Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Deputy CISO

The CISO and DCISO serve as the principal cybersecurity advisors to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) leading the statutory DHS Information Security these roles you will architect the Departments information security strategy ensure federal compliance (FISMA OMB Clinger-Cohen) and direct strategic planning and multi-year IT investments to safeguard national security.

• The CISO holds the ultimate accountability for department-wide cybersecurity strategy governance and enterprise risk management.
• The DCISO acts as the principal deputy and operational lead directing Headquarters cybersecurity operations and ensuring the day-to-day protection of DHS information assets.

• Advise senior DHS leadership and champion unified risk-driven security programs across all DHS components.
• Oversee long-range planning and implementation of security engineering risk operations and cyber defense.
• Champion the adoption of emerging technologies including AI to proactively mitigate evolving threats.
• Build high-performing multidisciplinary teams and forge critical partnerships with government industry and international stakeholders.
• Oversee the statutory DHS Information Security Program to ensure the confidentiality integrity and availability of national security systems.

• Experience developing and refining secure systems hardware and software capabilities.
• Ability to build practical scalable technical solutions while balancing lifecycle costs federal acquisitions and program budgets.
• Proven capability to establish engineering requirements that ensure seamless integration between internal and external systems.
• Strategic understanding of cyber risk ensuring vulnerability and threat mitigation are integrated into every phase of the engineering lifecycle.
• Demonstrated expertise in identifying and adopting emerging technologies (e.g. cloud mobile AI) to meet complex organizational security needs.

• Cybersecurity Hardware & Systems Engineering
• Secure Software & Application Design
• Cybersecurity Solutions Evaluation
• Technical Testing & Evaluation Processes

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or national.
• You must be 18 years of age.
• Must be registered for the Selective Service (if you are a male).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
• Must be able to submit to a drug test and receive a negative result.
• Must be able to comply with ethics and standards of conduct requirements including completing any applicable financial disclosure.
• May be required to serve a 3 year probationary period.

These positions are in the Executive Track. DHS Cybersecurity Service employees start at career levels and salaries matching their experience and expertise.

The Cybersecurity Executive career level calls for the following qualifications:

• Generally 15 years of cybersecurity experience typically no less than 8 years
• 5 years in executive leadership.
• Proven ability to lead expansive high-impact cybersecurity programs at enterprise-scale.
• An executive-level cybersecurity manager who serves as senior functional authority and oversees multiple highly-visible Department-wide cybersecurity programs