Senior Information Security Engineer; Bureau Of Technology

job description

offices under the president

cook county offices

under the president

administrative hearings

auditor

bureau of administration

bureau of economic development

bureau of finance

bureau of human resources

bureau of technology

facilities

office of the president

cook county administration 69 w. Washington

serve as a technical expert for organization-wide security engineering initiatives. Develop a set of security standards and best practices for the organization and recommend security enhancements to leadership as needed. Assist in the development of strategies to respond to and recover from a security breach. Assist with data forensic capabilities, cyber security research and development, and the information system security engineering (isse) programs.

Assist users with the installation or processing of new security products and procedures. Answer questions related to information security practices and standards and address non-standard issues.

• graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree or higher and
• four (4) years of information systems security engineering or directly related experience or
• an equivalent combination of education and/or experience is required.
• valid driver's license and proof of automobile insurance is required.

• one cybersecurity certification such as certified information systems security professional (cissp) or certified information systems auditor (cisa).
• one (1) year of full-time work experience working on information security projects, cyber security threat intelligence programs or data forensic programs.
• work experience utilizing national institute of standards and technology (nist); payment card industry (pci); healthcare insurance portability and accountability act (hipaa) laws; or criminal justice information system (cjis).

candidates who are contacted will be required to produce original required documents (e.g., current driver’s license, diploma, school transcript, certifications, etc.) listed on the notice of job opportunity within five (5) days of being extended an offer, in writing, by the bureau chief of bhr (or designee).candidates will be notified of how to submit required documents.

* degrees awarded outside of the united states with the exception of those awarded in one of the united states territories and canada, must be credentialed by the world education services (wes), educational credential evaluators (ece) or a national association of credential evaluation (naces) member organization.

• knowledge of network/application firewalls, end point security, encryption, advanced malware protection,security information and event management systems and identity, credentialing, and access management.
• ability to solve problems while learning and understanding the changing threat landscape and new industry capabilities developed to mitigate threats and ability to assist in the preparation of recurring reports to leadership to brief security posture.
• ability to incorporate best practices to protect systems during the development of information system security requirements with emphasis on nist information security frameworks.
• ability to travel at a moderate to extensive level to work assignments throughout the county.
• ability to provide general technical guidance to staff to focused on engineering concepts to achieve organizational goals.
• ability to apply complex engineering concepts for the optimization of equipment, procedures, processes,and/or systems.
• ability to work collaboratively with team members, leaders, and external stakeholders to support the implementation of complex solutions.
• knowledge of complex engineering principles and…