Job Description
Company Summary The SJRA is a public entity whose mission is to develop, conserve, and protect the water resources of the San Jacinto River basin. Its primary purpose is to implement long-term, regional projects related to water supply and water quality. SJRA delivers raw water to both municipal and industrial consumers and provides water treatment and wastewater services through the ownership, operation, and maintenance of infrastructure including reservoirs, groundwater wells, surface water and wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, lift stations, and miles of open channel and conveyance systems.
Position Summary The Cyber Security Analyst 1 is responsible for the implementation and management of data protection standards and tool capabilities at SJRA. This role participates from a data protection perspective in identifying, analyzing, triaging, filtering, and documenting vulnerabilities and threats across the Authority and working with the divisions to resolve security matters in a timely matter.
- Documents processes and procedures related to security tools. Produces well-written, clear, and actionable intelligence reports at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels.
- Proactively monitors servers, networks, and other systems for irregularities, analyzes intrusion attempts, activity logs and system alerts for trends, problems, and potential security breaches. Conducts vulnerability scans on organization systems, then documents findings and recommends risk mitigation strategies to the Information Security Officer.
- Responds to end user questions/concerns as they relate to security and addresses tickets and related issues in a timely manner.
- Consults with Desktop Support and Application Teams on security configurations and concerns. Works with business units to help develop data classification guidelines and standards. Works with IT disciplines to research and design best fit infrastructure, network, database, and security architectures.
- Develops systems and processes for security best practices through the organization. Researches, identifies, recommends, and implements necessary security tools to maintain alignment with industry standards.
- Creates, delivers and maintains customer security awareness training (phishing simulations and actual training).
- Aligns organizational security standards to National Institute of Science and Technology Cyber Security Framework (NIST CSF) as directed by Texas Department of Information Resources (TX DIR).
- Develops processes to control access to data and prevent data loss. Defines technical requirements for data protection tools and capabilities.
- Identifies and tracks threat actors and disseminates indicators of compromise to the Information Security Officer and the Network Operations Team. Works with Network Operations Team to identify potential threats by analyzing security incidents and events.
- Drives root cause analysis, debugging, support and post-mortem analysis for security incidents and service interruptions.
- This position is classified as secondary essential personnel. The individual holding this position will be required to work as required in (1) preparation for an emergency event and/or (2) during recovery from an emergency event as directed by their direct supervisor, Department/Division Manager, the appropriate Senior Level Manager, or the General Manager.
Benefits SJRA offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes:
- Health
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Tuition assistance
- Paid Time Off
- Retirement Savings Plan in which SJRA contributes 8% automatically and matches up to an additional 4% of the employee's contribution.
Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field is preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience considered.
- At least 2 years' experience in Information Technology and Services familiar with cyber security frameworks and standards such as NIST is required.
- CompTIA Security+ is preferred.
- Texas Driver's License with Insurable driving record Required.
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