Comptroller - Identity and Access Management Security Analyst I

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ABOUT THE Division

General description


The IT division is looking for a security professional to join our Access Management team within the Security and Planning department. This person would be adding to a team that is fast-paced, security aware and dedicated to solving technical issues that arise on a day-to-day basis. Your workday will involve handling all aspects of user administration, including new hires, transfers, and terminations, along with ensuring least privilege to agency systems. If you want to expand your security career, our work environment will offer valuable Identity and Access Management experience and opportunities. You would be a great fit for this role if you are self-motivated, detail-oriented, honest and customer friendly.

Work Hours
The position works an eight-hour schedule between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm, 40-hour week, Monday – Friday with occasional work schedule variance as necessary. Hours may change based on business need. Performs On-Call duty on a rotational basis and occasionally work overtime and/or additional hours based on business peaks. Employee must be capable of being online/onsite within one (1) hour of being called.

Teleworking may be considered if certain working conditions are met. The candidate must have permanent residency within the state of Texas and must be able to meet in office requirements, which can vary among different sections (i.e. report to office 1-3 days/week, etc.). Travel reimbursements are not provided for teleworking.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor’s degree.
• Two (2) years of experience in identity and access management, cybersecurity analysis, information security analysis or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor’s degree in information technology security, computer information systems, computer science, management information systems, or a related field.
• Experience with IAM Software, Microsoft Active Directory, or IBM RACF.

Substitutions:

• One (1) additional year of experience in information security analysis work may substitute for thirty (30) semester hours of educational requirement with a maximum substitution of 120 semester hours (four years).
• Security specialist certifications such as, MTA, Security +, RACF Administration may substitute for one (1) year of the minimum experience requirement.

Licenses/Certifications (Preferred):

MTA, MCSA, RACF Administrator Certification, Security+, CISSP

In this role you will:

• Processes all access requests per agency procedures to include new hires / terminations / transfers, general mainframe access requests, general server file/folder access requests.
• Assigns or removes access from users as appropriate and as approved by their management or the data owner.
• Processes daily/weekly/monthly administrative exceptions/corrections reports to maintain the Identity and Access Management lifecycle.
• Serves as a security liaison to the CPA divisions on gaining access to systems at other state agencies (i.e. Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Dept. of Transportation, Office of Attorney General, Railroad Commission, and Texas Education Agency).
• Trains users and promotes security awareness to ensure system security and to improve application, server, and network efficiency.
• Performs reviews of account permissions and computer data access needs, security violations, and programming changes.
• Utilizes ServiceNow ticketing system to record and manage security access in support of agency needs.
• Prepares user access reports which are distributed to management, security coordinators, and/or data owners upon request. Provides instructions for proposed system implementations and devises optimum solutions.
• Coordinates training of Division Security Coordinators and other team members.
• Analyzes existing procedures for efficiency and effectiveness and formulates logical descriptions of problems and devises solutions for processing requests as well as improving security compliance tools used by team.
• Implements continuous automated security compliance capabilities with technical support staff, the Security and Data Operations Team, and the Information Security Office.
• Analyzes security implementation processes and identifies and corrects inconsistencies/inefficiencies.
• Assists in the development, documentation, and implementation of access management, procedures, and guidelines. Coordinates the update of all security coordinator reference documents/manuals.
• Coordinates periodic audits of all users’ system access by assisting Division Security Coordinators, Agency Security Coordinators, and application owners with the review of resources by providing reports and consultation.
• Communicates procedure changes to security coordinators or other affected parties.
• Coordinates with the application owners to maintain current documentation of security access levels.
• Assists with development plans to safeguard computer configuration and data files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs.
• Assists with monitoring systems and procedures to protect data files, systems and databases from unauthorized access.
• May support the implementation of computer system security plans with agency personnel and outside customers.
• May assist with information technology disaster recovery and business continuity planning and testing.
• May assist in cybersecurity incident detection, analysis, and prevention in support of the Security and Data Operations Team.
• May assist in the development of Vulnerability Management processes in support of the Security and Data Operations Team.
• Monitors and analyzes cybersecurity alerts from cybersecurity tools, network devices, and information systems.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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