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IT Specialist (INFOSEC)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · Washington, District of Columbia · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen or national, or owe allegiance to the U.S.
Experience: You need IT-related experience, which can be paid or unpaid, or intensive training such as an IT certification. For this grade, you need one year of specialized experience at the GS-13 level in federal service, such as securing cloud operations, running SOC or SIEM processes, or handling FISMA compliance and authorization documents.
Education: This position does not have an education requirement. A mix of school and industry certifications, such as CISSP, CCSP, or SANS certification, is preferred but not required.
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 3 days (November 6, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You take USA Hire assessments based on general competencies, and you must meet a cut score to be considered. Your application materials are checked against your answers, and overstating your experience may remove you from consideration.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Keep your resume to 2 pages or less and show hours per week and dates for each job.
- Submit the full package by 11:59 PM EST on 11/06/2026.
- If the assessment link arrives after the close, finish all assessments within 48 hours.
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