Cybersecurity Application Analyst

Cook Children's Health Care System

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Cybersecurity Application Analyst plays a vital role as a member of the Cybersecurity Team within the Cook Children’s Health Care System (CCHCS) Information Security Office. The Cybersecurity supports the CCHCS mission through the use of information security tools and technologies that detect, prevent or mitigate threats to the confidentiality, integrity and/or availability of information resources. The Cybersecurity Application Analyst will primarily be responsible for ensuring that applications, websites and/or software at CCHCS are implemented and/or supported in a secure manner. He/she will assist in defining the security standards, controls and architecture by which applications, websites and/or software must comply. The Cybersecurity Application Analyst will also serve as a security liaison to the CCHCS application and web support teams and participate as a consultant and/or team member on high-risk and/or high-visibility projects. He/she may be called upon for troubleshooting and/or support for application security related matters such as software patching, website vulnerabilities, security certificates, architecture changes, etc. The Analyst will also have administrative responsibilities for certain applications and/or tools that are used within the Information Security Office.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in the field of computer science or other related field required.
4 years of professional experience working within an information security program requiring compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, PCI/DSS or equivalent.
Extensive critical thinking and application troubleshooting skills.
Experience in use of vulnerability scanning as part of a risk management program.
Excellent technical writing skills and ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
Experience identifying, measuring and mitigating risk related to development and/or implementation of websites and applications.