Description - External
Job Summary:Under supervision, installs, configures, and supports a local area network, wide area network, internet system, computers, desktops and/or mobile devices. Performs necessary maintenance to support network availability.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities: Establish and maintain the Enterprise IT Risk Register. Identify, categorize, and track operational and technical risks, providing leadership with a clear "threat map" of the environment.
Lead the mapping of IT controls against state-mandated frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF). Perform gap analyses and recommend specific technical or process remediations.
Draft, maintain, and audit the agency's IT policies. Ensure that infrastructure "Standard Operating Procedures" (SOPs) are documented and followed by engineering teams.
Provide regular, clear updates on the progress of infrastructure builds, risks and dependencies.
Improve inter-departmental communication to reduce misalignment on environment requirements.
Conduct security and compliance reviews for all outside vendors and cloud service providers to ensure taxpayer data is never exposed to unvetted third-party risk.
Act as the primary liaison for state auditors. Manage the "Library of Evidence," ensuring that Change Control logs, access reviews, and patching reports are ready for inspection at any time.
Oversee the periodic review of user privileges for mission-critical systems, ensuring that access is strictly limited based on the "Principle of Least Privilege."
Entry Qualifications:High school diploma/GED and two (2) years of related experience.
Agency Specific Qualifications: Demonstrated understanding of NIST SP 800-53, and comparable state-level security regulations.
Demonstrated ability to discuss complex infrastructure concepts (CMDB, Cloud, Virtualization) with engineers while translating them into "Risk Language" for leadership.
Demonstrated professional courage to identify and report risks, even when they conflict with operational deadlines.
Demonstrated experience in technology assessment.
Demonstrated proven ability to translate complex, multi-tier physical infrastructure into logical risks and procedures.
Demonstrated experience independently managing multiple assignments.
Demonstrated strong customer service orientation, anticipating and meeting the needs of clients in a time sensitive environment.
Demonstrated strong ability to communicate process requirements to senior engineering teams and leadership, with a firm commitment to enforcing governance standards.
Demonstrated commitment to fiscal stewardship and mission resilience, recognizing that infrastructure stability is essential to serving the citizens of the state.
Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills.
Agency Preferred Qualifications:- 3-5 years of experience IT Audit, Compliance, or Information Security. Working experience with GRC platforms for centralized management of governance, risks and compliance activities
- Strong familiarity of NIST SP 800-53 framework and comparable state-level security regulations.
- Exceptional organizational and communication skills.
- Comfortable working with many teams in a fast-moving and occasionally ambiguous environment.
- CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor) or CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control) is highly preferred. (preferred)
GDOT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERHigh school diploma/GED and two (2) years of related experience.
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