Salary: $115,000.00 - $125,000.00 Annually
Location : Statewide, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: EGB92615
Department: Governor's Office of Information Technology
Opening Date: 08/05/2026
Closing Date: 8/12/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Primary Physical Work Address: (Remote From Anywhere In CO)
FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information:
Type of Announcement: This announcement is not governed by the selection processes of the classified personnel system. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.

Description of Job
IMPORTANT NOTE: Please review your application to ensure completion. For the most equitable applicant experience, OIT's hiring team considers only the contents of your application to review your qualifications. Please do not include any attachments (such as resume or cover letter) with your application as these items are not used by OIT's hiring team.
Are you looking for a fulfilling career that capitalizes on your passion for cybersecurity? Do you want to engage in challenging work where you can protect Coloradans' privacy and livelihood?

Join the Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) as a Senior Cyber Security Analyst within our Chief Information Security Office (ISO). As a key member of the Security Operations Center, you'll collaborate with SOC analysts to identify and respond to cyber threats facing state systems. You'll also serve as a subject matter expert in incident response and provide day-to-day leadership, while contributing valuable insights that strengthen our insider threat program.
Some Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with other security operations team members to respond to escalated information, interpret threat activity, and recommend effective resolutions.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and active member of the state's Computer Incident Response Team (CIRT). Lead the detection, analysis, containment, and eradication of threats, and conduct after-action reviews to identify process improvements.
• Perform forensic evaluation and analysis across all major operating systems. Collect and preserve data/evidence in a forensically sound manner, report findings, and provide support for potential court presentations.
• Critically analyze OIT SOC processes and provide strategic feedback to ISO leadership regarding incident identification, artifact preservation, and overall data protection strategies.
• Partner with ISO leadership and Security Operations Center (SOC) team members to design, implement, and continuously refine monitoring frameworks and security controls that proactively identify, assess, and mitigate insider threat risks across the state.
• Lead day-to-day work activities for junior staff on the SOC.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows:
Minimum Qualifications:
A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in the Information Security field with an emphasis on forensic examination, intrusion analysis, and incident response.
Substitutions:

• Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated expertise in performing computer forensic examinations, reporting, and remediation recommendations.
• In-depth understanding of industry best practices in cyber incident response processes and a proven track record of executing them.
• Experience in developing, documenting, and maintaining security procedures.
• Comprehensive knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, including servers, cloud infrastructures, routers, switches, firewalls, and associated protocols.
• Professional certifications such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, GSEC, CEH, or other equivalent credentials from recognized standards bodies.

Conditions of Employment:
OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state agency locations where they might perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. Post-employment background checks will be required for specific agencies as business needs dictate, which may include a polygraph exam, fingerprint-based criminal history search, reference checks, and a drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

Supplemental Information
If this posting indicates "remote from anywhere in CO" in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.
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Please detail how your skills and experience align with the requirements of this position.
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Please describe how you learned of this job opening.
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• Yes, I acknowledge that it is to my benefit to include ALL of my RELEVANT experience in my application work history and I have done that here.
• No, I do not wish to include ALL of my RELEVANT experience, and I understand that this may affect a potential salary offer.

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All remote work must be performed from within the State of Colorado. If you live out of state and are selected for this position you must relocate to Colorado before commencing employment. There is no form of relocation assistance, financial or otherwise, available for any position. Do you wish to proceed with your submission?

• Yes, I understand the above statement.

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If any of the State of Colorado positions listed in your employment history were performed as a contract employee, you MUST list the position/s, State Agency, and the name of the contracting company by whom you were paid during the contract position. If this does not apply, please type "N/A".
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Do you currently require employer sponsorship for a Visa, employer-provided documentation to maintain your Visa, or employer participation in a program for the purposes of immigration status?

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In the future, will you require employer sponsorship for a Visa, employer-provided documentation to maintain your Visa, or employer participation in a program for the purposes of immigration status?

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