Deputy Director, Cyber Security Office - Senior Executive Level

Job Description: WE ARE THE NROFor over sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America’s advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.Learn more at NRO.gov.Basic Eligibility For A Position With The NROYou must be a U.S. CitizenYou must be 18 years of age or olderYou must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearanceYou will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testingYou will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinationsWhere You Will WorkThis is an excepted service, Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL), Tier 1, position.This DISL position serves as the Deputy Director, Cyber Security Office within the COMM Directorate, at the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in Chantilly, VA. This position serves Deputy Director, Cyber Security Office (CSO) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Deputy Chief information Security Officer (CISO) within the Communications Systems Directorate at the NRO Located in Chantilly, VAThis position serves as Deputy Director, Cyber Security Office (CSO) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Deputy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) within the Communications Systems Directorate at the NRO located in Chantilly, VA. The NRO is the U.S. Government agency responsible for the development, acquisition, launch, and operations of the most advanced intelligence spacecraft in the world. The mission of COMM is to provide end-to-end, secure information technology and transport services for the NRO and its mission partners. Within COMM, CSO delivers a wide range of cybersecurity products, services, and capabilities to safeguard the NRO Information Enterprise (NIE) in support of the Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD), and other mission partners. CSO’s mission is to establish and maintain an integrated NRO Cybersecurity Program that protects NRO data and missions and balances risk with mission needs. CSO, under the authorities of the NRO CISO (who also serves as CSO Director) and Deputy CISO, provides oversight to all cybersecurity initiatives and activities within the NRO to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, and policies. CSO is the NRO focal point for compliance reporting with counterparts at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the IC, and DoD. CSO provides cybersecurity oversight, guidance, and leadership to mission, business, and enterprise IT programs to ensure they are acquired and operated in a secure manner. CSO oversees cybersecurity governance, policy, and strategy on behalf of NRO. Other major functions of CSO include continuous monitoring of the NIE; cybersecurity risk management across all NRO assets; development and delivery of cryptographic solutions for NRO missions; the development and operations of enterprise cybersecurity services; and assuring the security of NRO cross-domain solutions, networks, applications, and endpoints. CSO also provides solutions to enable NRO’s enterprise software patching program; privileged access management; identity, credential, and access management; audit; and data analysis.CSO has a diverse portfolio with a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars per year and a staff of several dozens of Government Civilian, Military, and support contractors who work closely with hundreds of cybersecurity service provider contractors and other industry partners. The CSO Deputy Director, a DISL Tier 1 position, directly supports the CSO Director in leading the portfolio and people involved in the acquisition and operations of cybersecurity services and capabilities. The CSO Deputy Director serves as the NRO Deputy CISO and directly assists the CSO Director, who also serves as the NRO CISO, in fulfilling CISO responsibilities. The NRO Cadre is collecting resumes in consideration for the Principal Deputy Director, 2210. For more information on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) occupational series, click here.Your resume may be considered for other positions which your skills and experience may be a good match.This is a full-time position that is open from Friday, 8 March 2024 through Friday, 22 March 2024. Resumes must be submitted by 11:59 PM EST on Friday, 22 March 2024. Who May ApplyThis position is open to the public.This position is open to current Federal civilian employees who are senior officers or at the Grade 15 level. The NRO is only accepting external applicants through this job announcement. Current NRO Cadre employees should apply through the internal NRO job announcement.What You Will Be Doing Promoting a culture of strong cybersecurity across the NRO. Acting as a thought leader, continually communicating cybersecurity vision and strategy. Working across the NRO to instill a sense of shared responsibility and facilitating culture change NRO-wide.In coordination with the CSO Director, overseeing and implementing NRO’s cybersecurity program. Aligning the cybersecurity program with NRO mission objectives. Balancing risk and security with mission needs and costs.Developing, managing, and executing CSO programs, in collaboration with COMM groups and offices and NRO partners, to meet cybersecurity requirements supporting diverse missions.Leading and managing the organization and activities responsible for engineering, acquiring, implementing, and supporting NRO’s cybersecurity products, services, and capabilities. Balancing cost, schedule, and technical performance of programs within CSO’s portfolio. In coordination with the CSO Director, leading the CSO annual budget build in support of NRO’s Intelligence Program Budget Submission process. Leading efforts to prioritize CSO programs in a resource-constrained environment, ensuring budget closure.Serving as the NRO representative at high-level conferences and meetings with the DoD, IC, Allied partners, and industry.Directing, coordinating, and overseeing work through subordinate managers and supervisors; advising staff on policies, procedures, and directives; encouraging development of employees; selecting candidates for vacant positions; developing performance standards; explaining performance expectations; assessing performance; correcting performance or conduct problems; recommending awards; and approving time, attendance, and leave.As a senior member of the NRO Cadre workforce, the CSO Deputy Director supports and engages in various Cadre workforce management activities in the NRO enterprise. Controls Over WorkThe CSO Deputy Director reports directly to the Director of CSO. The Director of CSO serves as the Rating Official. Qualifications:Intelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualifications (SOCQs) - Leading the Intelligence Enterprise: Required for all Senior Executive positions effective 1 October 2010. This SOCQ involves the ability to integrate resources, information, interests, and activities effectively in support of the IC's mission and to lead and leverage cross organizational collaborative networks to achieve significant mission results. Inherent to this Standard is a deep understanding of the Intelligence enterprise (or other comparable interagency or multi-organizational environment) and a shared commitment to the IC's core values.IC Senior Officers have a responsibility to share information and knowledge to achieve results, in that regard are expected to build effective networks and alliances; actively engage these peers and stakeholders; involve them in key decision; and effectively leverage these networks to achieve significant results. Senior officers are expected to create an environment that promotes employee engagement, collaboration, integration, information and knowledge sharing, and the candid, open exchange of diverse points of view. Applicants, please write to the following. No more than one page per competency. Current IC senior officers do not need to provide responses to the ICSOCQs. (1) Collaboration and Integration: Build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or other government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission outcomes. Integrate joint/multi-agency activities effectively exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual IC, joint, or multi-organizational goals.(2) Enterprise Focus: IC Senior officers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of how the missions, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC components interact and connect; synthesize resources, information and other inputs to effectively integrate and align component, IC, and the United States Government interests and activities to achieve IC-wide, national, and international priorities. Senior officers are expected to encourage and support Joint Duty assignments and developmental experiences that develop and reinforce enterprise focus among their subordinates. Candidates assessed against the component must understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the intelligence enterprise; apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi-organizational mission accomplishment. Understand how organizations, resources, information, and processes within the IC interagency/multi-organizational environment interact with and influence one another; apply that understanding to solve complex interagency or multi-organizational problems.(3) Values-Centered Leadership: IC Senior officers are expected to personally embody, advance and reinforce IC core values. Senior officers are expected to demonstrate and promote departmental and/or component values. Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate:A Commitment to selfless service and excellence in support of the IC's mission, as well as to preserving, protecting, and defending the Nation's laws and liberties. The Integrity and Courage (moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the truth, to innovate, and to change things for the better, regardless of personal or professional risk. Collaboration as members of a single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the diversity of all members of the IC, their background, their sources and methods, and their points of view. Promote, reinforce, and reward IC, departmental/component core values in the workforce and ensure that actions, policies, and practices are aligned with, and embody those values. Ensure that organizational strategies, policies, procedures, and actions give appropriate focus, attention, and commitment to diversity of people, points of view, ideas, and insights.Technical Qualifications: All applicants for this senior officer position must submit written statements (narrative format) of accomplishments that would satisfy the technical qualifications. You must address each technical qualification separately. All applicants must respond. Please limit your written statements to two pages per technical qualification.1. Extensive knowledge and experience in overseeing the acquisition and operations of state-of-artcybersecurity or cybersecurity-related IT systems and services in support of national security missions.2. Expert knowledge of cybersecurity program development and implementation and associated laws, regulations, policies, standards, tools, and processes. 3. Demonstrated experience in written and oral communications skills and the ability to effectively present complex issues to senior leaders in NRO, the IC, DoD, and Congress.Other Significant Factors and Requirements:Strongly desired qualifications: Broad understanding of the NRO and its organizational activities including acquisitions and operations and its relationship to ODNI, the IC, and the DoD.Excepted Service: This position is an Excepted Service, Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) position under authorities of the U.S. Code Title 10, Section 1601 and 1607, dated 20 July 1999. A Joint Duty Assignment (JDA) Program certification is required for promotion or assignment into an Intelligence Community Senior Officer position. DCIPS Trial Period: Newly appointed NRO Cadre senior officers must meet a two-year DCIPS trial period if not previously satisfied. Runs concurrent with other probationary or trial periods. DISL Probationary Period: Newly appointed DISL employees (including DISES moving into a DISL position) must complete a one-year DISL Probationary Period if not previously satisfied. Runs concurrent with other probationary or trial periods.Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required to qualify for this position. Drug-Free Workplace: Position is a Testing Designated Position. Incumbent subject to pre-employment and random or reasonable suspicion drug testing following appointment. Security Clearance: Position is designated critical-sensitive and incumbent must obtain and retain a TOP SECRET security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. Employee remains subject to initial and periodic Counterintelligence Polygraphs and the terms of their signed NDA. Financial Disclosure: The incumbent is required to submit an initial OGE 278e (Financial Disclosure) within in 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter in accordance with the Joint Ethics Regulation. Education Requirement: Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology or a related field. Certified Information Systems Security Professional or a related certification. Duty Hours: The incumbent is required to be available for other than normal duty hours to include weekends to support exercises and crisis planning.DAWIA Key Leadership Position (KLP): This position is designated a Key Leadership Position (KLP) which carries significant responsibility, primarily involving supervisory or managerial duties in acquisition. Requirements include:a. A 3-year service agreement (Form DD2889) to stay in this position for at least that amount of time. In signing such an agreement, the employee does not forfeit any employment rights, nor does such agreement alter any other terms or conditions of employment. b. Advanced level certification in Program Management or Practitioner level certification in Engineering & Technical Management.c. Desired 10 years of acquisition experience, four of which were in a CAP, KLP, or equivalent position.Submission PackageRequired Documents for Current Intelligence Community (IC) GS15, GG15, Senior Officer Applicants, including DISL, DISES, and other IC Component senior officers. Please provide the following unless otherwise stipulated below:ResumeTechnical Qualifications: a narrative statement specifically addressing each mandatory technical qualification. Each statement should not exceed two pages per Technical Qualification.Joint Duty Cr