IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide.

Our client is looking for a Security Analyst to be responsible for growing and operating the agency IT Security Program. The Security Analyst is expected to be familiar with a wide variety of IT security concepts, practices, and technologies. The position serves as an expert resource and relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. This includes providing advanced analysis to manage the security design, implementation, monitoring, and incident response related to networks, servers, storage, applications, databases, and endpoints.

Tasks

• Lead projects to implement new security controls and technologies.
• Also assist with the creation of policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.
• Administer CrowdStrike
• Administer Tenable
• Perform IT security risk assessments. Develop, recommend, and implement remediation strategies.
• Research vendor offerings and conduct proof of concepts.
• Coordinate with other teams to implement new technologies and remediate issues.
• Monitor asset inventory, installed agents, and status of devices.
• Review vulnerability dashboards and organizational impact of changing threat landscape.
• Monitor data inventories, policy violations. Produce reports and metrics.
• Author policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines related to IT security and compliance.
• Monitor and process incident response queues.
• Manage endpoint firewall operation and adjust as necessary.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication
• Work independently as well as within a team environment

NOTE: Candidates MUST be WI residents or willing to relocate to Madison area at your own expense prior to starting the role. This position will be onsite a minimum of two days per week.

Location: Madison, WI (Hybrid)

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• 8 years - CrowdStrike administration experience
• 8 years - Tenable administration experience
• Experience monitoring asset inventory, installing agents, and status of devices.

Skills Desired A plus to have:

• CISSP or equivalent
• Experience performing IT security risk assessments.

*** Rate depends on experience

*** Local candidates preferred, not mandatory

*** Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are not sponsoring H1B candidates at this time.

*** Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.

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