Senior IT Security Analyst

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Location Aurora, Colorado
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Job Overview

This position is responsible for full performance complex work in the assessment, planning, design, enforcement and auditing of security policies and procedures to safeguard the integrity of and access to enterprise systems, files and data elements. Duties include developing, monitoring, evaluating, maintaining and enforcing systems and procedures. This position may perform lead work over lower level staff.

We are looking for an experienced IT Security Analyst to join our team, focused on enhancing our threat detection and response capabilities. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Defender and Azure Sentinel, including implementing and configuring these platforms to support security operations in a complex healthcare environment. This role requires a strong foundation in Threat Intelligence and Security Operations, with the ability to analyze, detect, and respond to evolving security threats effectively.

Additional Information

Department: Information Security
Hours per week: 40, eligible for benefits

Shift: Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm, work hours may vary due to department needs. This position does have some on-call requirements.
*This role is considered hybrid but does have some onsite expectations.

Qualifications

• EDUCATION - Bachelor's degree is required.
• EXPERIENCE - Minimum of five (5) years of related experience is required.
• EQUIVALENCY - Combination of post-high school education, job related certification, and/or related experience equivalent to nine (9) years may be considered in lieu of minimum requirements.
• Previous experience with Defender and Azure Sentinel strong preferred.

Responsibilities

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

• No direct patient care.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• Conducts complex vulnerability assessments and identifies potential systems and process vulnerabilities. Determines security infrastructure requirements.
• Develops and implements security policies, procedures and measures to prevent unauthorized access. Audits security policies and procedures and identifies potential areas where existing data security policies and procedures require change.
• Performs complex security assessments and reviews networking initiatives for security compliance.
• Evaluates and recommends security products for various platforms in the networking environment.
• Responds to alerts from information security tools and reports, investigates and resolves security incidents.
• Educates and communicates security requirements, standards and procedures to all users and new employees. Ensures that user community understands and adheres to necessary procedures.
• Recommends, plans, and implements complex security system enhancements.
• Researches security trends, new methods, and techniques. Evaluates and recommends security products, services and procedures .
• Ensures compliance with regulations and privacy laws and enforces security policies and procedures.
• Administers and monitors security profiles, reviews security violation reports and investigates possible security exceptions.
• Creates, updates, maintains and documents security controls.
• Provides guidance and direction on best practices for the protection of information.
• Provides management with risk assessments and security briefings to advise them of critical issues that may affect customers or impact organizational security objectives.
• Responsible for complex firewall rule change review, network monitoring, and other various network security measures.
• Prepares status reports on security matters and develops security risk analysis scenarios and response procedures.

Other Information

SCOPE AND LEVEL

• Guidelines: Possesses and applies a broad knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures within a particular field of specialization.
• Complexity: Duties and tasks are broad and complex, usually requiring a greater degree of responsibility. Procedures, methods and techniques to carry out work may not be well defined, requiring advanced knowledge in specific specialties and of the organization.
• Decision Making: Has latitude in making most decisions. Decisions and recommendations are made after contemplative analysis and with independent judgment and ingenuity. May escalate the most complex and important decisions to a higher level employee, supervisor and/or manager.
• Communication: Communicates explanatory and/or interpretive information relative to the organization and/or advanced knowledge of own function with team members, peers, management, clients and in some cases, the public. Uses discretion and independent judgment is exchanged, defended, gathered and/or presented. Defers to higher level team members and/or management only when necessary.
• Supervision Received: Works under limited supervision and with a high degree of independence, conferring with supervisor and/or manager on unusual matters. May be assisted by lower level employees.

Physical Requirements

PHYSICAL REQUIRMENTS

• Vision - Near: clear vision at 20 inches or less
• Weight Lifted/Force Exerted: up to 10 pounds/4.5 kilos, up to 1/3 of time
• Hearing: able to clearly hear details
• Sit: 2/3 or more of time
• Talk: able to communicate verbally
• Mental/Emotional: able to work in close proximity to others and/or in a distracting environment
• Mental/Emotional: able to cope with stress effectively
• Mental/Emotional: able to prioritize effectively

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Mental/Emotional: able to tolerate ambiguity
• Mental/Emotional: able to prioritize effectively
• Mental/Emotional: may be subject to many interruptions
• Office Work Environment: Regular/frequent exposure
• Bloodborne Pathogen Category 2: Occasional exposure to blood/body fluid

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained.

Salary Information

Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $94,871.97 to $142,307.96
Hourly Salary Range: $45.61 to $68.42

Benefits Information

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.

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