Cybersecurity Governance Specialist

3 days ago

Austin, Texas, United States Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services Full time
Job Title: Cybersecurity Governance Specialist

As a Cybersecurity Governance Specialist at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), you will play a critical role in developing and implementing effective governance frameworks, risk management strategies, and compliance programs to mitigate potential risks and ensure adherence to industry standards.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Assist the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and GRC Lead in developing and implementing an enterprise-wide governance, risk management, and compliance program, aligning it with the agency's goals and objectives.
  • Establish policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, industry standards, and best practices.
  • Conduct regular risk assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities, assess the impact of risks, and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Design and implement effective internal controls, monitoring mechanisms, and reporting systems to ensure compliance and identify gaps or areas for improvement.
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders, such as legal, finance, IT, and operations teams, to provide guidance on compliance-related matters and promote a culture of risk awareness and ethical behavior.
  • Stay updated on relevant laws, regulations, industry standards, and emerging governance, risk, and compliance trends, and communicate any changes or updates to the CISO.
  • Conduct periodic audits and reviews of internal processes to identify control weaknesses and recommend corrective actions.
  • Coordinate external audits and examinations, ensuring all required documentation and information are readily available.
  • Provide training and education to employees on compliance-related topics, policies, and procedures.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for external regulatory agencies and auditors, ensuring timely and accurate responses to inquiries and requests for information.
  • Track and report on compliance metrics, issues, and trends to senior management and relevant stakeholders.
  • Foster a culture of ethics, integrity, and accountability within the agency.

The mission of DFPS is to protect children, the elderly, and people with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation by involving clients, families, and communities.

This position is classified as full-time (40 hours a week) and requires the candidate to maintain personal Wi-Fi and webcam capabilities during work hours to perform their duties. Work outside of regular hours may be required. Travel to other Austin offices may be required. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment.

Essential Job Functions:
  • Conducts quantitative and qualitative risk assessments of technology resources, both internal and third-party.
  • Assesses DFPS ITS compliance with security programs, policies, standards, and guidelines.
  • Performs reviews of technology contracts for compliance with federal and State of Texas law.
  • Develop and maintain a repository for assessment evidence to be utilized by the team and for future assessments.
  • Develop evidence packages to satisfy compliance reporting requirements.
  • Deliver assessment packages in a timely fashion to demonstrate compliance and adherence to internal and external partners.
  • Assist with conducting assessments of existing IT architecture for compliance with security requirements from applicable security frameworks (such as NIST CSF, NIST -53, FBI CJIS CSP, etc.).
  • Assists the IT with Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity programs.
  • Develop and maintain system security plans (SSP) for DFPS applications and technologies.
  • Assists with successfully completing the quarterly UAR (User Access Review) audit process.
  • Collaborates with Internal Audit in developing, testing, and devising solutions to effectively meet applicable IT control objectives.
  • Responsible for continued personal growth in technology, business knowledge, and DFPS policies and platforms.
  • Assists with the Cybersecurity Awareness Training Program.
  • Develop, maintain, and ensure the accuracy of metrics, dashboards, reports, visualizations, and contacts across systems.
  • Guides customers on SPECTRIM portal functionality and assists in developing and improving SPECTRIM.
  • Ensures division website content is accurate, up-to-date, and effectively communicated. Ensures division email box is monitored and maintained.
  • Functions as a cybersecurity generalist to support and backfill work across the team.
  • Provides GRC system operational support, including troubleshooting issues, access control management, account management, and general technical support.
  • Advises customers and internal stakeholders on security configuration and best practice issues.

The ideal candidate will have experience with State of Texas information security requirements, including Texas Administrative Code § and Texas Government Code , and knowledge of security controls in industry-standard frameworks, including FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST Series Special Publications, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, FBI CJIS Security Policy, or other security standards and regulations.

The candidate should also have proficiency in using GRC software and other relevant tools, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to prepare technical issue papers and research reports and effectively deliver oral presentations and written reports to IT and non-IT management.

The ideal candidate will also have experience in developing and delivering compliance training programs, creating and managing policy, processes, and procedure documents, and enjoying looking for and building efficiencies in the team, strong consensus building, multi-tasking, interpersonal, and analytical skills.

The candidate should also have experience auditing various Cloud architectures and deployment strategies, such as Software-as-a-service, Infrastructure-as-a-service, Platform as a service, etc.

The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt messaging to executive, technical, and non-technical audiences.

The candidate should also be able to work collaboratively with other team members from a positive, proactive, and mission-first perspective.

The mission of DFPS is to protect children, the elderly, and people with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation by involving clients, families, and communities.

This position is classified as full-time (40 hours a week) and requires the candidate to maintain personal Wi-Fi and webcam capabilities during work hours to perform their duties. Work outside of regular hours may be required. Travel to other Austin offices may be required. Works under limited supervision, with considerable latitude for initiative and independent judgment.

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