Lead Specialist, IT Security
2 months ago
**About the American College of Surgeons**
**Summary**: The Lead Specialist, IT Security is responsible for ensuring the security and integrity of the College's IT posture across all locations, including Washington DC and Chicago. This role involves managing and supporting the security of servers, storage, backups, Internet connectivity, security protocols, and related IT components, both on-site and in the cloud. The Security Lead role will collaborate with the infrastructure teams to resolve complex support issues, maintain both wired and wireless networks, and stay abreast of industry security trends. This individual will also be tasked with identifying and implementing strategic security upgrades to enhance the College's IT environment, thereby ensuring the protection of critical business operations. This position is responsible for working with internal and external partners and auditors to ensure that the College is following all security controls.
This exempt position oversees a security analyst and reports to the Chief Information Officer in the Division of Information Technology.
**Responsibilities**:
Risk Management and Assessment Example Responsibilities: work with appropriate partners to conduct comprehensive risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities and threats; develop and implement risk mitigation strategies to reduce the likelihood and impact of security incidents; perform regular security audits and reviews to ensure compliance with security policies and standards; and utilize risk management frameworks such as NIST to guide security practices.
- Incident Response and Management Example Responsibilities: develop, maintain, and execute incident response plans to effectively address security breaches and incidents; lead the investigation and analysis of security incidents to determine root causes and implement corrective actions; coordinate with internal and external stakeholders during incident response efforts; and conduct post-incident reviews to identify lessons learned and improve future response strategies.
**Required Education and/or Experience**:
Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university is preferred.
Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, or equivalent are highly desired.At least 7+ years of similar or related experience is preferred.Experience with firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, threat hunting, incident response and social engineering awareness desired.Experience in hands-on training for various security, networking, and server technologies including patch management and security scanning technologies is helpful.Proficiency with, or exposure to, a wide range of security products is helpful.
- Exposure to the NIST Framework is a plus.
**Comprehensive Benefits**:
We’re committed to attracting and retaining top talent via valuable benefits
- Vacation, personal, and sick hours including 13 paid holidays per year
- Hybrid office schedule
- Medical—comprehensive coverage through BlueCross BlueShield
- Dental, Vision, and Prescription drug program
- 403(b) Matching Program
- Pension Plan
- Flexible Spending Medical/Dependent Care
- Employee Assistance Program
- Short Term/Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Domestic Partner Coverage
- Plus many other great benefits
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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