# IT SPEC (INFOSEC)

Hiring organization: [Patent and Trademark Office](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/patent-and-trademark-office)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/6aabf32d-fee2-459a-aed8-16a525bebf49

Listed on Patent and Trademark Office's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Alexandria, VA
- Salary: 143913 – 187093 USD per year

## Summary

This is a senior IT security role within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's financial systems division, combining hands-on security policy enforcement with leadership of system development and modernization projects. It suits experienced security professionals who want to move into a federal government position balancing technical depth in cloud platforms and application development with responsibility for guiding teams through secure software delivery and compliance certification.

_Our summary, not Patent and Trademark Office's wording._

## Skills named

Agile, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Angular, CI/CD, DevSecOps, IBM Db2, Java, MongoDB, NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), Node.js, PostgreSQL, Retrofit (REST), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Spring Boot, SQL, TypeScript

## Required

- One full year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-13 grade level
- Experience leading IT system development and operations with Agile and DevSecOps methodologies
- Experience enforcing IT security policies and maintaining Certification and Accreditation processes
- Experience with NIST Risk Management Framework and continuous monitoring
- Experience building service-oriented applications with Angular, Spring Boot, Java, TypeScript, or Node.js
- Experience with REST/SOAP APIs and databases (DB2, SQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Object-oriented development background
- On-site presence required in Alexandria, Virginia

Apply on Patent and Trademark Office's site: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/891020200