Full time Security Architect to support a strategic security initiative for the State of Maryland.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Reviewing current system security measures and recommending and implementing enhancements
Conducting regular system tests and ensuring continuous monitoring of network security
Developing project timelines for ongoing system upgrades
Ensuring all personnel have access to the IT system limited by need and role
Establishing disaster recovery procedures and conducting breach of security drills
Promptly responding to all security incidents and providing thorough post-event analyses
Solid understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorisation and security
Good working knowledge of current IT risks and experience implementing security solutions
Experience implementing multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, identity management or related technologies
Ability to interact with a broad cross-section of personnel to explain and enforce security measures
Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as business acumen and a commercial outlook
Extensive experience in information security and/or IT risk management with a focus on security, performance and reliability
Maintains security by monitoring and ensuring compliance to standards, policies, and procedures
Define threats through Specialised threat analysis
Quantify what specific threats could mean to a business related to Backup and Replication Sites, Servers, Proxys, Firewalls, Load Balancers, replication links etc.
Provide a data-backed output of the current risk exposure.

Qualifications

Education and Years of Experience:

At least five (5) years of experience leading security teams.
At least eight (8) years of hands-on experience performing security tasks like scanning, patching, reviewing evidence / documentation.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related discipline.

Required Skills/Certifications:

Excellent written and oral communication, and presentation skills
Ability to facilitate security tasks, ensuring that technical requirements are communicated clearly to agency stakeholders.
Self-starter, able to assess, plan, assign, and monitor/execute security assessment project task ensuring successful closure.
Customer-oriented with excellent issue follow-through and resolution abilities.
Ability to develop, motivate, and manage teams.
Outstanding interpersonal skills, strong work ethic, and self-motivated.
Able to perform gap analysis and initiate process, procedure, methodology improvements.
Utilize tools and analytical skills to plan and execute tasks.

Physical Requirement(s): No Physical requirement needed for this position.
Location: Remote