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New York State Department of Financial Services · 4 hours ago

Information Technology Specialist 2, SG-18

Albany, New York Metropolitan Area

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$67K/yr - $85K/yr

1+ years exp

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) is dedicated to building a fair and resilient financial system. They are seeking an Information Technology Specialist 2 to support the security of applications and systems, manage incident response activities, and assist with the development of security policies.

Financial ServicesGovernmentNon Profit

Work & Life Balance

Responsibilities

Monitors DFS’ network through alerts received from our Managed Security Service system, firewalls, applications, and software vulnerability scans documenting the process and findings

Responds to questions from system users, troubleshoots reported issues from system users through testing, defines approach for understanding and resolving end-user problems, facilitates meetings with internal staff, end-users and management to identify and analyze end-user problems

Manages level I and level II incident response activities including, but not limited to, alert investigations, incident data collection, and impact assessments and recovery

Assists with the development, implementation, and revision of security policies and standards, consistently addressing the most up-to-date security requirements

Identifies and articulates findings and trends to management, program offices, and the Office of General Counsel

Applies IT security concepts to help shape, define or revise incident response processes

Supports the Department’s IT office in implementing security standards

Assists with data governance by reviewing security risk assessments, defining security tasks required for projects, and completing other tasks; and

Evaluates and supports desktop security applications including, but not limited to, encryption, data loss prevention, endpoint control, and anti-virus

Qualification

Cyber securityIncident responseInformation assuranceSecurity policiesData governanceTroubleshootingAnalytical skillsCommunication skills

Required

A bachelor's or higher-level degree including or supplemented by 15 semester credit hours in computer science

A bachelor's or higher-level degree in any field and one year of experience in information technology

60 semester credit hours including or supplemented by 15 semester credit hours in computer science and one year of professional experience in information technology

Two years of professional experience in information technology