Systems Security Specialist

Project Scope:

The Maryland Health Benefit Exchange (MHBE), an independent unit of state government, provides accessible, affordable health coverage to Marylanders. MHBE administers Maryland Health Connection (MHC), the state's health insurance marketplace. Through MHC, Maryland residents explore health insurance plans, compare rates, and determine their eligibility for advanced premium tax credits (APTC), cost-sharing reductions (CSR), and public assistance programs such as Medicaid and the Maryland Children's Health Insurance Program (MCHP).

MHBE seeks one (1) Systems Security Specialist to plan, design, develop, administer, monitor, and govern various security policies, controls, and systems for the Health Benefit Exchange (HBX) and other systems.

Roles/Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement cloud security controls, cloud-based processes and tools, and cloud security task automation.
• Perform security assessments, working closely with DevOps and Developer teams on identifying security and privacy issues in AWS or Azure and finding solutions to provide required functionality securely.
• Continuously monitor the Health Benefit Exchange (HBX) and ancillary systems, not limited to cloud security operations, responding to security issues and escalating as necessary.
• Conduct security impact analysis of controls on proposed system changes.
• Conduct cloud security assessments and Penetration testing.
• Perform Incident Response and Forensics evaluation using security information and event management (SIEM) tools.
• Ensure that the MHBE system security requirements are addressed during all phases of the system development life cycle.
• Review and update systems security documentation and artifacts such as Systems Security Plan, Information Security Risk Assessment, Privacy Impact Assessment, Systems Security Report, Correction Action Plan, Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M).
• Create and track POA&M requirements for resolving security findings.
• Administer cloud-based and physical firewalls.
• Deploy and administer Identity and Access Management products in various operating systems.
• Perform monitoring and operations of Identity and Access Management implementation.
• Design enhancements in Identity and Access Management products ForgeRock and SailPoint.
• Maintain, monitor, and provide operational support for IAM products, computer programs, systems, and other security technologies and revise system design and quality standards.
• Make changes to IAM and underline applications for enhancing enterprise security and ensure safe and secure operation to enable access to our systems for our employees, contractors, consumers, and stakeholders.
• Perform Security Incident Response and Forensics evaluation using security information and event management (SIEM) tools.
• Provide operational support for other security technologies.
• Perform account/access management with IAM and other security tools.
• Adhere to all security, change control, and MHBE Project Management Office (PMO) policies, processes, and methodologies.

Mandatory Skills:

1. A minimum of two (2) years of experience analyzing, defining, deploying, monitoring, and administering security requirements and controls for large and mission-critical IT systems.
2. A minimum of two (2) years performing day-to-day security operations functions, including administration, troubleshooting, and resolution of various security components.
3. A minimum of two (2) years of hands-on experience in performing cloud security functions.
4. A minimum of two (2) years of experience in defining computer security requirements for high-level applications and evaluating approved security product capabilities.
5. A minimum of two (2) years of demonstrated production experience using AWS Cloud supporting security operations.
6. A minimum of two (2) years of experience with administering security for Windows and Linux operating systems.
7. Experience in performing Security Incident Response and Forensics evaluation with SIEM tools.
8. Experience with AWS security features such as Security Groups, Network Access Control List, Firewall, WAF, Guard Duty, Macie, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Control Tower, etc.
9. Experience with assessment and evaluation of information systems to recommend changes and mitigate threats, risks, and vulnerabilities.
10. Demonstrated ability to perform scheduled maintenance activities such as patching, performance tuning, and backups.
11. Demonstrated ability to perform user provisioning and de-provisioning activities.
12. Experience in monitoring the security infrastructure for operational effectiveness

Desirable Skills:

1. A minimum of four (4) years of experience implementing, administering, and monitoring Security Controls and Governance for public-facing complex IT systems.
2. A minimum of four (4) years of specialized experience in defining computer security requirements for high-level applications, evaluating approved security product capabilities, and developing solutions to multilevel security problems.
3. A minimum of four (4) years of hands-on experience providing operational support for ForgeRock and Sailpoint IAM products.
4. A minimum of four (4) years of experience with the assessment and evaluation of information systems to recommend changes and mitigate threats, risks, and vulnerabilities.
5. A minimum of four (4) years of experience conducting Incident Response testing to evaluate processes for detection, response, and reporting of security incidents.
6. Experience configuring ForgeRock to enable single sign-on with different applications and implementing password sync across all internal applications.
7. Experience with configuration and administration of SailPoint and performing tasks such as designing an organizational tree structure and creating provisioning and de-provisioning policies.
8. Experience implementing ID policies, password policies, access control lists (ACL), reconciliation, service definition, the configuration of remote resources, workflows, password synchronization, reconciliation schedules, and life cycle management.
9. Experience in providing detailed configuration and administration for programs such as ACL configuration, Group Management, and configuration management.
10. Hands-on experience with troubleshooting, investigating operational problems, and providing workarounds, resolutions, and remediations.
11. Experience developing IT Security roadmaps and execution plans.
12. Demonstrated technical knowledge of command line utilities running on various platforms, including Linux and MS Windows.
13. Experience with implementation of integration solutions between IAM system and user account repositories such as Active Directory, LDAP, and Databases.
14. Experience with Java, JavaScript, and shell scripts.
15. Experience assisting organizations meeting NIST SP 800-37, NIST 800-53, IRS Publication 1075, and MARS-e 2.0 requirements.
16. Experience with conducting vulnerability management and penetration testing efforts.
17. Experience in configuring and reviewing ASA and/or Fortinet firewalls.
18. Possess one or more security certifications such as CISSP, ISO, CSA STAR Cloud Security Advisor, CCSE, QCS, CNA, VCP, or equivalent preferred.
19. Experience working with the Project Management Office (PMO) processes, policies, and procedures