Dear Community,
The enclosed opportunity that may be of interest.
Best Regards,
Joni Brennan
Kantara Initiative | Executive Director
Building Trusted Identity Ecosystems - It takes a village!
Slides: http://bit.ly/ki-june-2013
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Date: Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:28 AM
Subject: [WG-eGov] ICAM Job Opportunities at SSA
*Kantara Initiative Members**, please share with your smart contacts
interested in serving their fellow citizens: *
The Social Security Administration, located in Baltimore, is looking to
fill a few information security positions fairly soon. We have direct-hire
authority; please send your resume to SSA (i.e., these jobs are not posted
on USAJOBS).
We are looking to hire at the GS-9, GS-11, GS-12 or GS-13 levels depending
on experience and education; in particular, SSA is looking for the
following skills sets for various vacancies:
*Positions in Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM):*
- Individuals with experience in automating ICAM processes.
- Workflows in Identity Management platforms
- JAVA developers with experience developing secure applications
- NET developers with experience developing secure applications
- Individuals that have taken paper-based information security processes
and converted to electronic applications.
*Positions in Policy and in Technical Operations:*
- Individuals with strong analytical skills to work in a team
environment while assisting agency stakeholders with the identification and
mitigation of information security weaknesses.
- Individuals with strong technical writing skills to work in a team
environment on developing information security awareness training materials
and procedures with an agency-wide focus.
- Individuals with experience researching and developing new or improved
information security policies and procedures.
- Individuals with experience conveying information security policies
and procedures clearly and concisely in written and verbal format.
- Individuals with experience in developing information security
procedures and systems for establishing and assessing the effectiveness of
administrative controls designed to prevent waste, loss or unauthorized
use.
*Positions in fraud prevention:*
- Individuals with experience in examining fraud in the public or
private sector.
- Individuals with experience conducting fraud detection activities such
as following data trails and reviewing digital evidence.
- Individuals with experience conducting computer forensics analysis in
support of fraud examination
- Individuals with experience effectively communicating forensics and
fraud findings in a written and verbal manner.
For those at the entry level, we have a career ladder position, which comes
with 2-years of in-house training to help new cyber security professionals
get on-the-job training & mentoring as they "break into" the field as a
career. I’ve attached some background information about SSA and our
office. If interested, please have candidates send their application to
Marci Elkin, (Office of Information Security) at
*marci.elkin@ssa.gov*