Pay Range: $37.47/hr. - $48.71/hr.
Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Workdays & Hours: FLSA Exempt position. Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm; some evening/weekend work required. Hybrid on-site work model available with supervisory approval; staff required to be on-site at least 2 days per week.
Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
An IT Information Security Analyst position is available with the City of Fort Worth’s IT Solutions Security Division. The IT Security Analyst proactively monitors, evaluates, and maintains central security policies for the City of Fort Worth. The Security Analyst will be responsible for interfacing with many City organizations to provide security assessment, planning, and remediation in the delivery and safeguarding of our highly available network and Internet services.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Four (4) years of responsible experience in Information Security programs.
- Relevant certifications within the Information Security realm (CompTIA, Security+, GISF, ISC2-CC, etc.) within 6 months of hire.
- Valid Driver’s License.
- Candidate selected for hire must pass a Criminal Background Check for CJIS.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in daily monitoring, follow-up and remediation of threat events generated from security platforms (Firewall, Antivirus/EDR, SIEM).
- Experience managing Email security threats (e.g. Phishing, email based threats, etc.).
- Experience with vulnerability scanning and management.
- Experience managing security awareness campaigns and processes.
- Relevant certifications within the Information Security realm (CompTIA Security+, GISF, ISC2-CC, etc.).
The IT Information Security Analyst job responsibilities include:
- Participate in development and implementation of policies, procedures, and security strategies.
- Coordinate, perform and track vulnerability and security assessments.
- Monitors and reviews log information from various sources.
- Performs audits of security configurations of devices and systems across the environment.
- Investigate any potential compromise of city networks or owned resources.
- Participate in the design and implementation of information security technologies.
- Consistent assessment, documentation, and mitigation of information security threats and risks.
- Providing exemplary customer service to technical and non-technical staff.
Physical Demand
Sedentary Work – Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
Working Conditions
Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, walking and repetitive motions.
Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) Background Check
Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A Misdemeanor Conviction, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions in the last 10 years, Class A Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication in the last 10 years, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and ALL Family Violence Convictions regardless of class.
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
