Cybersecurity Engineer

Talentify; Catonsville (MD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentify is seeking a cybersecurity administrator to support and secure the college’s computing and network infrastructure. The role focuses on implementing security controls, monitoring systems, and safeguarding data across on-premise and cloud environments.

You will work with faculty and staff to enforce policies and respond to incidents. The ideal candidate holds an associate degree in cybersecurity (or a bachelor’s) with at least one year of relevant experience; has experience securing

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide planning and implementation of additions, deletions, and major modifications to the college wide information security infrastructure.
• Perform vulnerability scans of college systems, review vulnerability scan reports, and assist with remediation.
• Conduct security risk assessments and assist with remediation activities.
• Investigate and respond to security anomalies discovered during system security logs reviews or reported by college stakeholders.
• Assist with the development and enforcement of college wide information security policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines.
• Perform security analysis to secure the business processes of the institution while meeting faculty, student, and administrative needs.
• Assist the College community in identifying and remediating college security policy violations.
• Perform periodic risk assessments of data systems and business processes, identify vulnerabilities, determine acceptable levels of risk, and identify ways to reduce those risks.
• Respond to security incidents, perform forensic investigations, and coordinate incident resolution and training with end users.
• Install, configure, and maintain Access Control Lists (ACLs), firewalls, and various security appliances to ensure institutional data security.
• Review, test, and recommend new security enhancements to protect, and monitor college business processes both on premise and in cloud hosted solutions.
• Communicate with and provide training for the College community on current network and information security processes and procedures.
• Assist with the implementation of security measures to protect the College's computer systems, networks, and data.
• Provide technical support for the college’s academic cybersecurity program.

Skills

Cybersecurity fundamentals

Network security

Vulnerability assessment

Forensic analysis

Technical support

Education

Associates degree in cybersecurity

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity

Tools

ACLs

Firewalls

SIEM

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.