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Job title: Information Technology Specialist 4 (Information Security) Ref
Company: Department of Homeland Security
Job description: Minimum Qualifications bachelor’s degree* with at least 15 credit hours in cyber security, information assurance, or information technology; and three years of information technology experience, including two years of information security or information assurance experience**.
*Substitution: bachelor’s degree candidates without at least 15 course credits in cyber security, information assurance, or information technology require an additional year of general information technology experience to qualify. Appropriate information security or information assurance experience may substitute for the bachelor’s degree on a year-for-year basis; an associate’s degree requires an additional two years of general
information technology experience.
**Experience solely in information security or information assurance may substitute for the general information technology experience.
Duties Description Under the direction of the Manager of Information Technology Services 1, the incumbent will supervise and participate in all internal security operational tasks and management of the Security Operations Center (SOC) within Cyber Command Center. Incumbent will also supervise a number of subordinate analyst staff associated with the SOC. Incumbent will be responsible for the technical and process direction of the SOC, provide direction to the analysts, as well as act as a liaison to other stakeholders related to incident response efforts within NY State and local government entities. Incumbent will also be expected to ensure that systematic activities are coordinated with required teams and follow NYS standard and policy.
The candidate will take the lead to provide support for investigation into security event feeds and the appropriate triage and escalation in case of an identified security incident and will work together with the Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT) on resolving incidents within NYS governmental entities. Specific duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Serve as team leader and mentor for SOC analysts.
- Provide training, guidance, and act as a mentor to subordinate team members.
- Supervision of SOC activities related to computer security events and incidents for NYS and various supported local entities.
- Provide management oversight for the identification, triage and response efforts for events or incidents.
- Develop written standard operating procedures and related processes.
- Establish workflows to enhance productivity of the unit.
- Manage escalation procedures, workflows and tasks related to SOC activities.
- Ensure identified incidents are escalated timely to CIRT for deeper analysis, resolution, and mitigation.
- Ensure that SOC serves as the primary liaison with the portfolio information security staff and coordinate with other security teams with NY state for effective and efficient IR tasks.
- Ensure the tickets related to events and incidents are tracked in the ticket management system and tracked to closure in a timely manner.
- Ensure that trusted third party notifications are forwarded to the proper stakeholders in a timely manner.
- Identify opportunities to improve security monitoring and operational tasks.
- Maintain operational metrics related to quality, accuracy and timeliness of deliverables and performance.
- Correlate data and performs trend analysis and reporting.
Additional Comments Approval to fill this position is pending with Division of the Budget (DOB). Background check and fingerprinting are required.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.
Expected salary: $81446 – 102661 per year
Location: Albany, NY
Job date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 04:03:46 GMT
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