Information Security Administrator Job Fresno area,California USA,IT/Tech

Under general direction of the District Director of Enterprise Technology Architecture (functioning as Chief Information Security Officer), coordinates, implements, and evaluates the District’s information technology (IT) security architecture, policies, standards and systems to ensure the integrity and security of the District’s IT infrastructure and the protection, integrity and confidentiality of information assets across the entire enterprise; and performs related duties as assigned.

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this class.

Researches, develops, implements and enhances a District-wide IT security framework including security policies, standards, procedures and applications intended to prevent the unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, loss or destruction of District data and assets; works with the Infrastructure Systems Engineer, District and College directors and other IT staff to ensure the integrity and security of the District’s IT infrastructure; reviews the development, testing and implementation of IT security products, protocols and control methods in all Colleges, locations and departments throughout the District.

Consults with application developers, the Academic Technology Systems Specialist and other technical staff to ensure production application network security protocols meet established IT security policies and standards and cyber security best practices; advises on security considerations for system architecture design, software development, and technology procurement processes.

Promotes and coordinates the development of training and education on IT security and privacy awareness topics for District administrators, faculty and staff; develops appropriate security-incident notification procedures for District management.

Conducts vulnerability assessments to identify existing or potential electronic data and information system compromises and their sources; monitors security systems, networks and infrastructure for security threats and unauthorized access; oversees the configuration and use of a variety of systems, tools and processes to monitor for intrusions and other security threats.

Coordinates cybersecurity incident response and investigation of IT security incidents with law enforcement agencies; analyzes remediation with system and data owners; tracks remediation to closure and verifies effectiveness; escalates material security impacts or exceptions to the administrator.

Administers and documents security technologies, including firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms, endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, and identity and access management (IAM) systems under change management.

Performs audits and periodic inspections of the District IT infrastructure (applications, databases, hardware, networks, web portals and applications, etc.) to ensure security measures are functioning and effectively utilized and recommends appropriate remedial measures to eliminate or mitigate future system compromises.

Reviews, evaluates, and recommends software and hardware products related to IT system security, such as virus scanning and repair, encryption, firewalls, internet filtering and monitoring and intrusion detection.

Develops and maintains documentation of security incidents, vulnerabilities, audit results and risk assessments; prepares comprehensive reports on security posture; maintains and improves technical content for disaster recovery and…