Printer FriendlyThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced the launch of a virtual job fair at www.dhs.gov/cyberjobfair to recruit cybersecurity experts — capitalizing on the department’s recently acquired authority to recruit and hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity professionals over the next three years.
Through the virtual job fair, DHS is looking for applicants with experience in cyber risk and strategic analysis; malware/vulnerability analysis; incident response; exercise facilitation and management; vulnerability detection and assessment; intelligence analysis; and cyber-related infrastructure interdependency analysis.
The new hiring authority, which results from a collaborative effort between DHS, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Office of Management and Budget, streamlines the hiring process to allow the department to hire up to 1,000 positions over three years across DHS to fulfill critical cybersecurity roles. Although DHS does not anticipate the need to fill all 1,000 positions, this cap reflects the Obama administration’s commitment to building a world-class cyber organization and competing for the nation’s top cybersecurity talent.
Those eligible will be invited to interview at a private hiring event on January 22-23, 2010.
More information is available at http://www.dhs.gov/cyberjobfair.