This announcement is issued under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) to recruit for positions for which there is a critical hiring need. Selectee(s) will receive a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service and may be required to serve a one year probationary period. The official title of this position is Supervisory IT Cybersecurity Specialist (INFOSEC), GS-2210-14.
Typical work assignments include, but are not limited to: Leading a mission-focused Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) section within CISA Threat Hunting, supervising federal employees and coordinating contractor support to deliver timely, accurate, and actionable CTI in support of national cyber defense operations.
Directing CTI support to high-priority Threat Hunting missions, including proactive hunts, incident response engagements, targeted notifications, vulnerability exploitation analysis, operational priorities, and senior leadership decision-making.
Overseeing analysis of advanced cyber threats, including nation-state and other highly capable adversaries, by guiding analysts as they assess adversary infrastructure, malware, tools, tactics, techniques, procedures, victimology, and targeting.
Building strong working relationships across CISA Threat Hunting, the Cybersecurity Division, interagency partners, law enforcement, intelligence community partners, private-sector stakeholders, and vendors to improve threat visibility and coordinated defensive action.
Managing section priorities, workloads, deliverables, and surge support in a fast-moving operational environment where emerging threats, active incidents, customer requirements, and long-term program improvements must be balanced. Reviewing and approving CTI products, briefings, actor profiles, campaign assessments, SOPs, work instructions, and other deliverables to ensure analytic rigor, technical accuracy, operational relevance, and clear communication.
Developing analysts, team leads, and future leaders by setting clear expectations, providing constructive feedback, strengthening analytic tradecraft, encouraging initiative, and building a professional, accountable, mission-driven team culture.
Education may not be substituted for experience. You must meet the qualification requirements specified in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement.
This position is with Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-30.
There are 5 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-21 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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