IT Cybersecurity Engineer

SALARY RANGE: $55,406 - $94,237 annually, DOQ

SUMMARY 

This position is a technical security professional who is responsible for the planning and creation of IT security policies, implements protective measures, and provides vulnerability testing, monitoring, reporting, investigations, and postmortem analysis. They partner with all teams across the city to continually optimize our security posture while maintaining a hyper-focus on the reliability and stability of our IT environment. 

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Remains current on industry security standards/best practices, cyber security topics, and compliance as it relates to Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Payment Card Industry (PCI), and transportation cybersecurity 

• Maintains security equipment and identifies, authors, and implements user, network, and system security policies 

• Proactively maintains tools for monitoring, support, and reporting 

• Works closely with city departments to identify risks, threats, and security vulnerabilities, provide guidance, and track remediation efforts 

• Perform security, vulnerability, and risk assessments of critical systems, infrastructure, applications, and third-party partners 

• Provides recommendations and action plans based on vulnerability and gap assessments 

• Assists with managing the IT Governance policies and processes 

• Participates in project planning and management across multiple efforts 

• Evaluates, develops and recommend security products and platforms to provide cost-effective solutions  

• Manages formal security training courses and creates campaigns to help educate users and reduce risk  

• Incident response experience, particularly leading incident investigations 

• Manages and directs various IT vendor and contractor-related tasks 

• Makes recommendations that impact the department budget 

• Assists in the competitive procurement processes, writes bid specifications, assists in the evaluation of proposals, and makes recommendations for bid awards as needed 

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS  

Requires a bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field, or a minimum of three years of security experience, or an equivalent combination of education/experience implementing and maintaining information security systems and analysis, security programs, and projects. 

Solid work experience in the administration and performance of security systems and tools and a solid knowledge of infrastructure, systems, and application operations. 

Due to the level of access to potentially sensitive information, successful completion of a criminal background check is . Background check must confirm eligibility for Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) system access and CJIS eligibility must be maintained for the duration of employment. 

Must be able to participate in an after-hours on call rotation and work extended hours when necessary. 

A valid Texas Driver’s License is required. 

Preferred certifications: Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Information Systems Security Architecture Professional (ISSAP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Ethical Hacker, Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), CompTIA Network Security+, CompTIA Security+. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES 

• Ability to investigate attacks to find root causes. 

• Experience with handling complex network architectures. 

• Ability to run Pentest on computer hardware or network systems. 

• A deep understanding of enterprise operating systems. 

• Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts and methodologies. 

• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills 

• Understanding of next-gen firewalls, routers, switches 

• Knowledge of EDR, XDR, MDR, and SIEM. 

• Ability to read and understand system and network logs 

• Knowledge of programming languages. 

• Social Engineering skills 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

ADA PROFILE 

Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is required to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The employee must also walk, climb, stand, sit, hear, crouch, reach, speak, see, and talk. Also requires the ability to make rational decisions and preform repetitive motions. 

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The employee works in an environment that requires them to regularly make decisions that could lead to major community or organizational consequences if they fail to make the appropriate decision at the time.