USPTO · 3 days ago
IT Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC) (Recent Graduate)
Alexandria, VA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$71K/yr - $111K/yrThe United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking an IT Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC) to join their Privacy and Continuous Monitoring Branch. This role involves continuous security monitoring, identifying privacy/security risks, analyzing breach reports, and ensuring compliance with privacy documentation and safeguards.
AssociationIntellectual PropertyLegal
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Continuous security monitoring for assigned IT systems and components
Identifying and documenting privacy/security risks in proposed changes and daily monitoring activities
Analyzing breach reports and system documentation to identify root causes and corrective actions within established frameworks
Working with records management, IT product teams, and program offices to ensure privacy documentation is completed and systems adhere to safeguards
Reviewing PII (Personally Identifiable Information) breach reports and System of Record Notices for technical accuracy
Recommending administrative, technical and physical safeguards ensuring security and confidentiality of records are preserved
Participating in security audits, assessments, and reviews
Participating in design reviews and system change reviews to evaluate privacy implications
Participating in audits, assessments and follow-up mitigation tracking
Ensuring assigned work products conform to Privacy Act, agency policy and baseline controls
Qualification
Required
Top Secret Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance
Recent graduates who have completed, within the previous two years, a bachelor's or graduate degree
Veterans who have completed a bachelor's or graduate degree and were unable to apply within two years of obtaining their degree due to a uniformed service obligation of at least 4 years, may apply within two years of their discharge from uniformed service
GS-09: Reviewing PII (Personally Identifiable Information) breach reports and System of Record Notices for technical accuracy
GS-09: Recommending administrative, technical and physical safeguards ensuring security and confidentiality of records are preserved
GS-09: Participating in security audits, assessments, and reviews
GS-09 EDUCATION: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree from an accredited or pre-accredited institution in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management; or, two full years of graduate education from an accredited or pre-accredited institution that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems, or networks
GS-11: Participating in design reviews and system change reviews to evaluate privacy implications
GS-11: Participating in audits, assessments and follow-up mitigation tracking
GS-11: Ensuring assigned work products conform to Privacy Act, agency policy and baseline controls
GS-11 EDUCATION: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree from an accredited or pre-accredited institution in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management; or, three full years of graduate education from an accredited or pre-accredited institution that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems, or networks
Applications will only be accepted from United States Citizens and Nationals
Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related competencies
If selected, you will be required to pass a background investigation
Company
USPTO
For over 200 years, the basic role of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has remained the same: to promote the progress of science and the useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries (Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution).
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