DHS has established a system to hire cyber personnel in excepted service roles with their own qualification requirements and that are not subject to rules of traditional competitive service positions.

The Department of Homeland Security wants to ensure its workforce has the skills needed to respond to evolving threats.

The new process will offer market-sensitive pay across the board and enable the department to make job offers more quickly, such as at tech conferences.

The department requested $11.4 million in fiscal 2020 to fund the launch of a modernized personnel system.