Cybersecurity Analyst

Indianapolis, IN, United States

Purpose of Position/Summary:

The Cybersecurity Analyst serves as a vital component to the ever-growing technical environment of Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS). The Cybersecurity Analyst will be primarily responsible for protecting IPS' network and systems from cyber attacks. This involves researching upcoming IT trends, creating contingency plans, reviewing suspicious activities, reporting security breaches, and assisting in educating the rest of the organization on security preventative measures within and beyond the district. Additionally, the Cybersecurity Analyst will also develop systems of prevention, developing additional response plans that the organization will implement in case of a successful attack. The Cybersecurity analyst needs to stay informed about the weapons utilized by bad actors to mount a strong defense for IPS.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Being knowledgeable about the cybersecurity threatscape (and keeping up to date with the security industry).

Understand and evaluate security threats to your organization and perform a risk analysis of threats.

Investigate any breaches and other security incidents that occur.

Document incidents and generate reports for team members and key staff.

Work with the security team to help develop security policies and implement them.

Help to deliver cybersecurity awareness training.

Assist in performing security assessments to identify, assess and mitigate unnecessary risk.

Identifies security exposures that currently exist and/or is emerging, and that create potential threats to the infrastructure, systems and data.

Contribute, as a team member, to all other risk, security, and privacy initiatives and services as appropriate .

Research and evaluate current or emerging security technologies to support organizational cyber security objectives.

Assist or help conduct investigations into information security incidents, assist in root cause analysis and corrective/preventative actions, and recommend mitigation techniques.

Support inclusion of applicable compliance, quality and process standards within project planning and execution.

Assist with evaluating the security controls and practices across the company; identify, analyze and mitigate risks as appropriate.

Professionally exercises discretion and independent judgment in day-to-day work.

Consults with Cybersecurity Manager to understand objectives regarding processes and recommend changes.

May train end-users on best practices on an off-site location during absence of Cybersecurity Manager.

Install some updates on cyber technology and peripheral equipment.

Cross Functional Collaboration & Team Supports: Maintain history logs of issues within IT Operations for future-tense problem resolutions.

Collaborate across functional teams to compile logs for auditing purposes.

Maintain clear and timely communication relative to all areas of assigned responsibility.

Assist with log trends and utilization standard changes within IT Operations.

Assist with DLP (Data Loss Prevention) acknowledgments and investigations. (Cyber and IT Operations)

Perform other duties/responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

This role provides privileged access to the inner workings of Indianapolis Public Schools technology and to highly sensitive information and data. The successful candidate will be discrete, high-energy, agile-minded, strategic, proactive, a direct communicator, highly-organized and committed to the vision and values of Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS). In addition, the following standards will generally define the successful incumbent:

Bachelor's degree required, preferably in computer science, information security or cybersecurity. 2+ years of relevant experience. Will consider candidates without a bachelor's degree if they have an Associate's degree and have shown/demonstrated having 2+ additional years of equivalent, relevant experience in the tools, systems, and initiatives leveraged. Professional certification (e.g. Security+, Network+) preferred but not required.

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate: A track record of developing and maintaining strong working relationships with and among a diverse group of actors;

Excellent communication skills and strong analytical, technical and writing capabilities;

Close attention to detail coupled with the ability to exercise good judgment;

Strong organizational, oral and written communication, and interpersonal skills;

Proactive nature; able to anticipate conflicts before they arise;

Ability to work well independently as well as collaboratively;

Ability to effectively allocate and prioritize time to several tasks to ensure completion of all.

Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:

There will be no supervisory responsibilities, nor any direct reports.

Personal Work Relationships:

The individual in this position works with a wide range of school staff, service staff, and administrators and service providers on diverse problems encountered in IPS in a moderate capacity to fulfill its duties. The individual must possess and employ a variety of personal and interpersonal skills in the discharge of the position's responsibilities. This position requires a positive attitude when dealing with all staff and constituents. Good judgment, discretion and individual initiative are necessary for the effective discharge of the position's significant responsibilities.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

No certificates, special licenses, nor registration is required but preferred for this position.

Physical Effort:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk. The employee is frequently required to sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50+pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described in this document are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is rarely exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.