Cybersecurity Specialist

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi • Flowood, MS

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About The Position

The Cybersecurity Specialist designs, implements, and maintains security architecture to protect the enterprise IT infrastructure, sensitive member data, and critical systems from evolving cyber threats. The role works with cross-functional teams to enforce security policies and manage security technologies, while supporting compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

The Specialist manages enterprise-scale security projects and performs architectural reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessments. They partner with infrastructure and development teams to help ensure new and existing infrastructure, software, hardware, architectures, and applications are deployed securely. The role also provides technical support for a range of security systems and evaluates requests for proposals and proposed security systems or system changes to ensure appropriate controls are incorporated.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Strong understanding of networking infrastructure concepts, technologies, protocols, and solutions.
• Comfort working across Windows, Linux, and MacOS computing platforms.
• Ability to research and solve complex business and technology problems.
• Strong analytical, interpersonal, multitasking, project management, and communication skills.
• Customer-focused and service-oriented approach to ensure timely and accurate performance and achievement of benchmarks.

Nice To Haves

• Security certifications such as Network+ or Security+.
• Experience or knowledge in email security, data loss prevention, and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Manage enterprise-scale security projects, including assessments, action plans, policies, and procedures; communicate project status and follow up with stakeholders.
• Ensure security architecture is designed and configured in accordance with existing security policies and industry best practices.
• Perform system architectural reviews, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessments.
• Partner with infrastructure and development teams to ensure new and existing infrastructure, software, hardware, architecture, and applications are deployed securely.
• Provide technical support for content filtering, mobile device management, security validation, email security, managed file transfer, and data loss prevention systems.
• Evaluate requests for proposals, new security systems, and changes to current systems to ensure appropriate security controls are incorporated.

Benefits

• Medical benefits.
• 401(k).
• Ample paid time off.
• A schedule that supports work/life balance.
• Onsite gym and café, with a walking track on campus.
• Comprehensive benefits package described as worth approximately one-third of salary compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time