Remote Cybersecurity Graduate Assistant

State of California; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

Job summary

California Health and Human Services Agency Office of Technology and Solutions Integration seeks a Cybersecurity Assistant (Graduate Student Assistant) in Sacramento. The role assists in developing cybersecurity strategies, analyzing data from security assessments and incident responses, maintaining documentation, and exploring process automation under supervision.

The position emphasizes critical thinking, research, reporting, and effective communication to strengthen the agency's overall

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively in written, verbal, and graphical forms.
• Ability to organize and draft quality work products in a consistent, timely manner.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies, tools, concepts, and apply learnings.
• Ability to think critically and suggest alternative solutions.
• Ability to think systematically and suggest scalable solutions.
• Knowledge of information technology, enterprise cybersecurity technologies and tools.
• Knowledge of diverse subdomains in information security (risk, incident response, forensics, etc.).
• Knowledge of data collection and analysis tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of scripting/automation languages.
• Knowledge of statistical analysis.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Critical thinking

Systematic thinking

IT knowledge

Cybersecurity knowledge

Data analysis

Automation scripting

Education

Graduate student status

Tools

Security tools

Job description

California Health and Human Services Agency Office of Technology and Solutions Integration seeks a Cybersecurity Assistant (Graduate Student Assistant) in Sacramento. The role assists in developing cybersecurity strategies, analyzing data from security assessments and incident responses, maintaining documentation, and exploring process automation under supervision.

The position emphasizes critical thinking, research, reporting, and effective communication to strengthen the agency's overall