Cybersecurity Engineer

Community College of Baltimore County; Catonsville (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Community College of Baltimore County is seeking a cybersecurity professional to secure the college's computing and network infrastructure. The role focuses on vulnerability management, incident response, and policy enforcement to protect data and services across campus.

The position requires an associates or bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity and experience in enterprise security; certifications are a plus.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in cybersecurity with at least 1 year of experience, or a Bachelor's in cybersecurity.
• Experience securing operating systems, networks, and apps at enterprise level required.
• Cybersecurity certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning and implementation of changes to the campus information security infrastructure.
• Perform vulnerability scans and help remediate vulnerabilities in a timely manner.
• Conduct security risk assessments and assist with remediation activities.
• Investigate and respond to security anomalies discovered in logs or reported by stakeholders.
• Assist with development and enforcement of college security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Perform security analyses to protect college processes while meeting needs of faculty, students, and administration.
• Assist with identifying and remediating policy violations.

Skills

Vulnerability assessment

Security incident response

Firewall management

Network security

Education

Associate's degree in cybersecurity

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity

Tools

ACLs

Security appliances

Job description

The purpose of this class is to perform administrative and technical work in securing and support of the College’s computing and/or network infrastructure.

Associates degree in cybersecurity with a minimum of one-year experience in cybersecurity or information technology or a Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity. Experience with securing operating systems, networks, and various applications at an enterprise level required. Cybersecurity certifications preferred.

Compensation within the posted range is determined by a candidate's education level and/or years of experience in the field. Generally, employees are hired in the lower third of the scale.

1. Provide planning and implementation of additions, deletions, and major modifications to the college wide information security infrastructure.
2. Perform vulnerability scans of college systems, review vulnerability scan reports, and assist the appropriate stakeholders with remediating vulnerabilities in a timely manner.
3. Conduct security risk assessments and assist with remediation activities.
4. Investigate and respond to security anomalies discovered during system security logs reviews or reported by college stakeholders.
5. Assist with the development and enforcement of college wide information security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
6. Perform security analysis to secure the business processes of the institution while meeting faculty, student, and administrative needs.
7. Assist the College community in identifying and remediating college security policy violations.

Essential Job Duties are intended to be examples of duties and are not intended to be all inclusive. There will be other duties as assigned.

1. Perform periodic risk assessments of data systems and business processes, identify vulnerabilities, determine acceptable levels of risk, and identify ways to reduce those risks.
2. Respond to security incidents, perform forensic investigations, and coordinate incident resolution and training with end users.
3. Install, configure, and maintain Access Control Lists (ACLs), firewalls, and various security appliances to ensure institutional data security.
4. Review, test, and recommend new security enhancements to protect, and monitor college business processes both on premise and in cloud hosted solutions.
5. Communicate with and provide training for the College community on current network and information security processes and procedures.
6. Assist with the implementation of security measures to protect the College's computer systems, networks, and data.
7. Provide technical support for the college’s academic cybersecurity program.

Essential Job Duties are intended to be examples of duties and are not intended to be all inclusive. There will be other duties as assigned.