IT Security Specialist

City of New York • New York, NY

1d • $75,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Strategic Technology Division (STD) of the New York City Police Department is seeking a qualified candidate to perform duties related to IT security. This role involves planning, defining, and maintaining policies, standards, and procedures for security, identity, and access management. The position also focuses on monitoring data security, ensuring compliance with policies, identifying system exposures, and supporting various IT teams with security design and emerging technologies.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to projects and policies required by the particular position; or, Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" above.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Cisco-centric WAN, LAN, and wireless infrastructure.
• Experience with emerging technologies such as SD-Wan, Cisco ACI, and data center products.
• Experience with Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) configurations in terms of inter VRF routing through firewalls, and service changing.
• Experience with remote access technologies (VPN, Terminal Services, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Plan, define and maintain policies, standards, configuration and operating procedures and guidelines regarding security, identity and access.
• Define, manage and monitor data security, confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
• Monitors industry developments; liaises with vendors.
• Ensures compliance with Citywide and agency security policies and standards.
• Recommends updates and improvements to agency security policies and standards.
• Consults with agency executives to provide IT Security Policy guidance.
• Identifies probable system exposure, compromise, problems or design flaws and escalates issues to upper management to limit serious performance impact.
• Design, implement and support Cisco-centric WAN, LAN, and wireless infrastructure.
• Offers support to application development, network, server, database and storage teams regarding new technologies, services, and system requirements.
• Provide security design assistance on new products and internally developed projects.
• Manage and support remote access technologies (VPN, Terminal Services, etc.).
• Work with emerging technologies such as SD-Wan, Cisco ACI, and data center products.
• Lead complex Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) configurations in terms of inter VRF routing through firewalls, and service changing.

Benefits

• Health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26
• Union benefits such as dental and vision coverage
• Paid annual leave and sick leave
• Paid holidays
• A pension
• Optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior