Information Security Analyst Ii - Fairfax, United States - Fairfax County Government

Fairfax County Government

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Fairfax, United States

2 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Salary
- $76, $126,862.32 Annually
Location

FAIRFAX (EJ32), VA
Job Type
FT Salary W BN
Job Number

Department

Information Technology
Opening Date
05/11/2024
Closing Date
5/24/2024 5:00 PM Eastern
Pay Grade
S27
Posting Type
Open to General Public
Job Announcement:

Duties may include:

Designs, implements, and maintains cloud security solutions and best practices.
Participates in internal and thirdparty security assessments and audits requiring interaction with agencies to remediate discovered system vulnerabilities.
Administers and uses a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) system and other security dashboards to monitor, research, and respond to cyber security related events and incidents due to data loss or system breach, malicious code, system configuration, or other issues.
Coordinates daily with other Department of Information Technology (DIT) divisions and Agency Information Security Coordinators and IT Analysts, and external entities.
Participates in fulfilling data searches to include legal electronic files preservation, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), other data requests, investigations, and forensics.
Acts as a general technical and operational advisor for cyber security on behalf of the ISO.
Stays abreast of current and evolving cyber security trends and seeks to acquire or maintain industry certifications.
Supports and responds to emergency IT events and support county emergency operations center activations as needed.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Position may be underfilled as a Information Security Analyst I; the Underfill Requirements are stated below in the Employment Standards section.

Illustrative Duties:

(The illustrative duties listed in this specification are representative of the class but are not an all-inclusive list. A complete list of position duties and unique physical requirements can be found in the position job description.)

Monitors, analyzes, and evaluates county IT systems, data, and environments and operations to ensure an appropriate level of information/cyber security compliance.
Provides maintenance, problem resolution, and analysis of security exposures, events and opportunities on all County IT and communications environments, and IT/Cyber security systems and tools;
Performs technical tasks for the implementation, operation, and maintenance of IT/cyber security systems and tools;
Evaluates IT/cyber security functions and implements strategies for county systems and environments.
Recommends changes and enhancements as needed to fulfill security compliance;
Coordinates with DIT peers and IT analysts in agencies on the design, implementation, operation, and maintenance of county information and communications systems and infrastructure and controls;
Assists in the design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance of IT/cyber security solutions and functions;
Generates security management reports;
Prepares and maintains technical documentation of cyber security solutions and prepares standards and procedures;
Monitors software modifications and security controls throughout the system;
Assists in the investigation of attempted or actual IT/cyber security violations, events, ediscovery, FOIA and other investigations;
Trains and advises staff in the use of IT/cyber security platforms and solutions;
Develops and conducts information/cyber security awareness training;
Performs systems access controls and privileges for enterprisesystems as assigned;
Provides guidance, training, and technical assistance to less experienced IT/cyber security analysts;
Evaluates technical security products and recommends their acquisition and implementation.

Employment Standards:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")_

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in a computer or information science discipline, IT/cyber security, network or IT systems administration, engineering; or a bachelor's degree in a business or related field that has been supplemented by at least 18 credit hours of intermediate computer science coursework; plus one year of experience in information security systems, network security, or cyber security.

UNDERFILL REQUIREMENTS:

This vacancy may be underfilled at the level of Information Security Analyst I (Grade S24, $66, $110,173).

The employment standards for the Information Security Analyst I are:
Any combination of education, experience and training equivalent to the following: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in a computer or information science discipline, IT/cyber security,