Job Information
Kansas Employer IT Security Administrator in Wichita, Kansas
This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/12917222
Job Summary
The IT Security Administrator is a hands-on role responsible for auditing and administration of the companys security and information technology program. This position will lead or participate in the development, enforcement, and maintenance of policies, procedures, measures, mechanisms, and systems to protect confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and information systems. The ideal candidate will have a high level of maturity and the ability to work independently and with limited management oversight. A thorough understanding of enterprise technology solutions utilized for the security and soundness of a growing organization is a must.
Responsibilities and Expectations
Communicate and collaborate to promote strong partnerships between managed services, senior management, business stakeholders, and other third-party vendors to perform risk assessments and formulate appropriate security guidelines and standards aligning to information security best practices.
Maintain systems and perform activities related to vulnerability management, security information and event management, training and phishing awareness, endpoint patch management and protection across our hybrid on-prem/cloud environment.
Participate in internal and external audits and reviews.
Ensure security solutions, policies and procedures are sufficient to meet and respond to threats to our data and infrastructure.
Work closely with senior leadership to instill cybersecurity policies and practices throughout business units to address security operations, incident response, application security and infrastructure.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge related to security threats, vulnerabilities and mitigations set forth to reduce the attack surface; circulate this knowledge through the business units.
Required Skills
Strong technical curiosity, security-minded, and critical thinking skills with a collaborative approach to finding an optimal solution.
Ability to evaluate system and network configurations for compliance with security controls, and other common criteria to formulate and implement effective Risk Management Framework.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate analytical and technical content in an easy-to-understand manner.
Self-driven with strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills.
Dependable, flexible, adaptable, attentive to detail with a strong work ethic
Familiarity with NIST Special Publications relating to RMF, Incident Response, Forensics, and System Engineering
Education, Experience, and Certification requirements
Bachelors degree in Information Technology related field; or minimum 5 years hands on experience designing, implementing, and managing large-scale networking, server, and security infrastructures.
Networking and telephony experience (CCNA or equivalent knowledge)
Enterprise experience in securing and managing Azure and M365 admin centers including Azure Active Directory
Working knowledge of best practice patch and vulnerability management in a hybrid environment including SCCM and Intune
High level of experience working with enterprise technology security solutions within an enterprise Risk Management Framework
The above statements are intended to generally describe the nature and level of work to be performed by most people assigned to this job. It is not intended as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and requirements.