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Position Title
IT Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC)
Agency
Patent and Trademark Office
Announcement Number
TMCO-CISO-25-12660477-DH Opens in new window
Open Period
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 to Friday, January 24, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
  • you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
  • you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
  • you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
  • your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.

To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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3. Are you a current or former Federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
  • you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
  • you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
  • you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
  • your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent. For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.

To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
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4. If you are a male at least 18 years of age, born after December 31, 1959, have you registered with the Selective Service system? (limit characters)
5. Are you a retiree receiving a Federal annuity?
Note: If you are an annuitant, your salary or annuity may be reduced upon employment.
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6. Have you accepted a Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP/"buyout") from a Federal agency within the past 5 years? (limit characters)
Preferences
1. Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position. (limit characters)
2. How did you hear about this USPTO job opportunity? (No Choice Limit) (limit characters)
3. Have you held a political appointment within the previous five-year period? (limit characters)
4. If you are a current or former Federal civilian employee, by what agency/office or Department of Commerce bureau are you employed? (limit characters)
5. If you answered "Other" to the above question, please enter the agency and organization. (limit characters)
Assessment 1

Thank you for your interest in the IT Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC), GS-2210-09/11, position with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Your resume and the responses you provide will be used to determine if you are among the best qualified for this position. Your responses are subject to verification. Please review your responses for accuracy before you submit your application.
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1. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-07 grade level in the federal service. Select the one statement that best describes the experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of an Information Technology Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC) at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent in the federal service. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
2. Assist with cyber, IT, and risk assessment programs or services interoperability/integration needs. (limit characters)
3. Ensure the integration of security in IT programs and services. (limit characters)
4. Utilize forensically sound collection methods of images to discern possible mitigation/remediation on enterprise systems. (limit characters)
5. Provide technical support to enterprise-wide cyber defense technicians to resolve cyber defense incidents. (limit characters)
6. Investigate, analyze, notify, respond to all suspected and/or realized security events/incidents detected. (limit characters)
7. Audit security and event logs, alerts, and review notifications of the enterprise security and operational issues as required under multiple federal laws, regulations, executive orders, and policies. (limit characters)
8. Identify potential areas that may benefit from policy changes and/or process improvements and develop recommendations for review and consideration. (limit characters)
9. Document cyber defense incidents from initial detection through final resolution. (limit characters)
10. Draft internal publication incident findings to appropriate constituencies. (limit characters)
11. Draft after action reviews for all cybersecurity incidents. (limit characters)
12. Assist in the restricting, reorienting, and/or recasting of long and short-term goals, objectives, plans, and roadmaps. (limit characters)
13. Support the management of systems that meet current and future intellectual property and business requirements, and apply, extend sub-systems. (limit characters)
14. Assist in the evaluation of the impact that emerging security threats will have on mission needs and organizational practices. (limit characters)
15. Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level in the federal service. Select the one statement that best describes the experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of an Information Technology Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC) at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent in the federal service. (limit characters)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided. (limit characters)
16. Assist with the development of threat models and security risk assessments. (limit characters)
17. Assist in approved defense-in-depth principles and practices (e.g., defense-in-multiple places, layered defenses, security robustness). (limit characters)
18. Assist in the collection of intrusion artifacts (e.g., source code, malware, Trojans) and uses discovered data to enable mitigation of potential cyber defense incidents within the enterprise. (limit characters)
19. Support real-time cyber defense incident handling (e.g., forensic collections, intrusion correlation and tracking, threat analysis, and direct system remediation) tasks to support deployable Incident Response Teams (IRTs). (limit characters)
20. Assist in conducting network alert analysis from various sources within the enterprise and determines possible causes of such alerts. (limit characters)