Senior IT Specialist; Cyber Incident Response Analyst) II

This is a full-time position with the Office of Information Technology at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. Closing Date:
Tuesday, 09/08/2026, 11:59 PM ET Previous applicants do not need to reapply. Please note that this vacancy has a limit of 200 applicants. The job opportunity announcement will automatically close if that limit is reached prior to the closing date.

• Candidate must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities:
  At least three (3) years of experience with Incident Response and handling methodologies, and at least two (2) additional years of applicable Information Technology (IT) or Information Security experience.
• Experience with full lifecycle incident response handling, preparation, containment, eradication, and post incident reporting.
• Experience and knowledge of malware analysis concepts and methodologies.
• Knowledge of network protocols and concepts, common application protocols and ports, and user authentication processes.
• Experience with signature construction to be implemented with cyber defense tools in response to threats and IOCs.
• Experience investigating and troubleshooting alerts against network traffic using packet analysis tools.
• High level understanding of operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and iOS and command-line tools.
• Ability to communicate both orally and in writing, ability to create, manage, and prioritize tasks.
• Understanding and knowledge of APT TTPs, intrusion vectors, and countermeasures.
• Knowledge and experience with industry cybersecurity frameworks and concepts, such as cyber kill chain, ATT&CK framework, and diamond model.
• Experience performing threat hunting desired but not required.
• Knowledge of endpoint security events and how they relate to cyber security attacks and intrusions.
• CISSP, GCIH, GCFA, GREM, ECIH, CySA+, and other security certifications desired but not.