Cyber Security Administrator (Remote From Anywhere In Colorado)

Looking for a fresh challenge in Cyber Security in the public sector? If you’re a specialist with expertise in information security technologies, intrusion detection, assessment tools, encryption, and application development, we have the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for a Cyber Security Administrator at the Governor’s Office of Information Technology for the State of Colorado. In this role, you will take on new environments, tools, or networks and address how to operationalize new and existing security policies, ensure new environments are compliant, automate scanning and logging in, and design how activities will be implemented. But that’s not all. You will have the opportunity to work with existing tools and implement new ones. Additionally, you will create standard controls and assist with other tasks as necessary. So, if you have practical experience with security information systems and a strong understanding of network, application, and hardware platform security best practices, we’d love to hear from you. Let’s work together to keep our public systems secure, supporting the critical work of OIT. Some of the day-to-day duties include: * Develop different types of security tools.

• Ensure IT environment domains are secure.
• Address any issues, events, incidents, vulnerabilities, or weaknesses.
• Implement and follow cybersecurity policies, standard pools, and best practices.
• With audit findings, assist with the remediation of compliance issues and vulnerabilities that have been found via analysis., A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows

Do you have experience in IT department experience?, A minimum of three (3) years of increasingly challenging work experience in the information technology field. Substitutions: * Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

• Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• Additional, appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: * Demonstrated system admin experience.

• At least one professional certification to include: A+, Network+, Security+, etc. or the ability to acquire within 6 months of hire.

3.63.6 out of 5 stars Colorado Remote $98,000 - $109,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Opportunities for advancement

Together, we innovate for a stronger Colorado The work of employees at the Governor’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We’re building one of the nation’s leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services. Watch this video to learn more about how we’re Serving People. Serving Colorado.