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IT Cybersecurity Specialist (OS)

Joint Activities

Job at a glance

Category
GRC
Work arrangement
On-site
Location
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Salary range
$114,566 to $156,575
Posted
Nov 13, 2026
Closes
November 22, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time
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Joint Activities is hiring a IT Cybersecurity Specialist (OS) in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. This is a GRC job in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $114,566 to $156,575. Review the full details below and apply directly with Joint Activities.

About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the U.S. Cyber Command - J6 Schofield Barracks Honolulu, HI.

Qualifications: CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS". Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement". If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience would be demonstrated by conducting capability or infrastructure planning, trend analysis, or maintains situational awareness of the cyberspace operational environment to enhance the organization's cyber defense posture; providing operational support, technical guidance, or project management to detect, respond to, or resolve cybersecurity incidents; building, installing, or tests dedicated cyber defense systems by managing security configurations, performing risk assessments, or coordinating the testing/deployment of security tools assessing IT assets; manages the full system development life cycle to develop, test, integrate, or document new cybersecurity capabilities/cyber defense tools while performing risk analysis to mitigate vulnerabilities. This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Full Performance Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.

Full responsibilities and requirements are on Joint Activities's application page.

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Location and market context

This job is based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Joint Activities's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

About cybersecurity governance jobs

Cybersecurity governance connects security control frameworks to business and regulatory risk, covering policy, risk assessment, and control assurance rather than hands-on operations. Jobs like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, and security risk and control-assurance practices.

How to position yourself for this cybersecurity governance job

Strong candidates emphasize security control frameworks, risk assessment, policy and standards, and translating technical security posture into governance and board-level reporting. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Joint Activities would apply NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2, and security risk and control-assurance practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.

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