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
for immediate consideration.
Sincerely,
Jack Leipold
-- Director, Division of Identity, Credential, and Access Management