Silicon Valley Leader Seeks 'Cybersecurity Superninja'

The city of San Jose is recruiting for a cybersecurity analyst, whose role in the IT Department will include supporting new initiatives in the Cybersecurity Office.

“The position will focus on threat and vulnerability management, risk management and compliance and managing firewalls,” says the job posting, which includes an application link.

The mid-senior-level position is on the Cybersecurity Analysts team, which reports to the city information security officer. The team “will implement and manage information and system security programs across the city that keep municipal services secure and resilient. The Cybersecurity Analysts will support the city information security officer and the city by administering risk identification, protection and compliance, threat detection, incident response, and recovery services for all city departments to achieve business resilience.”

The candidate “must be able to apply expertise in all aspects of security, interface with vendors, keep their skills current, as well as provide security services to city departments with strong outcomes,” the post says.

Responsibilities will include:

• Work with other teams preparing, detecting, eradicating, and restoring operations in the event of incidents.
• Work with relevant teams to ensure the restoration of systems and technologies in accordance to policy and based on business group needs.
• Identify and mitigate threats utilizing existing technologies. Work with other teams to mitigate identified vulnerabilities from identification to closure. Track and report mitigation efforts.
• Interface with the Virtual Security Operations Center (V-SOC) and use deployed tools and services to ensure monitoring of systems and networks is taking place in accordance with defined service levels, contracts, and established standards.
• Manage and monitor firewalls across many networks. The individual must be able to create, update, delete, and publish policies across multiple gateways.
• This role requires flexibility and adaptability to meet the security needs of the ITD. The individual must be able to support other areas of expertise within the security domain such as, but not limited to, NIST Cybersecurity Framework implementation, Risk Management and Compliance, Risk Assessments, Training, Audit Support, and others.

The position requires skills including job expertise, communications, teamwork and interpersonal skills, analytical thinking and project management. The city’s chief information officer, Rob Lloyd, describes the position as “cybersecurity superninja.”

The annual salary ranges from $110,156 to $134,201.