IT Engineer III: Security

Williamson County•Georgetown: 301 S/E Inner Loop, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for an IT Engineer III with a specialization in Security, reporting directly to an IT Director or Manager. The role is responsible for managing and maintaining technological solutions, ensuring the operation and protection of county devices, data, networks, and servers. As a Level III IT Engineer, this role involves developing and recommending solutions, improvements, standards, and internal processes to meet technology needs efficiently and cost-effectively. It also includes documenting standards and procedures, evaluating and recommending equipment and vendors, providing operations support, leading issue resolution, and coordinating with various stakeholders. The specialized security assignment includes managing security protocols across network edge, internal devices, cloud infrastructure, and external services, analyzing security risks, monitoring and enforcing security protocols, managing security software and devices, configuring encryption and data-loss prevention systems, providing escalated technical consulting for security issues, researching security enhancements, conducting user education, and implementing and overseeing security tools like Crowdstrike and Defender. The role requires continuous improvement of security practices and staying updated on security trends and technologies.

Requirements

Associate degree in a related field and five (5) years of job-related experience; OR seven (7) years of job-related experience.
Working knowledge of job-related technology.
Required Technology certification in area of responsibility.
Valid Texas driver’s license.
Criminal background check.
Motor Vehicle Record check.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
Industry certification in area of assignment.

Responsibilities

Develops and recommends solutions, improvements, standards, and internal processes to efficiently and cost effectively meet technology needs.
Documents and develops standards/procedures/strategies/scripts that maximize the functionality and reliability of platforms while minimizing downtime.
Evaluates and provides recommendations to management on the selection of equipment, services, and vendors.
Provides operations support by monitoring system performance.
Takes lead role in working closely with all teams on issue resolution.
Coordinates with team members, other staff, customers, and vendors on projects.
Attends all meetings and trainings, as required.
Performs special duties as assigned.
Manages security protocols and enforcement across network edge, internal devices, cloud infrastructure, and managed external devices and/or services, as well as third party hosted services.
Manages security protocols and enforcement across cloud infrastructure.
Analyzes security risks and needs of the cloud infrastructure.
Provides and maintains security on connections to the wide-area network.
Monitors and enforces security protocols on endpoints and devices.
Manages virus protection and remediation software, intrusion detection, and prevention devices.
Manages Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections and remote access tools.
Configures and manages device and transport encryption, data-loss prevention, packet inspection, and other related systems.
Provides escalated technical consulting and support services related to security issues.
Researches and recommends security enhancements to senior ITS staff.
Conducts user education campaigns.
Develops and deploys security measures for cloud environments.
Monitors cloud environments for security threats and manages responses to incidents.
Maintains knowledge of security trends and technologies; continuously improves security practices.
Implements and oversees security tools such as Crowdstrike and Defender for monitoring and threat detection.