Job Type: Contract

Contract length : 08 Months

Essential functions:

• Performs a lead role in promotion of security awareness programs, assessing gaps and implementing solutions.
• Responsible for the end-to-end completion of security requests.
• Provisions user security roles and manages security groups across systems, platforms, databases, applications, servers, directors and folders.
• Analyzes existing role structures to improve and streamline structures, security administration and improve end-user experience.
• Responsible for highly sensitive security access for outsourced vendors and ensuring compliance with policy, regulations and contractual requirements.
• Accountable for highly sensitive emergency processes.
• Creates or maintains application scripts and uses application specific tools to create or manage application security.
• Tracks and documents security issues and requests, actively monitors work queue.
• Plans, coordinates, communicates, tests and implements audits ensuring that access entitlements are appropriate for job requirements.
• Creates and coordinates completion of detailed security reports to fulfill audit, management or business owner requirements.
• Accountable for follow-up of all security work requests including collaborating with other IT areas to ensure timely completion/resolution and obtainment of appropriate approval levels.
• Interfaces with users to understand new capabilities, implement procedures, ensure security procedures have been communicated properly and are being adhered to.
• Provides input to drive process improvements.
• Works closely with business areas and IT partners on troubleshooting, pre-implementation activities and to assess application security.
• Maintains and creates operational procedures and maintains Security Knowledge Base.
• Performs system monitoring activities, identification and evaluation of security threats, breaches and vulnerabilities.
• Responds to security alerts.
• Responsible for on-call release support.
• Acts as lead liaison for internal and external audit requests and activities. Leads remedial activities as the result of audit findings.
• Defines scope of operational initiatives and adjusts priorities to support workload.
• Provides subject matter expertise, leadership and guidance to work teams and end users on security policies, standards and procedures and processes.
• Investigates business processes to understand and implement security requirements weighing business needs and security risks and resolving issues.
• Researches solutions works with vendors to enhance Security Monitoring Program.
• Coordinates and documents exceptions to security policy as directed by the Exception Governance Team.
• Develops training content as needed.

Job Duties:

• In-depth knowledge of Information Technology field and computer systems
• Demonstrated organizational skills
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to change and collaborate as part of a team
• Ability to manage tasks independently without close supervision and take ownership of responsibilities
• Ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback to improve performance
• Must demonstrate initiative and effective independent decision-making skills
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and articulately
• Must have an understanding of the systems development life cycle
• Must have advanced security knowledge of the organization’s existing platforms, systems, databases, and application security and are able to handle most regular issues independently.
• Advanced analytical thinking, problem solving, quantitative analysis ability.
• Must have an advanced understanding of Information Security concepts, protocols, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Must have advanced proficiency with RACF, TSO and tools used to administer security on the mainframe
• Must have advanced proficiency with Active Directory groups and user accounts, Windows folder structures and folder security.
• Proficiency with Windows skills are required, e.g., Windows Explorer, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
• Must have advanced proficiency of UNIX/Linux security and tools used to administer security in these environments
• Must have advanced proficiency of LDAP groups and user accounts and tools used to administer security in this environment
• Must have advanced proficiency with database security and tools used to administer security within the various databases, e.g., UDB, DB2, SQL and Oracle
• Must demonstrate expertise with security management tools
• Strong knowledge ofCompany business processes is required
• Works without daily supervision to meet customer expectations
• High critical thinking skills to evaluate alternatives and present solutions that are consistent with business objectives and strategy
• Experience using Agile methodology specific tools, languages and specialty skills may vary

Required Experience:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Required Education:

• HS diploma or GED

Required Certification:

• COMPTIA Security+ or equivalent