Cybersecurity Architect

We are looking for a full-time contractor or employee for a Cybersecurity Architect role.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct senior-level security assessments to protect TWC’s cloud assets and IT infrastructure.
• Perform threat assessments, vulnerability analysis, and software security evaluations.
• Work with cross-functional teams, providing cybersecurity oversight and strategic improvements.
• Develop and integrate secure system/network designs with multilevel security requirements.
• Identify security gaps, prioritize critical business functions, and create risk management plans.
• Ensure system acquisitions align with cybersecurity guidelines and regulatory requirements.
• Track cybersecurity trends, emerging threats, and best practices to enhance security measures.
• Determine and document necessary protections for IT systems and networks.
• Operate with minimal supervision, using initiative and independent judgment.
• Occasionally travel for TWC services and provide after-hours support for security incidents.
• Perform additional tasks as needed to maintain operational security.

Required Skills:

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in cybersecurity, information technology security, computer engineering, computer information systems, computer science, management information systems or a related field. Full-time qualifying work experience may be substituted for each year of the requirededucation (one year = 30 semester hours).
• Experience in cybersecurity analysis, or information security analysis
• Experience in security and/or enterprise architecture development, implementation, and management
• Experience in conducting security risk assessments and/or audits of policies, standards, procedures, and technical environments within state and federal statutes, regulations, and standards relating to information security and computer crime
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate technical issues to all levels
• Strong consultative, analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Skills:

• Skill in applying and incorporating information technologies into proposed solutions
• Skill in translating operational requirements into protection needs (i.e., security controls) and to apply cybersecurity and privacy principles to organizational requirements (relevant to confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, non-repudiation).
• Skill in determining how a security system should work (including its resilience and dependability capabilities) and how changes in conditions, operations, or the environment will affect these outcomes
• Skill in applying network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth); to identify critical infrastructure systems with information communication technology that were designed without system security considerations
• Texas Workforce Commission experience

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $75.00 - $80.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to Commute:

• Austin, TX 78732 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Austin, TX 78732: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $75 - $80