This role is designed for experienced cybersecurity practitioners to participate in a skills assessment pilot aligned to the Vulnerability Assessment Analyst (Work Role 541). The purpose of this engagement is assessment validation and standard-setting, not hiring, ranking, or performance evaluation.

The Contract SME will complete a structured assessment and a brief survey only. This role does not include teaching, instructional design, content creation, consulting, or advisory responsibilities.

Scope of Work

• Complete a practitioner-level skills assessment
• Complete a short post-assessment survey
• No meetings, facilitation, reviews, or follow-up work

This is a finite, transactional engagement with clearly defined deliverables.

Time Commitment

• Estimated assessment length: ~120 items
• Estimated completion time: Approximately 1 hour
• Assessment window: Must be completed within a defined access period (typically 5 business days once access is granted)
• Once started, the assessment must be completed within 24 hours

Candidates must be current practitioners with applied, real-world experience performing vulnerability assessments in professional environments. Familiarity should align with one or more of the following areas:

• Assessing systems and networks for configuration weaknesses and policy deviations
• Conducting vulnerability scanning and analysis using automated and manual techniques
• Interpreting scan results to identify risk severity and remediation priorities
• Evaluating defense-in-depth architectures against known vulnerabilities
• Understanding common network protocols, attack vectors, and exposure points
• Supporting vulnerability management processes within enterprise or regulated environments

Minimum Performance Expectation

• Participants must score above 50% on the assessment
• This threshold exists only to confirm practitioner-level participation
• Results are not used for hiring, ranking, or performance evaluation

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Active cybersecurity practitioner (not academic or theoretical)
• Hands-on experience with vulnerability scanning, analysis, and reporting
• Comfortable evaluating real-world scenarios and security tradeoffs
• Reliable and able to complete work within a short, defined window

Deliverables

• One completed skills assessment
• One completed post-assessment survey

Compensation

• Flat-fee contract payment
• Paid upon successful completion of the assessment and survey