IT Security Analyst

Title: IT Security Analyst

Agency: Northern VA Community College

Location: Fairfax (City) - 600

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: Commensurate with Experience (up to $115,000 max)

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:
General Description:
The Information Technology Security Analyst is responsible for assisting the college ISO in planning and administration of the college's information security program. This position will help develop the policies, standards, and procedures necessary to protect the college and VCCS ITS infrastructure.

Duties and Tasks:

• Installing, configuration, monitoring and managing of college network systems and associated servers.
• The administration of college IT security operations, testing and utilizing intrusion detection tools.
• Monitoring network traffic for anomalies
• Maintain endpoint protection utilizing Microsoft Defender and ATP tools
• Run and review network scans,
• Perform investigations,
• Must be an articulate and persuasive, who can serve as an effective member of the college Information Technology Services team and communicate information security-related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff.
• Perform Disaster Recovery testing and document standards/guidelines

**Must be able to pass CJIS Level 4, FBI and Virginia State Police background checks.

Minimum Qualifications:

Required KSA's

• Knowledge or Certification equal of equivalent to Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Physical ability to lift 10-25 pounds and sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch repeatedly.
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of IT security principles and applications
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to exercise independent judgment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in Computer Science, Information Management, or Information Security.
• Experience in IT Security field.
• Experience with network & routing protocols for Cisco & Palo Alto routers, firewalls, switches, and Palo Alto VPN
• Experience of disaster recovery planning and testing, auditing, risk analysis, and business continuity planning.
• Experience with Windows 2016/2019, Linux, Apple, VmWare based environments
• Experience writing policies and procedures.
• Experience with Microsoft Office365 (Office, Exchange, SharePoint) products.
• Experience with Intrusion Detection System and Intrusion Prevention Systems.

Additional Considerations:

Additional Considerations:

• Security Professional certifications
• Experience with Splunk or other security information and event management (SIEM) solution.
• Experience with maintaining system security using packet filtering, logging, and intrusion detection systems in production computing environments.
• Experience with Cisco Prime and/or Sourcefire Systems.
• Knowledge equivalent to the ISACA COBIT certification.
• Experience with Splunk architecture components to include search head clustering, indexer clustering, deployment server and monitoring console.