IT Security Specialist - Columbus, OH/On-Site

Role Description

Maintains computer network security.

• Installs new security software.
• Prepares reports on security breaches.
• Conducts penetration testing to identify vulnerabilities.
• Develops IT security standards, policies, and procedures.
• Teaches peers about security procedures.
• Specializes in information and network security.
• Analyzes security risks and plans controls.
• Implements security improvements by assessing current situation, evaluating trends, and anticipating requirements.
• Broad understanding of Information Security as a field, including experience evaluating and implementing security policies and practices.
• Collaborates on implementation of security controls and implements controls.
• Provides technical support on access control issues to users and management.
• Maintains compliance with security policies and procedures.
• Recommends security changes to executive team.
• Knowledge of current and emerging threats and threat vectors.
• Knowledge of security frameworks (NIST SP 800-53, ISO 27001, NERC, etc.).
• Communicates effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals at all levels of the organization.
• Assesses risk of proposed changes to infrastructure, code, and connectivity.
• Performs application updates to security applications and devices.
• Determines security violations and inefficiencies through periodic audits.
• Acts as a technical information security reviewer of performance reports, system status, operating procedures manual, and other documents.
• May assist with the selection, installation of automated tools that enforce or monitor compliance with information security policies, standards, procedures, and similar information security requirements.
• Knowledge in vulnerability assessments, intrusion prevention and detection, access control and authorization, policy enforcement, design of secure infrastructure, protocol analysis, and firewall rulesets.
• Incident response.

Required Experience

• 4+ years of experience in the field or in a related area.