Salary: $73,821.60 – $98,879.70 Annually
Location : Fulton Co., GA
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2023-54222
Division/Office: OIT – Office of Information Technology
Unit: IT – ADC Enterprise
Opening Date: 08/04/2023
Closing Date: 9/7/2023 11:59 PM Eastern
Description
Stronger Families for a Stronger Georgia. The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) delivers a wide range of human services designed to promote self-sufficiency, safety and well-being for all Georgians.
What we offer. Enjoy a generous benefits package that includes a flexible work schedule, unique training opportunities, employee retirement plan, deferred compensation, 13 paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, dental, vision, long term care, and life insurance; in addition to telework opportunities depending upon the position.
Start your career in public service. The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Information Technology (OIG) is seeking candidates for the position for Information Security Officer. This position is located in Atlanta Georgia, Fulton County.
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Job Description
Pay Grade: P
The Information Security Officer collaborates with Agency leaders and managers to help define data security metrics that can be used to support the planning, implementation, and tracking of security controls and risk tolerances; Develops incident response protocols specifically relating to data breaches and unauthorized access. Assists the Chief Information Security Officer and Agency leaders in defining comprehensive data security strategies and data privacy and security requirements that aligns with industry standards, government regulations, department requirements, and best practices. Manages the oversight of the operation of information security related compliance standards including but not limited to the Social Security Administration (TSSR), Internal Revenue Service (IRS Pub 1075), Federal Bureau of Investigation (CJIS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (MARS-E). Establishes working relationships with various external applications, data, and network security groups or organizations; Liaises with various external data security groups or organizations; Liaise with internal and external audit teams to schedule data compliance audits and review outcomes. Assists in day-to-day leadership and operational management for the assigned IT capability under his/her direction. Provides regular feedback and daily supervision to employees within the managed team. Provides input on employee performance and on specific unit operations. Implements policies and processes for the team or sub-area/group managed and ensures that all policies and processes are adhered to. Assists in the employee management process for the managed team (e.g. staffing decisions, coaching, skills development, performance evaluation)
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Leads the development and enforcement of policies and procedures in compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and standards in support of organizational information technology and cybersecurity activities.
- Communicates with all levels of management and other supporting or supported agency business owners on cyber risks relevant to the agency.
- Manages assigned resources to support IT and security goals and objectives to reduce the overall organization risk.
- Advises management of technology, information security policy matters, and maintains continuous lines of communication by keeping the agency CIO and State CISO information of all critical information security issues.
- Provides status reporting to senior management on security projects and cybersecurity maturity using dashboards as directed.
- Manages and continuously matures other information security program domain areas: audit & compliance, security awareness training, devsecops, cloud security.
- Leads the agency cyber incident management, disaster recovery, business continuity activities and exercises.
- Maintains a working knowledge of IT and cybersecurity support contracts, develops and maintains necessary relations with other IT and cybersecurity partners.
Performance Aptitudes:
- Data Utilization: Requires the ability to coordinate, manage, and/or correlate data. Includes exercising judgment in determining time, place and/or sequence of operations, referencing data analysis to determine necessity for revision of organizational components, and in the formulation of operational strategy.
Human Interaction:
- Requires the ability to work with and apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others to coordinate programs or activities of a project, and resolve typical problems associated with the responsibilities of the job.
Verbal Aptitude:
- Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information. Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; may include the ability to calculate algebraic calculations, and the ability to interpret graphs.
Functional Reasoning:
- Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
Situational Reasoning:
- Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Information Assurance or Cybersecurity AND Must hold or be able to qualify for a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clearance.
OR
- BS/BA degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Information Security or related field or equivalent experience AND Four (4) years of proven experience and demonstrated success in technology leadership with emphasis on information security and data governance AND Currently holds an advanced level cyber certification per state guidelines Or achieves within 12 months of start date: (CISA, CISM, CISSP, GSLC, or C) ISSO) AND Must hold or be able to qualify for a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clearance.
Additional Information
For more detailed information about the Georgia Department Human Services
Employment InformationCurrent State employees are subject to State Personnel Board (SPB) Rules regarding salary.
DHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
If you require accommodations under the American Disability Act (ADA), email request by the closing date of this announcement to: DHS-HR@dhs.ga.gov.
The candidate selected for this position may be subject to pre-employment drug screening, education verification, reference, motor vehicle records, and criminal background checks.
DHS accepts educational credential recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and/or the US Department of Education (DOE) will be considered. DHS will contact educational institutions to verify degree, diploma, licensure, etc.
As an employee of DHS, in the event of an identified emergency you may be required, as a term and condition of employment, to assist in meeting the emergency responsibilities of the department.
Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered but may not necessarily receive an interview. Selected applicants will be contacted by the hiring official for next steps in the selection process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification.
This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.
In addition to a competitive salary, DHS offers a generous benefits package, which includes employee retirement plan; paid holidays annually; vacation and sick leave; health, dental, vision, legal, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, health and child care spending account. Visit for more information.
Insurance
Health, dental, vision, legal, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, healthcare and childcare spending accounts, and life insurance plans are available.
Health Benefits: 1-800-610-1863
Flexible Benefits: 1-877-342-7339
Retirement
State employees participate in the Employee’s Retirement System. Contributions are based on a percentage of salary and service date entry
Employee Retirement System: 1-800-805-4609
Deferred Compensation
Tax shelter plans are available that enable employees to provide for greater retirement security. Fund programs are available in both 457(k) and 401(k) plans.
Peach State Reserves: 1-877-342-7339
Credit Union
Employees are eligible to become members of the and
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What is your highest level of education completed?
- Doctorate Degree
- Master’s Degree
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Associate’s Degree
- Some College/Tech
- High School Diploma
- GED
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Do you have a degree in any of the following: Information Assurance or Cybersecurity, Computer Science/ Information Technology/ Information Security or related field or equivalent?
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Do you hold an advanced level cyber certification per state guidelines Or can you achieves within 12 months of start date?
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- No
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Do you now hold or would you be able to qualify for a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clearance?
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How many years of experience do you have developing and enforcing state and federal security standards e.g. NIST SP 800-53?
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How many years experience do you have in DevSecOps?
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How many years experience do you have in cloud security?
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How many years of experience do you have in threat hunting?
- None
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