Cyber Security Analyst

UNIVERSAL Technologies is seeking a Cybersecurity Consultant for a hybrid position in Albany, NY. Applicants must be able to work 50% onsite in Albany, NY from day one.

Applicants must be able to pass a mandatory ITS Security Agreements and Fingerprint-based Background Check and sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement).

Position: The Cybersecurity Analyst will understand, enhance, and operationalize organizational-wide cybersecurity programs. Daily responsibilities will include developing security plans, ensuring enterprise alignment with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, liaising between stakeholders on security activities, creating and reviewing key security deliverables, assisting with organizational wide security certification activities, reviewing vendor security deliverables and providing feedback, providing security subject matter expertise to the client, ensuring security policies and procedures are documented and complied with, developing and implementing security governance activities, developing an organizational security governance plan, and responding to ad-hoc requests in a timely manner.

WHO WE ARE:
UNIVERSAL Technologies, LLC is a Women-Owned (M/WBE) IT solutions and consulting company focused at delivering enterprise systems that significantly improve our clients IT performance. We work across the IT spectrum including Development, Business/Systems/Data Analysis, Project Management, Cyber Security, Network Engineering, and High-Level System Architecture.

The pride in the services we provide and the accessibility and flexibility we provide to employees are what make Universal Technologies stand out from the rest! We hope to propel your IT career to the next level and excite our employees with new and challenging projects.

WHAT WE OFFER:
Our W2 employees can expect the following benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Health/Dental Insurance
• Group Life Insurance
• 401K
• HSA/FSA
• Pre-Tax Transportation Program
• Generous Paid Time Off/Holiday Policy

MANDATORIES:

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity or a related field of study.
• A minimum of 8 years’ relevant Cybersecurity experience.
• Strong analytic capabilities and exemplary skills in stakeholder relationship development and management.
• Exceptional security knowledge and experience.
• Exceptional written and verbal communications and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage and develop key relationships with colleagues and clients through collaborative thinking and a strong customer focus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience and demonstrated comfort level in verbal, written, and in-person communications.
• Knowledge of and experience with the implementation and validation of security controls.
• Experience with vulnerability discovery techniques and tools.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-30 style risk assessments.
• Experience with incident response and disaster recovery.
• Skills in other security domains, well versed in the software development life cycle (SDLC) and the assessment of risk, and able to understand the root causes of vulnerabilities and to articulate those in written and verbal communications to clients.
• Experience with New York State and federal health policy.
• Experience with New York State Department of Health programs.
• Experience and training in cloud computing environments and security considerations.

JOB DUTIES:

• Assist with program correspondence pertaining to security activities.
• Analyze system requirements and documentation for security implications.
• Facilitate meetings with stakeholders.
• Analyze and implement security requirements into systems and programs.
• Research security best practices and providing recommendations to the CISO.
• Understand and seek alignment with NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Liaising between stakeholders on security activities and outstanding action items
• Create and review key security deliverables as part of the organizational security programs.
• Assist with security certification activities.
• Review vendor security deliverables and providing feedback.
• Provide security subject matter expertise on a day-to-day basis.
• Verify security policies and procedures are consistently in compliance.
• Develop and implement security governance activities.
• Develop an organizational security governance plan.

UNIVERSAL Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $90.00 - $130.00 per hour

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Cybersecurity: 8 years (Required)
• stakeholder relationship development and management: 4 years (Required)
• Microsoft Office Suite: 4 years (Required)
• NIST 800-30 style risk assessments: 4 years (Required)
• software development life cycle (SDLC): 4 years (Required)
• New York State and federal health policy: 4 years (Required)
• New York State Department of Health programs: 4 years (Required)
• cloud computing environments and security considerations: 4 years (Required)
• vulnerability discovery techniques and tools: 4 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Albany, NY 12210 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Albany, NY 12210: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person