Information Technology Specialist

1 month ago

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States Administrative Office Of The U.S. Courts Full time
The incumbent of this position will serve as a Federal Security Operations team member under AOTO Security Chief.

The AOTO boundary includes AO Local Area Network General Support Systems in Washington, DC, San Antonio, TX, and Charleston, SC, and the integrated IT environment.

AOTO systems inventory also includes a national system providing cybersecurity tools to Judiciary IT staff at district and bankruptcy court units, as well as pretrial and probation offices across the United States.


The incumbent is the primary government Subject Matter Expert for Security Event Management and Incident Response at all AOTO-managed sites and for all national systems.

Under the direction of the Security Operations Team Lead, the incumbent develops risk management metrics for decisionmakers.

The incumbent reviews completed work of contractor personnel for effectiveness in meeting objectives, accuracy, Judiciary guidelines, and adherence to security best practices; oversees security components of AOTO-led projects; and communicates complex technical requirements to non-technical personnel.

The incumbent will perform multiple and varying assignments under the direction and supervision of the Information Security Officer, AOTO.


Additionally, this position will work closely with the Information Technology Security Office (ITSO) of the Department of Technology Services (DTS) to ensure the AOTO's compliance with the Judiciary Information Security Framework and both national and AO-specific security policies.

Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:

Supporting IT security operations initiatives to improve overall security posture and limit risk exposure for the AOTO.

Operationalizing enhancements to the continuous monitoring program that includes development of required processes and integration with existing security tools and technologies.

Acting as the government Subject Matter Expert for Security Event Management and Incident Response.
Identifying anomalous network activity and potential threats to network resources. Distinguishing between benign and potentially malicious cybersecurity attacks and intrusions.

Coordinating incident response functions:

performing cyber defense incident triage; recommending incident remediation strategies; determining the scope, urgency, and impact of cyber defense incidents; and determining the operational and safety impacts of cybersecurity lapses.


Proper incident response techniques:

interfacing with security colleagues in other AO offices, collecting intrusion artifacts, performing forensically sound image collection, maintaining chain of custody.

Tracking and documenting cyber defense incidents from initial detection through final resolution, communicating incident findings to appropriate constituencies, and performing after action reviews (AARs).

Conducting periodic incident response plan testing through table-top exercises and simulations.
Supporting the vulnerability management program at AOTO.

Working with contractor teams to optimize the technology solutions that support security operations, including SIEM, vulnerability scanning, endpoint security and antimalware, data loss prevention, and web gateways.

Analyzing organizational cybersecurity posture trends and developing organizational cybersecurity posture trend reports.

Assisting in identifying risks and providing recommendations for determining appropriate mitigation techniques or strategies in support of risk acceptance decisions; quantifying the risk to the organization based on technical and business understanding of the operating environment.

Providing a supporting role in recognizing need for changes based on new security technologies or cyber related threats.

Participating in the Change Control Board to provide security impact and vulnerability analysis for new and existing technologies at AOTO.

Providing technical oversight and guidance to the security contractor team that develops and implements compensating controls, remediation plans, and Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms).

Supporting the secure design, implementation, maintenance, and modification of information technology systems that are critical to the operation and success of the Judiciary.

This includes performing research to identify potential vulnerabilities in and threats to existing and proposed technologies and notifying the appropriate managers/personnel of the risk potential.

Supporting the development, documentation and implementation of security operations processes and procedures that help manage risk at an acceptable level.

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