Security & Compliance Analyst — IT Risk & Response

Galveston County Human Resources; Galveston (TX); On-site; USD 63,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Galveston County Human Resources is seeking an Enterprise Security Analyst to safeguard County sites, data centers, and infrastructure. The role involves assessing, managing, and training in physical and cyber security, contributing to IT operations health and continuity.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least two years of information security experience; CJIS level 4 certification and Texas driver’s license are preferred.

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, cyber security or related major.
• Requires two years of experience in information systems security systems and/or network and infrastructure.
• Understanding of firewalls, network switches, SIEM, antivirus, and IP concepts required.
• Experience with penetration testing and security assessments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement, assess, manage, secure, and provide technical leadership and administration for physical security technologies in use at all County facilities.
• Assess need for any physical and cyber security improvements, reconfigurations, and upgrades and execute them if required.
• Assist in maintaining CJIS and FIPS compliancy for all County systems.
• Perform security audits as directed by management.
• Assist in correcting findings from incidents, penetration tests and other security-related audits.
• Test network security controls; coordinate remediation efforts and closure of any identified issues.
• Ensure systems and controls are in place to support both best practices and the County's information security policy and standards.
• Act as first line of support for triage and remediation of support tickets related to security; track ongoing support issues.
• Stay current with IT security trends and standards.
• Stay current on released security features of internal IT systems.
• Maintain confidentiality and integrity in dealing with sensitive information.
• Facilitate end user security training.
• Conduct risk assessments and business impact analysis to identify vulnerable areas within the County's critical functions.

Skills

Security awareness

Policy compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

Tools

Firewalls

SIEM

Antivirus

Network switches

IP concepts

Job description

Galveston County Human Resources is seeking an Enterprise Security Analyst to safeguard County sites, data centers, and infrastructure. The role involves assessing, managing, and training in physical and cyber security, contributing to IT operations health and continuity.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least two years of information security experience; CJIS level 4 certification and Texas driver’s license are preferred.