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Job Title:
Cyber Security Specialist
Job Code:
P0619
New or Revised:
Revised
Regular or At-Will:
At-Will
Date Last Revised:
7/24/2024
Exempt or Non-Exempt:
Exempt
Compensation Approval Signature:
Union/ Non-Union:
Non-Union
Department Name and Division:
Information Technology-Information Security
Salary Schedule:
Non-Union Salary Range
Cost Center Code:
601015
Grade:
NU15
Essential Position:
No
Reports To:
Director, Cyber Security Services
EEO Code:
Professionals
Work Format
Hybrid
At DC Water, we provide more than 700,000 District of Columbia residents and 24.6 million annual visitors with essential water, wastewater, and stormwater services. DC Water also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services for 1.8 million people in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. We aspire to be known for superior service, ingenuity, and stewardship to advance the health and well-being of our diverse workforce and communities. To achieve this vision, we commit to our shared mission every day—exceeding expectations by providing high quality water services in a safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.
The Cyber Security Specialist facilitates asset tracking and network security incident identification via monitoring, analyzing, detection and response processes. This position also facilitates Identity and access management, on both Operational and Traditional IT Networks. The Cyber Security Specialist, maintains cyber security control applications, and maintains control over IT computing assets. Works with other cyber analysts to respond to cyber security events and incidents, and documents security breaches. Supports management of operational technology (OT) network devices.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Supports the Director, Cyber Security Services.
- Maintains user account creation, validation and disposal processes.
- Leverages defensive measures and information collected from a variety of sources to monitor, analyze, detect and report events that occur or might occur within the DC Water computing and network environment from threats.
- Monitors IT network to actively remediate unauthorized activities.
- Monitors OT Network to actively remediate unauthorized network activities.
- Responds to crisis or urgent events within DC Water cyber domain to mitigate immediate and potential threats. Users’ preparation, identification, mitigation and remediation and recovery approaches, as needed to maximize business resilience and information security.
- Investigates and analyzes all relevant response activities.
- Assesses the level of risk and recommends appropriate mitigations in technical and/or administrative situations.
Oversees the receipt and distribution of Information Technology (IT) assets owned, leased, or subleased by DC Water. Includes creating and maintaining supporting documentation to management for the acquisition and disposal of IT assets.
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Supervisory Responsibilities : N/A
Key Working Relationships: Works with the Information Technology Solution Center (ITSC) and Infrastructure teams to enable the delivery and disposal of computing and network assets. Coordinates with the Responsible Property Owners (RPO) in each department to monitor and track issued IT assets. Coordinates with Cyber Security and Operational Technology Team members to respond to Cyber Events. Provides input to internal stakeholders to understand and logically document current and future processes.
The qualifications listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability necessary for an
individual to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable amounts of training are
provided.
Required Skills & Qualifications
1-3 year of relative work experience
Minimum Education Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Fundamental understanding of the key functions of Cybersecurity.
Fundamental understanding of Cyber Risk mitigation strategies.
Fundamental understanding of event and incident flows within a Security Event and Incident (SEIM) system.
Ability to define the problem, generate and select alternatives, and implement solutions.
Fundamental understanding of Adversarial Tactics, Techniques and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) framework for Information Technology and Operational Technology Networks.
Fundamental understanding of one or more computer programming and/or scripting languages (PowerShell, KQL, Python, etc.)
Fundamental understanding of network ports, protocols, and services.
Fundamental understanding of host Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS).
Fundamental understanding of network configurations and protocols.
Basic understanding of system and network logging events.
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
Required Licenses & Certifications:
General Office Conditions
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
Preferred Education Requirements:
* The work environment characteristics described in the physical requirements section of the required skills & qualifications table 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 responsibilities.
Your Experience at DC Water:
At DC Water, our people make us an industry leader. Join a group of thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers focused on protecting life’s most precious resource in the nation’s capital.
- Take pride in your work. We provide an essential service and do work that matters. A career at DC Water is an exciting opportunity to help improve the environment and make a lasting difference for the community.
- Connect to a strong culture. Everything we do is grounded in our shared values—accountability, trust, teamwork, customer focus, safety, and wellbeing.
- Be your true self. We are an inclusive organization that embraces diversity, and we recognize and celebrate employees’ individuality and unique contributions.
- Build your skills and career path. We are committed to developing a future-ready workforce by helping our employees develop skills for the jobs of tomorrow.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing
The Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against “qualified individuals with disabilities”.
If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to
perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please
email [email protected] .
