City Of New York

Cyber Security Analyst

City Of New York$80K — $110K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field with at least 24 credits in relevant subjects.
  • 1 year of full-time experience in computer software development and analysis or related roles.
  • High school diploma plus 5 years of applicable experience in software development and IT roles.
  • Experience may be substituted with college credits or technical certifications in computer programming systems.
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity technologies and practices is essential.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in coordinating security threat mitigation efforts with the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation.
  • Proactively respond to cybersecurity alerts and events threatening the agency's IT security.
  • Analyze network traffic and server metrics to identify potential security threats.
  • Implement necessary patching for various IT systems and network equipment.
  • Analyze malicious activity to understand exploitation methods and impacts.
  • Evaluate the safe use of commercial software in collaboration with OTI.
  • Support incident response by guiding necessary restorations and updates post-incident.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance plans.
  • Retirement and pension benefits.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Work-life balance initiatives.
  • Supportive work environment focused on community impact.
Full Job Description
*** ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. *** The NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) protects and enhances the daily economic lives of New Yorkers to create thriving communities. DCWP licenses more than 51,000 businesses in more than 40 industries and enforces key consumer protection, licensing, and workplace laws that apply to countless more. By supporting businesses through equitable enforcement and access to resources and, by helping to resolve complaints, DCWP protects the marketplace from predatory practices and strives to create a culture of compliance. Through its community outreach and the work of its offices of Financial Empowerment and Labor Policy & Standards, DCWP empowers consumers and working families by providing the tools and resources they need to be educated consumers and to achieve financial health and work-life balance. DCWP also conducts research and advocates for public policy that furthers its work to support New York City's communities. For more information about DCWP and its work, call 311 or visit DCWP at nyc.gov/DCWP or on its social media sites, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. In 2016, following DCWP's successful implementation of the City's Paid Sick Leave Law, DCWP's mandate expanded yet again to add the Office of Labor Policy & Standards (OLPS), which is NYC's central resource for workers and a dedicated voice for workers in City government. OLPS is the largest municipal labor standards office in the country and is charged with conducting original data collection and research, policy development, education and outreach on key workplace issues, and advocating for and enforcing a new generation workplace protections. DCWP now stands at the nexus of consumers, businesses, and working families in New York City and is pioneering how city government can protect and enhance the lives of all of players in the marketplace, including consumers, business and workers, and how that work ultimately fosters stronger, more sustainable, and thriving communities. Through its Office of Financial Empowerment, DCWP assists low-income and immigrant New Yorkers to build assets and make the most of their financial resources by providing free financial counseling at Financial Empowerment Centers across the City, access to mainstream banking, and encouraging Earned Income Tax Credit utilization. DCWP is seeking to hire a Cyber Security Analyst Level II to join its IT Services Division. Under the direction of the Executive Director Infrastructure, the Cyber Security Analyst Level II will assist with implementing cybersecurity polices, standards, directives, and guidelines that draws heavily from citywide cyber policies implemented by the City of New York for all agencies. The Cyber Security Analyst defends against cybersecurity incidents and identifies, analyzes, communicates and contains incidents as they occur. This cybersecurity role requires excellent communication skills, creativity, strong technical background, and familiarity with tradition and emerging security technologies and practices. The activities of this role will be split between day-to-day operations and working on new and existing cybersecurity related projects. Major Responsibilities: -Under supervision, with latitude for independent initiative and decision making, assist DoTSS in liaising with the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation (OTI) by ensuring any security threats are mitigated by DCWP in a timely manner. -With an effort to remain proactive and stay ahead of the issues, respond to alerts and events that could threaten the Agency's information technology security posture. -Characterize and analyze network traffic and server/cloud performance metrics to identify anomalous activity and potential threats. -Complete appropriate patching on various systems, including workstations, servers and network equipment such as switches, voice gateways and routers. -Analyze identified malicious activity to determine means, method, and details of exploitations against agency systems and applications. -Evaluate commercial software in conjunction with OTI for safe use by NYC DCWP. -Guide ITOPS in reimage/restore devices and equipment to previous known good states after an incident. -Validate, analyze, investigate and mitigate reported trouble tickets or incidents from OTI. -Follow up to ensure DCWP staff are taking and following Cyber Security Training. -Ensure new software (COTS, on-prem, cloud-based CRM) are being developed following citywide security standards and protocols passes through SDLC and security accreditation (from OTI). -Follow up on incident reports and app scan reports to ensure that proper mitigation is taking place in timely manner. -Conduct network monitoring and intrusion detection analysis using various computer network defense tools, such as intrusion detection/prevention systems, firewalls and host-based security systems; review and adjust ACL as needed based on source/destination/port by requirement. -Conduct log-based and endpoint-based threat detection to detect and protect against threats coming from multiple sources -Correlate activity across assets (endpoint, network, apps) and environments (on-premises, cloud) to identify patterns of anomalous or suspicious activity. -Support the creation of business continuity/disaster recovery plans, including conducting disaster recovery tests, publishing test results and making changes necessary to address deficiencies. -Research emerging threats and vulnerabilities to aid in the identification of incidents. -Provide users with incident response support, including mitigating actions to contain activity and facilitating forensic analysis when necessary. -Perform security standards testing against computers or IT equipment before implementation to ensure security standards are met. -Coordinate with OTI and ITOPS on providing IT inventory, performing DCWP security audits and coordinate comptroller and Criminal Justice Information Security (CJIS) directive audits. COMPUTER ASSOC (SOFTWARE) - 13631 Qualifications 1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in computer science or a related computer field and one year of satisfactory full-time computer software experience in computer systems development and analysis, applications programming, database administration, maintenance and support, systems programming, data communications, mainframe development, mobile development, web development and design; or 2. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of satisfactory full-time computer software experience as described in "1" above; or 3. Education and or/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in "2" above on the basis that 60 semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. In addition, 24 semester credits from an accredited college or graduate school in computer science or a related field, or a certificate of at least 625 hours in computer programming from an accredited technical school (post high school), may be substituted for one year of experience. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and at least one year of satisfactory full-time experience as described in "1" above. Additional Information

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