Information Security Analyst

Company Description

Job Description

The Information Security Analyst supports day-to-day security operations by monitoring alerts, investigating potential threats, and helping protect systems, networks, and data. This role will support many functions of the Information Security Program which include, access provisioning, log analysis for fraud mitigation, security accreditations of new products and services, vulnerability reviews and follow up remediation of vulnerabilities associated to our new pension platform, reviews of indicators or compromise to be applied to NYCERS security controls for awareness, monitoring and incident response of our SIEM and security tools for suspicious activity, triage alerts and escalate incidents to senior analysts, support phishing analysis and malware investigations, support phishing simulations and user awareness campaigns, assist with security reports and dashboards, help update playbooks, policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines, participate in basic risk assessments, and promote security best practices, across the agency.

CYBER SECURITY ANALYST - 13633

Qualifications

1. A baccalaureate degree, from an accredited college including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in cyber security, network security, computer science, computer programming, computer engineering, information technology, information science, information systems management, network administration, or a pertinent scientific, technical or related area; or

2. A four-year high school diploma or its equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and three years of satisfactory experience in any of the areas described in "1" above; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2", above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in "2" above on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. In addition, twenty-four (24) credits from an accredited college or graduate school in cyber security, network security, computer science, computer programming, computer engineering, information technology, information science, information systems management, network administration, or a pertinent scientific, technical or related area; or a certificate of at least 625 hours in computer programming from an accredited technical school (post high school), may be substituted for one year of experience.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.