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25 Jan 2023

Temporary IT Security Spec

Hornet Staffing – Posted by Hornet Staffing Anywhere

Job Description

Job Type: Contract

Contract length: 05 Months

Job Description:

  • Accountable for activities that ensure all users in the organization have the appropriate levels of access to applications, systems and data resources.
  • Evaluates and maintains procedures to safeguard information systems assets from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction…
  • Ensures compliance with Security regulations and laws. Recommends and implements changes to enhance security controls and prevent unauthorized access.
  • Responsible for role-based implementation, role management, and access governance.
  • Implements and manages the enterprise security support model for new applications.
  • Monitors systems, networks, servers, and databases for potential system breaches. Responds to alerts from information security tools.
  • Assigned to projects of medium size/scope.
  • Provides consultative expertise on a wide variety of project and initiatives.

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 of *** 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:

  • 3-5 year of related work experience or equivalent combination of transferable experience within IT Security

Required Education:

  • Related Bachelor’s degree in an IT related field or relevant work experience

Required Certification:

  • COMPTIA Security+ or equivalent
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How to Apply

For immediate consideration, please send your resume directly to Lory Weir at lory@hornetstaffing.comYou can view all of our open positions at www.hornetstaffing.com

Job Types: Temporary.

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