Cybersecurity Specialist

The Cybersecurity Specialist provides technical, professional, advisory, engineering, implementation, assessment, remediation, and operational support to protect enterprise information systems, applications, identities, infrastructure, and data., * Design, implement, assess, and improve enterprise cybersecurity architectures and security controls.

• Secure cloud environments, enterprise networks, endpoints, applications, infrastructure, and organizational data.
• Identify, assess, prioritize, and remediate security vulnerabilities.
• Conduct technical security assessments and testing to identify vulnerabilities, control deficiencies, and potential risks.
• Support incident response, investigation, containment, remediation, and recovery activities.
• Implement and support threat detection, security monitoring, and security operations capabilities.
• Perform security configuration reviews, system hardening, and remediation of security weaknesses.
• Implement, configure, integrate, and troubleshoot cybersecurity tools and security platforms.
• Support cryptographic services, certificate management, and data protection initiatives.
• Develop or support security automation and orchestration capabilities.
• Provide cybersecurity governance, risk, and compliance support.
• Contribute specialized technical expertise to cybersecurity projects, modernization initiatives, assessments, and implementations.
• Provide recommendations and technical guidance to strengthen the City’s cybersecurity posture.

• Demonstrated hands-on professional and technical cybersecurity expertise in one or more relevant disciplines.
• Experience performing cybersecurity activities in enterprise production environments.
• Technical capabilities appropriate to the assigned specialization, such as engineering, implementation, assessment, remediation, security operations, or incident response.
• Ability to support project-specific, operational, emerging, or time-sensitive cybersecurity requirements.

Preferred Certifications

Relevant cybersecurity certifications are desirable but not mandatory. Examples include:

• CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
• CISM - Certified Information Security Manager
• CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional
• Relevant cybersecurity technology or platform certifications