication and authorization architecture which leverages industry recognized risk management frameworks (e.g., NIST Cybersecurity Framework [800-53, 800-63, 800-116], ISO 31000, COBIT 5, Factor Analysis of Information Risk, or Threat Assessment and Remediation Analysis) to ensure required maturity of each deployed Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) solution; Partnering with mission/business partners to provide advice and guidance on authoritative enterprise security paradigms, including establishing a hybrid cloud security architecture, with Zero Trust capabilities across multiple platforms and tools such as, Microsoft O365 and Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft Active Directory, Public Key Infrastructure, CA Site minder, conditional access rules, or Microsoft Purview information protection. AND IF you are qualifying based on experience, you MUST also have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below: Attention to Detail - Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. Customer Service - Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. Problem Solving - Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of artificial intelligent (AI) or AI-assisted tools during the application process.

How to apply

Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an application and have all required information available. We encourage you to provide a complete description of your educational achievements and include both paid and non-paid work in the experience portion of your resume. If you submit a resume that does not contain the required information, you may lose consideration. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, to include the initial online assessment and submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. The application process is as follows: To begin the application process, you will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application process. Once logged in to your account, click on the "Apply" link. Follow the prompts to select your resume (2 pages or fewer) and/or other supporting documents to be included with your application package. Resumes longer than 2 pages will be rejected by the system. Resumes submitted via other document types will not be forwarded to the hiring manager, nor will they be used in the review of your qualifications. We strongly encourage you to utilize the USAJOBS resume builder when creating your resume. Using the resume builder will help you ensure your resume includes important information related to your qualifications and eligibility for this position. Answer the questions presented in the application and attach all necessary supporting documentation. During the application process you can review, edit, delete and update your information. We'll automatically save your progress as you go, so you won't lose any changes. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your application package, complete the 'Include Personal Information' section as you deem appropriate and click to continue with the application process. You will be taken to the vacancy questionnaire which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online application, verify all required documentation is included with your application package, and submit the application. Click the Submit Application button prior to 11:59PM (ET) on the announcement closing date. NASA's online application process provides step by step guidance to ensure you provide all needed information. If you are unable to apply online, please contact [email protected] for assistance. Be advised - application materials faxed, emailed, and/or mailed to NASA Headquarters will not be accepted for this announcement. NASA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency contact center listed on the job vacancy announcement. The decision on granting reasonable accommodations will be on a case-by-case basis.