This mission of serving and protecting our nation is carried out every day by the dedicated men and women of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Consider becoming part of a Department that offers rewarding opportunities to contribute to such a noble mission. US-CERT, part of the National Cyber Security Division at DHS, is currently looking for qualified individuals to fill several positions within. Below is a sampling of the types of personnel that US-CERT is seeking.

More information about these positions and others, including an explanation of duties and qualifications, can be found on the USAJOBS website.

IT Specialist (INFOSEC) - Incident Handling

As an IT Specialist with US-CERT, you'll be responsible for monitoring, detecting, mitigating, and coordinating incident response activities to cyber attacks across the nation. In addition, you'll aid in protecting the United States critical infrastructure for federal, state, local and tribal entities. The incumbent will be a member of a 24x7x365 days a year strategic analysis team.

IT Specialist (INFOSEC) - Cyber Security Analyst

As a cyber security analyst, you'll serve as the primary technical point of contact for cyber incident, malicious code, and network analysis. This group maintains a 24x7x365 capability that analyzes incidents across the federal government, conducts strategic analysis of traffic that transverses the Internet, and warns the federal government and critical infrastructures of impending threats. This unit identifies significant threats to the critical infrastructure, and disseminates and coordinates countermeasures to these threats in a timely manner. The incumbent will be part of a 24x7x365 strategic analysis team.

Supervisory IT Specialist (INFOSEC) - Cyber Analyst/Liaison

The incumbent represents US-CERT and the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) to all DHS and government intelligence, counter-intelligence, and law enforcement organizations involved in computer network defense. They will also coordinate with key civilian industries involved in the technologies, operations, and investigations to defend the nation's critical infrastructure, with a specific emphasis on the classified systems, information, and networks. The incumbent will also coordinate information sharing efforts across intelligence partners in federal, state, local, and tribal entities.

IT Specialist (INFOSEC) - Sr. IT Engineer/Architecture