Business Analyst III; OPSR​/LASO

Help protect criminal justice information and build the security compliance program that supports the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.
TCSO is hiring a full-time Business Analyst III to lead its local Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) security compliance program as designated Organizational Personnel with Security Responsibilities (OPSR), a function historically associated with the Local Agency Security Officer (LASO). This dedicated role offers the opportunity to strengthen how the agency assigns security responsibilities, verifies safeguards, and follows compliance issues through to resolution.
You will use your technical and analytical skills to evaluate systems and data flows, review security configurations and supporting evidence, prepare complete audit packets, and coordinate security incident reporting. You will also review the work of designated control owners and help turn security requirements into practical procedures.
Reporting to the Central Warrants Manager, you will work closely with TCSO’s Terminal Agency Coordinator (TAC), TCSO Technology, Travis County ITS and IT Security, the Facilities Management Department (FMD), the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and other partners.
This position is suited to someone who enjoys investigating complex issues, organizing detailed information, explaining technical requirements clearly, and working across organizations to get results.

This is the fourth in a series of four business analyst-related job classifications within the Information Technology job family. This assignment provides complex technical consulting, business process analysis, and oversight of the agency’s CJIS security compliance program.
The OPSR leads security control coordination and verification and works with the TAC on related system access and operational requirements. The employee must understand technical security concepts sufficiently to evaluate system documentation, configurations, access records, logs, and other evidence with TCSO Technology, ITS and IT Security.
The position requires strong organization, attention to detail, independent judgment, and the ability to review others’ work objectively. The employee is accountable for documenting control ownership, monitoring compliance, preparing audit materials, and following deficiencies through to correction or management escalation.
Responsibilities involving supporting departments, vendors, and other partners are carried out within applicable agreements and assigned authority.
This position requires independent judgment and ownership of assigned work. The employee is expected to evaluate information, apply established requirements, make and document decisions within delegated authority, and carry issues through to resolution. Matters requiring management action must be presented with the relevant facts, applicable requirements, available options, and a recommended course of action.

• Serve as TCSO’s designated OPSR and principal local contact for CJIS information security matters within the responsibilities assigned by the agency.
• Build and maintain a documented assignment of CJIS security control responsibilities. Identify required activities, proposed control owners, supporting personnel, required evidence, and review schedules. Obtain appropriate management approval for assignments and keep them current.
• Audit the work and compliance evidence of designated security control owners and supporting personnel within the assigned scope. Coordinate reviews with Travis County ITS and IT Security, document deficiencies, and verify that corrective actions address the findings.
• Prepare and maintain complete, organized audit packets for CJIS technical security audits and…