IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK) (Title 32)

Military Grades: E4 through E5 GENERAL EXPERIENCE: All series personnel must be certified at the next higher level before being eligible for that level and must have a minimum of one year on-the-job experience in the grade immediately below the next higher level. An applicant must have a validated understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the occupational series and grade. Basic Qualifications: The following qualification factors are applicable to the Cyberspace positions: Skilled in collecting and analyzing data effectively, efficiently, and accurately. Ability to plan, direct, and coordinate difficult and complex programs. Ability to develop, apply, and adjust cyber program plans to attain agency objectives. Ability to select, develop, and supervise a subordinate staff. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, not only with subordinate staff, but with all levels of key management officials, the latter particularly requiring the exercise of tact, ingenuity, and resourcefulness. Ability to make oral and written presentations in a clear and concise manner. Ability to apply a high level of sound and independent judgment in the solution of cyber program problems and cyber mission requirements. A broad knowledge of and ability to utilize principles, methods, techniques, and systems. Ability to write proper English in reports and presentation formats. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively. Skilled in training, mentoring, and problem solving. Skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 12 months experience as a Cyberspace Operator. Experienced in the work at an acceptable level of expertise for the preparation and execution of tasked unit missions. Experiences included preparing, maintaining currency for, and executing an advanced role in Cyberspace Operations. Knowledgeable of systems security principles and concepts of emerging Information Technology (IT) security developments. Experiences included duties directed within the infrastructure protection environment and the selection of appropriate tools for team members. Experienced in the methodologies for determining the better techniques needed to secure computer systems and to protect cyber key terrains from exploitation of information within these cyberspace systems. Experiences included the ability to leverage knowledge of multiple entities with a stake in current operations to plan and build appropriate courses of action and training scenarios. Some work experiences were in one or more of the following unit assignments: Cyber-space Crew Commander; Cyberspace Operations Controller; Operations Planner and Scheduler; Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Cyberspace Operator; and National Mission Team Cyberspace Operator. Experiences may include one or more of the following business tasks: Developing tactical objectives or tactical taskings for Cyberspace Operators; liaison duties between assigned team and other teams or external entities; directing tactical execution for a team of Cyberspace Operators; developing tactical approaches and synchronizes actions of multiple qualified operators in order to achieve objectives; representing the unit’s capability, availability, and interests at high-level Operational Planning Team (OPT) meetings to define the missions, environments, enemy, effects, capabilities, overall plans, phasing, operational agreements and contingencies needed to conduct the operation or exercise; developing tactical plans for assigned missions and exercises; translating operational objectives into tactical objectives comprised of specific tactical tasks. May have experiences in developing Measures of Effectiveness and Measures of Performance that were used in mission exercise assessments. Experiences include work accomplished to prepare and coordinate operators, resources, facilities and equipment schedules, in coordination with unit and flight commanders, in order to ensure training, currency, and mission timelines and objectives were met. Experiences may include the assessment and evaluation of mission vulnerabilities and/or adversary activity in ICS enclaves. Experienced in detecting, characterizing, and resolving insecurities in ICS networks. Experienced in conducting reviews and analyzing ICS network traffic, configurations, and operating procedures and provided methods to improve system security posture. Experienced in the Air Force currency and additional national-level requirements to execute US Cyber Command’s Defend-the-Nation priority. Skilled in presenting formal and informal briefing and written reports in regard to the Cyber program mission readiness. Competent in preparing Unit Training Assembly, Annual Training and currency training events for Mission Ready Cyberspace Operators to optimize training times. Knowledgeable on unit military members’ go-or-no-go readiness status and skilled to recognize deficiencies. Experiences included working with assigned members to maintain full mission readiness. Experienced in coordinating with the unit’s maintenance section to ensure all assigned equipment is in good working condition and ready for each training and mission event. Experienced in conducting extensive researches of new vulnerabilities and insecurities in operating systems, application software, infrastructure, and boundary protection devices. Experiences included investigations, analysis, and the development of actions used to exploit these vulnerabilities. Competent on conducting tests to validate findings and to develop and refine methods and procedures to mitigate vulnerabilities within the cyberspace community tactics, techniques, and procedures. Experienced in providing customers with the best possible evaluations of their security postures.
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK) (Title 32), Position Description Number D2181P01 and is part of the OK 137th Special Operations Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard.