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SalaryJob Description: IT Security Specialist
Profile Description:
As an IT Security Specialist, you will be responsible for planning and implementing security measures to protect the City's computer systems and networks, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of City data. Your role involves conducting research on security trends, making recommendations, creating compliance reports and metrics, and providing leadership to the security team.
Position Description:
(The following duties represent a summary of primary responsibilities and may not encompass all tasks. Incumbents may be assigned additional duties.)
- Provide technical leadership and oversight within the IT Security Division, particularly in incident response activities.
- Respond to various network-based attacks including denial of access, web application attacks, email phishing attacks, network infrastructure attacks, and cloud infrastructure attacks.
- Develop metrics to measure malware analysis and detection system performance.
- Conduct research on malware development and trends.
- Program and script writing.
- Analyze network security alerts and events.
- Enhance threat hunting capabilities through research on emerging threats.
- Install and maintain security products.
- Create and manage network access (firewall) rulesets and policies.
- Manage PKI certificate systems.
- Assist the service desk with root cause analysis.
- Provide expertise in risk management to projects, peers, or external inquiries.
- Oversee and conduct Standardized Information Gathering (SIG) risk assessments.
- Recommend, document, and monitor implementation of corrective actions resulting from risk assessments.
- Design infrastructure security solutions.
- Perform vulnerability assessments.
- Supervise enterprise patch management and vulnerability remediation.
- Maintain understanding of cloud-based computing platforms.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, IT Security, or similar field AND four (4) years of experience in IT, including two (2) years in an IT Security role and two (2) years of supervisory experience; OR equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Licensing and Certifications:
- Valid Tennessee Driver's License
- Minimum: ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity or equivalent
- Preferred: ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner, CompTIA Security+, or equivalent
Supplemental Information
Knowledge and Skills:
- Supervisory principles for evaluating subordinate work and assigning tasks.
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for internal and external communication.
- Knowledge of network security and recovery principles.
- Familiarity with network security concepts and methodologies.
- Ability to interpret and apply relevant laws, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
- Skill in planning, advising, and resolving security and recovery issues.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Experience managing Sophos XDR, Splunk SIEM, and Manage Engine Endpoint Central.
- Experience managing Windows Active Directory, multi-factor authentication, and cloud IAM solutions.
Physical Demands:
- Stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
Work Environment:
- Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. May require movement between multiple locations throughout the City for collaborative work.
Special Requirements:
- CJIS: Yes
- Safety Sensitive: No
- Department of Transportation - CDL: No
- Child Sensitive: No
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $30.00 - $34.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Relocate:
- Chattanooga, TN 37403: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
