EITEN Cyber DCO Specialist

Responsibilities

• Performs all procedures necessary to ensure the surety and safety of cyber security assets and to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction. Monitor, evaluate, and maintain systems and procedures to safeguard internal information systems, network, databases, and Web-based security.
• Analyzes and defines security requirements.
• Designs, develops, engineers, and implements solutions to cyber security requirements.
• Gathers and organizes technical information about an organization’s mission goals and needs, existing security products, and ongoing programs in the computer security arena.
• Performs risk analyses which also includes risk assessment.
• Directly supports theater-level Air Force defensive cyber posture, including vulnerability compliance status, significant incidents and available cyber forces.
• Coordinates with multiple visiting Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs) to facilitate assessments on key terrain.
• Facilitates large and small scale cyber awareness and defensive training.
• Reviews and analyzes cyber tasking orders to provide situational awareness to senior leaders and prepares cyber defense organizations with required documentation to mitigate emerging threats and ensure compliance with documented policies.
• Provides pre‑mission, mission, and post‑mission coordination for specialized cyber protection teams.
• Monitors and analyzes Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to identify security issues for remediation.
• Recognizes potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises through reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information.
• Evaluates firewall change requests and assesses organizational risk.
• Communicates alerts to agencies regarding intrusions and compromises to their network infrastructure, applications, and operating systems.
• Assists with implementation of countermeasures or mitigating controls.
• Conducts regular audits to ensure that systems are being operated securely, and information systems security policies and procedures are being implemented as defined in security plans.
• Develops, tests, and operates firewalls, intrusion detection systems, enterprise antivirus systems, and software deployment tools.
• Safeguards the network against unauthorized infiltration, modification, destruction, or disclosure.
• Researches, evaluates, tests, and implements new security software or devices.
• Conducts investigations of information systems security violations and incidents, reporting as necessary to management.
• Ensures the integrity and protection of networks, systems, and applications by technical enforcement of organizational security policies, through monitoring of vulnerability scanning devices.
• Implements, enforces, communicates, and develops security policies or plans for data, software applications, hardware, telecommunications, and information systems security education/awareness programs.
• Performs periodic and on‑demand system audits and vulnerability assessments, including user accounts, application access, file system and external Web integrity scans to determine compliance.
• Prepares incident reports of analysis methodology and results.
• Synchronizes incident response between local cyber defenders, external organizations and leadership.
• Ensures compliance with regulations and privacy laws.
• May serve as a team or task lead.

Qualifications

• Minimum/General Experience: This position requires a minimum of eight years experience, of which at least six years must be specialized experience in defining computer security requirements for high level applications, evaluation of approved security product capabilities, and developing solutions for computer security problems.
• Certifications: DoWD IAT-II (e.g., CompTIA Security+ CE) required; advanced cyber certifications such as CISSP, CASP, CySA+, CEH strongly preferred.
• Clearance: Top Secret/SCI.
• Tesa eligibility/certification required.
• Minimum Education: A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, systems, information systems/technology, engineering, software engineering/programming, management, natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics, or business/finance.
• Education and experience requirements may be substituted with: a Master’s Degree and seven years general experience of which at least five years must be specialized experience; or no degree and twelve years general experience of which at least ten years is specialized.
• Additional Requirements: Candidate must meet Germany TESA requirements: a Bachelor’s Degree and three years of recent specialized experience; or an Associate’s Degree and seven years of recent specialized experience; or no degree and 11 years of recent specialized experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans