Cyber Assurance Analyst

About Us

Are you looking for a career in a dynamic organization that embraces a can-do spirit? Look no further than Maricopa County’s Enterprise Technology & Innovation!

We are a team that prides ourselves on leveraging technology to create digital transformations. We look for ways to bring about innovative solutions while providing top-notch customer service. Apply today and become part of the team that makes a lasting impact on the future of technology at Maricopa County.

Proud to Offer

• Work with a greater purpose

• Tuition reimbursement

• Exceptional work-life balance, with hybrid and alternative work schedule options

• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County

• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents

• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave

• Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts

• Employee discounts for goods and services

• Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12.27% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1

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We Require

• Three years of IT experience, of which two years include implementing and maintaining IT systems that support cybersecurity functions

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a STEM-related field

• A combination of post-secondary education and/or job-related experience may substitute for the minimum qualifications on a year-for-year basis 

We Also Value

• Any one of the following: GSEC (GIAC Security Essentials) Certification; Associate CISSP; CISSP; Security+; Certified Ethical Hacker (CHE)

• Experience with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cyber Security Risk framework

• Experience with tools and processes used in vulnerability management

• Experience with compliance standards such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH), Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards

Job Contributions

• Identifies, reports and manages vulnerabilities in County technology resources

• Identifies and executes System Identification, Data Classification and Impact Analysis procedures for all Maricopa County Information Systems in alignment with standards such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-60 “Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories”

• Supports Data Protection and Control Identification and Monitoring tools designed to support enterprise wide data loss prevention programs through the use of Data Loss Prevention tools and techniques

• Supports business, operational and technical assessments of the County’s Enterprise Architecture and security posture with multiple security compliance standards, and maintains the security protections that are required as it relates to the County’s Information Security framework

• Supports execution of the Maricopa County electronic discovery process which includes triaging all eDiscovery requests including litigation hold, preservation of evidence, and personnel investigation requests

• Supports management and implementation and Maricopa County Enterprise Cyber Security Risk Management framework based on the NIST standards

• Supports tracking and monitoring all information security risks to the enterprise network with inputs from various IT departments, security operations, and to security architecture

• Supports development and delivery of County training programs for Information Security awareness, policies, standards, and guidelines

Working Conditions

• Work is primarily teleworking or in a general office environment and may require driving to various work locations in the metropolitan Phoenix area, subject to County policies regarding the use of a County or private vehicles used on County business

• Some work is performed after regular business hours on weekends and holidays and may be on-call as needed

• Ability to exert up to 10 lbs. occasionally or negligible weights frequently; sitting most of the time