Cyber Security Analyst

Work, Serve, Thrive.  With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range: $71,624 - $111,014

Work Day/Hours:  8:00 am to 5:00 pm

The City of Durham's nationally recognized, award-winning Technology Solutions Department builds and aligns the City's information technology infrastructure so that departments can deliver a superior level of public service. Our team is recognized nationally by the Public Technology Institute, ICMA Center for Performance Measurement and Digital Cities Survey. If you can offer the skills to innovate and the passion to serve, bring your talent to Durham!

This position is to assist the Senior Cyber Security analyst in the daily management of the City's cyber security program. The Cyber Security Analyst will assist the Senior Cyber Security Analyst in conducting security assessments of systems to identify vulnerabilities, providing recommendations for their remediation, and assisting system owners in implementing effective safeguards. The Cyber Security Analyst will assist the Senior Cyber Security Analyst in validating that controls are risk rated and risk statements are clearly stated and capture the specific business impact to the judiciary in the event that a deficiency is exploited.

An employee in this role is eligible for teleworking. Some assignments may require on-site work requiring travel to different City buildings and/or locations.

Candidates must include the following with their application:

•   Cover letter

•   Resume

Working with the Technology Solutions staff and the Senior Cyber Security Analyst with the following:

• Performing system hardening to prevent unauthorized access

• Monitoring the City's systems and end user activities from an information security perspective

• Providing End user Security Awareness Training to employees

• Correlating and analyzing logs to detect potential information security breaches, and perform other activities needed to support the threat intelligence program.

• Generating Cyber Security reports

• Resolving Cyber Security Tickets and issues in a timely manner

• Utilizing security tools for the resolution of end users' issues

• Providing innovative ideas to improve the Cyber Security program

• Creating and reviewing Standard Operating Procedures and other Cyber Security documents

• Roll out of Cyber Security tools/projects

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a directly related field

• Five years of professional information technology experience in area of assignment.