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Employment Development Department · 18 hours ago

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST III

Sacramento County, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$9,507/mo - $12,740/mo

The Employment Development Department (EDD) is one of the largest State departments in California, dedicated to connecting job seekers and employers to build the economy. They are seeking a Cybersecurity Architect to apply cybersecurity best practices to design and develop protection architecture that mitigates fraud and vulnerability risks.

Government Administration

No H1B

Responsibilities

Being able to communicate well as a technical project lead and mentor

Developing technical requirements

Designing secure solutions

Developing detection and prevention tools

Collaborating on security risk assessments and audits

Developing and maintaining documentation

Security systems configuration and administration

Enhancing operations

Conducting fraud and forensic investigations

Monitoring system capabilities

Vulnerability and threat testing

Incident response

Staff training

EDD modernization

Follows administrative direction from the Cybersecurity Operations Section Chief with a high degree of independence and expertise

Has an advanced enterprise-wide level of understanding of EDD's information technology (IT) architecture

Applies a master-level of technical IT expertise to connect strategic intent and practical technical application in the development of a full range of fraud detection, threat detection and prevention, vulnerability management, incident response, resiliency, recovery policies, cybersecurity standards, analytics and concepts governing methods for data storage to support incident and fraud detection

Collaborates with IT Branch Divisions and EDD business units in the planning, designing, testing and implementing a cybersecurity threat detection and mitigation architecture

Develops prerequisites for networks, firewalls, routers, and other network devices

Performs vulnerability and fraud assessments, security testing, and risk analysis

Continuously researches and implements updated security standards and best practices in compliance with applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations

Recognizes the criticality of understanding human behavior and its role in creating possible fraud, threats, and vulnerabilities, and addresses them in the architecture framework

Mentors and coaches technical staff in the Cybersecurity Operations Section in the field of cybersecurity as needed

Qualification

Cybersecurity architectureFraud detectionVulnerability managementIncident responseTechnical project leadSecurity risk assessmentsSecurity testingStaff trainingCollaborationDocumentation

Required

Advanced enterprise-wide level of understanding of EDD's information technology (IT) architecture

Master-level of technical IT expertise to connect strategic intent and practical technical application in the development of a full range of fraud detection, threat detection and prevention, vulnerability management, incident response, resiliency, recovery policies, cybersecurity standards, analytics and concepts governing methods for data storage to support incident and fraud detection

Ability to communicate well as a technical project lead and mentor

Experience in developing technical requirements

Experience in designing secure solutions

Experience in developing detection and prevention tools

Experience in collaborating on security risk assessments and audits

Experience in developing and maintaining documentation

Experience in security systems configuration and administration

Experience in enhancing operations

Experience in conducting fraud and forensic investigations

Experience in monitoring system capabilities

Experience in vulnerability and threat testing

Experience in incident response

Experience in staff training

Experience in EDD modernization

Ability to follow administrative direction from the Cybersecurity Operations Section Chief with a high degree of independence and expertise

Continuously researches and implements updated security standards and best practices in compliance with applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations

Recognizes the criticality of understanding human behavior and its role in creating possible fraud, threats, and vulnerabilities, and addresses them in the architecture framework

Mentors and coaches technical staff in the Cybersecurity Operations Section in the field of cybersecurity as needed