IT Security Analyst
Southwest Human Development
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Phoenix, Arizona
Contract type: Full time
Job Details
Description
A positive future for every child
Southwest Human Development is Arizona’s largest nonprofit dedicated to early childhood development. The first five years of life are the most critical in a child’s development. At Southwest Human Development, our services improve lives and help families by supporting young children and their caregivers during this important time.
Your skills, experience, and passion are needed at one of the nation’s largest nonprofits dedicated to early childhood development. Join our team and experience a long-term career which brings joy and satisfaction in knowing you make a difference. We offer over 40 programs and services to more than 140,000 children.
Why choose us?
Working under the direction of the Infrastructure and Technology Manager, the IT Security Analyst will be detail oriented and possess strong analytic, problem solving , and technical skills to operate as a member of a security operations and response team in an enterprise business environment. As a hands-on Security Analyst, you will monitor, assess and report on day-to-day Security Risks and threats to the agency applications, data, reputation, and users. Assess reported security incidents, alerts and warnings daily and participate in incident response meetings including informing the IT department and Agency directors of potential active threats in compliance with agency policy and procedures. Closely monitor Sentinel dashboards for risk indicators. Identify and recommend security and risk related process improvement ideas in alignment with relevant standards and policies. The Security Analyst will take part in continuing education through self paced training, industry training, and approved Conferences to acquire the security skills keeping pace with Agency technology goals. Monitor environment and update monthly security reports on a daily basis. Produce bi-weekly summary reports for the CIO and IT Manager analyzing Agency security risks and vulnerabilities.
In This Role You Will
Our core values embody Southwest Human Development’s commitment to services that uplift the lives of children, families and other care providers, and the communities in which they live. These values are intended to guide the professional development, ethical conduct, and skilled practice of all our staff, whatever their specific role within the agency. All staff are valued as making essential contributions to strengthening the foundation that Arizona’s children need for a great start in life. Learn more about our values and benefits here.
Description
A positive future for every child
Southwest Human Development is Arizona’s largest nonprofit dedicated to early childhood development. The first five years of life are the most critical in a child’s development. At Southwest Human Development, our services improve lives and help families by supporting young children and their caregivers during this important time.
Your skills, experience, and passion are needed at one of the nation’s largest nonprofits dedicated to early childhood development. Join our team and experience a long-term career which brings joy and satisfaction in knowing you make a difference. We offer over 40 programs and services to more than 140,000 children.
Why choose us?
- You will be rewarded with benefits, including day one zero contribution health plan options, wellness programming, and generous paid time off.
- You will benefit from high-quality paid training to promote professional growth and development.
- You will enjoy a supportive and collaborative work environment.
Working under the direction of the Infrastructure and Technology Manager, the IT Security Analyst will be detail oriented and possess strong analytic, problem solving , and technical skills to operate as a member of a security operations and response team in an enterprise business environment. As a hands-on Security Analyst, you will monitor, assess and report on day-to-day Security Risks and threats to the agency applications, data, reputation, and users. Assess reported security incidents, alerts and warnings daily and participate in incident response meetings including informing the IT department and Agency directors of potential active threats in compliance with agency policy and procedures. Closely monitor Sentinel dashboards for risk indicators. Identify and recommend security and risk related process improvement ideas in alignment with relevant standards and policies. The Security Analyst will take part in continuing education through self paced training, industry training, and approved Conferences to acquire the security skills keeping pace with Agency technology goals. Monitor environment and update monthly security reports on a daily basis. Produce bi-weekly summary reports for the CIO and IT Manager analyzing Agency security risks and vulnerabilities.
In This Role You Will
- Monitor all information systems and quickly triage and resolve threats to the Agency .
- Develop and update standard operating procedures for Incident Response.
- Develop and update standard operating procedures for Email Content management / SPAM services to maximize productivity, service quality, and compliance.
- Develop and update standard operating procedures to monitor Identity Access Management and User Access Controls.
- Produce daily, weekly, monthly reports for the IT Manager and CIO that address Risk and situational awareness.
- Use Agil SCRUM project methodology to Track Goals, Milestones, Tasks, and time management.
- Ability to run and analyze reports on computer software and hardware and act on those reports.
- All other duties as assigned.
- Experience with Security Vulnerability Management tools
- Experience with Antivirus Systems including Alert, and remediation.
- Experience with email content filtering
- Experience with DLP
- Experience with Internet Content filtering
- Experience with Cybersecurity and Disaster Recovery procedures and strategy.
- Knowledge of NIST as it pertains to information technology
- Knowledge of COBIT, ITIL and related industry standards
- Ability to summarize vast amounts of security monitoring data into Key Risk Indicators reports for the IT team and executive management.
- Stay up to date with Cyber security alerts and trends published by the CISA and NIST and relevant industry organizations.
- Keep up with self-paced and assigned training.
- Excellent verbal and written communications
- Strong decision making and analytical ability
- Demonstrate patience, passion for problem solving, ability to research, use data analytics tools, and report writing.
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
- At least 4 years of relevant work experience or equivalent cybersecurity/security certifications.
- ISACA, ISC2, MS trained / certification / technical degree/ diploma preferred.
- A minimum of 2 years in the role of an IT Support or Systems Analyst.
- Valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card - OR - must qualify for a valid Arizona Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card.
Our core values embody Southwest Human Development’s commitment to services that uplift the lives of children, families and other care providers, and the communities in which they live. These values are intended to guide the professional development, ethical conduct, and skilled practice of all our staff, whatever their specific role within the agency. All staff are valued as making essential contributions to strengthening the foundation that Arizona’s children need for a great start in life. Learn more about our values and benefits here.
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