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INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYST-JUNIOR - 09172024-61493

Finance and Administration

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information

Opening Date/Time
09/17/2024 12:00AM Central Time

Closing Date/Time
09/30/2024 11:59PM Central Time

Salary (Monthly)
$4,517.00 - $5,638.00

Salary (Annually)
$54,204.00 - $67,656.00

Job Type
Full-Time

City, State Location
Nashville, TN

Department
Finance and Administration

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION, BUSINESS SOLUTIONS DELIVERY DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

This position requires CJIS fingerprints. This position also requires a criminal background check. Therefore, you may be required to provide information about your criminal history to be considered for this position. This position supports Safety and Homeland Security.

This position is designed as hybrid.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and experience equivalent to one year of experience in 1) information security program design and implementation, or 2) information security risk analysis and mitigation, or 3) information security policy, standards and procedures creation and implementation.

Substitution of Graduate Course Work for Experience: Additional qualifying graduate course work in information security may substitute for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of one year (e.g. 36 graduate quarters hours in information security may substitute for one year for the required experience)

Substitution of Experience for Education: Qualifying experience in one or a combination of the following area may substitute for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years: 1) information security program design and implementation, or 2) information security risk analysis and mitigation, or 3) information security policy, standards and procedures creation and implementation, or 4) computer security incident response.

Necessary Special Qualifications: None.

Examination Method: Education and Experience,100%, for Preferred Service positions. For Executive Service Positions, Minimum Qualifications, Necessary Special Qualifications, and Examination Method are determined by the appointing authority.

Overview

Summary: Under direction, is responsible for supporting information security efforts regarding information security risk assessment and mitigation, information security policy promulgation and compliance, security awareness training work of average difficulty and performs related work as required.

Distinguishing Features: An employee in this class participates in the security program for an agency. Work involves security policy promulgation, risk analysis, safeguard and compliance efforts, and incident response. This class differs from that of Information Security Analyst-Senior in that incumbents of the latter are responsible for directing and leading security policy promulgation, risk analysis, safeguard and compliance efforts, and incident response and have responsibility for supervising subordinate employees.

Responsibilities

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events:
• Identify security breaches.
• Identifies and analyzes areas of potential risk to assets, resources or success of organization.

Analyzing Data or Information:
• Utilize forensic techniques to analyze security events.
• Analyze security operations to identify risk or opportunities for improvement.

Interacting With Computers:
• Encrypt data transmission to conceal confidential information as it is being transmitted and keep out tainted digital transfers.
• Advises, implements and maintains security systems.
• Analyzes and investigates intruder detection or other security systems.
• Encrypt data at rest to conceal confidential information.

Thinking Creatively:
• Mitigate situations that might lead to security breaches.
• Recommend ways to conduct assessments to reduce risk.
• Identify key risks and mitigating factors of potential investments, such as asset types and values, legal and ownership structures, professional reputations, customer bases or industry segments.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings:
• Monitors systems to ensure current updates and patch levels are applied.
• Monitors use of data files and regulate access to safeguard information in computer resources.

Developing Objectives and Strategies:
• Develops or review specifications for design or construction or implementation of security in systems.
• Plans and contribute to development of risk management systems.

Training and Teaching Others:
• Evaluates and modify training materials to address security weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
• Trains users and promote security awareness to ensure systems security and to improve server and network efficiency.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems:
• Determine escalation for security events.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:
• Recommend improvements in security systems or procedures.

Processing Information:
• Conduct s

Location: Nashville, TN

Posted: Sept. 18, 2024, 9:45 a.m.

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