Security Engineer - Information Technology

Job Type

Classified

6052 - Security Engineer I

16

Hiring Range: $79,185 - $95,056 Annually

Pay Range: $79,185 - $110,905 Annually

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Information Technology

The Pima County Information Technology Department is seeking a self-motivated, thorough, disciplined, and perceptive individual for the role of Security Engineer I. The ideal candidate has some experience in and working knowledge of audit of organizational activities to support compliance with policies and procedures as well as having a technical understanding of networking, server operating systems, and cloud identity solutions.

This is a compliance role which requires strong technical skills to audit the technical controls in place within the organization.

This role requires close collaboration with technical and non-technical teams, being able to understand technologies to facilitate communication between technical resources and non-technical resources is essential in this role. We offer an opportunity to apply and expand your skills, work in a supportive team environment, and advance your career. Bring your energy, enthusiasm, professionalism, and drive for continuous improvement and help make a difference in your community by supporting the mission of Pima County government.

This is an in-office position located in Tucson, AZ, and cannot be remote. The Information Technology Department is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

• Monitors firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, anti-malware solutions, security data monitoring, event logs, and security patching;
• Proactively addresses security issues and/or elevate for management review;
• Develops and maintains information security procedures, standards, and guidelines for computer system environments;
• Develops plans and recommends the implementation of critical, enterprise-wide security hardware and software solutions;
• Interacts with agency partners across Pima County;
• Monitors information security auditing tools and provides management-level reports as needed and in response to compliance audits;
• Performs system forensics and security incident investigations as required;
• Audits information systems for compliance, security and architectural containment and retirement standards;
• Reviews effectiveness of security measures to applicable policies and procedures and makes recommendations for change with respect to information security, remote access to systems, and networks, both physically and digitally;
• Performs security audit scans of all computing devices in all domains and provides recommendations on risk mitigations and/or corrective actions.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college, university or technical school AND two (2) years of experience in Information Security.

(Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.

• Minimum one (1) year of experience with Microsoft Active Directory Administration, Microsoft Entra , Windows Server Administration, and Windows Desktop Administration.
• Minimum one (1) year of experience with DNS, Networking, and VPNs.
• Minimum one (1)…