"Computer Security Specialist"

Job Description - Part 3 - Skills Required

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

Skills Needed for: "Computer Security Specialist"

1) Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

2) Reading Comprehension -- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.


3) Systems Evaluation -- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.


4) Critical Thinking -- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.


5) Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

6) Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.


7) Troubleshooting -- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.


8) Systems Analysis -- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.


9) Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

10) Writing -- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.


11) Operations Analysis -- Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

12) Management of Material Resources -- Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.


13) Technology Design -- Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

14) Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.


15) Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.


16) Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.


17) Instructing -- Teaching others how to do something.


18) Management of Personnel Resources -- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.


19) Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.


20) Installation -- Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.


21) Repairing -- Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.


22) Management of Financial Resources -- Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.


23) Equipment Maintenance -- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.


24) Learning Strategies -- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.


25) Equipment Selection -- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.


26) Service Orientation -- Actively looking for ways to help people.


27) Negotiation -- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.


28) Operation Monitoring -- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.


29) Operation and Control -- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.


30) Quality Control Analysis -- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.


31) Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Job Description for "Computer Security Specialist" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

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