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Summary Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
For additional information on other USSF direct hire opportunities visit the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on LinkedIn.Duties The United States Space Force (USSF) is searching for an Enterprise Cybersecurity Lead to support SYD 85/BNA (NH-2210-04, GS-14/15 equivalent).
Position may be filled at either Los Angeles Space Force Base or Peterson Space Force Base Colorado Springs.
Description:
The United States Space Systems Command (SSC) is searching for a well-qualified candidate to fill the Enterprise Cybersecurity Lead position to support SYD 85/ BNA. Come join our amazing team who helps to ensure there is never a day without space!
Directs the overarching cybersecurity strategy, architecture, and risk posture for the entire antenna services branch. This position acts as the senior technical authority for securing a complex, multi-level system-of-systems network. The lead is responsible for balancing operational capability with stringent security mandates, ensuring continuous protection across modern unclassified enterprise services, highly classified enclaves, and aging legacy infrastructure undergoing modernization. This position requires strategic decision support, analytical skills, time management and good communication (oral and written) skills.
Ideal Candidate:
Desired Skills/Expertise:
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related STEM discipline or equivalent experience in lieu of a degree (master's degree preferred)
- Hands-on experience conducting cybersecurity risk assessments and technical due diligence on external commercial and government systems
- Strong analytical skills to balance stringent security controls with mission-critical operational timelines.
- The candidate should have significant experience in Microsoft Office tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Word.
Position Responsibilities:
- Oversee security implementation and compliance for the unified antenna enterprise across both unclassified and highly classified (TS//SAP//SCI) operational environments.
- Direct the strategy and implementation for Multi-Level Cross Domain Solutions (CDS), hardware-based cryptographic enclaves, and secure data transfers across varying classification levels.
- Lead coordination with external cyber authorizing bodies and major Space Force commands to ensure compliance with DoD zero-trust architectures and continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) mandates within the software development pipeline.
- Evaluate and mitigate systemic cyber risks during the sustainment and transition of legacy systems, as well as during the incubation and integration of advanced, rapid-prototype technologies into the main production baseline.
Qualifications
The 2210 series has an individual occupational requirement that must be met and can be viewed here. There is no Group Coverage Qualification Standard for this series. How you will be evaluated Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:
Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.How to apply Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
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