Job description

JOB TITLE: Security Analyst

LOCATION : Jackson, Mississippi

ON-SITE or OFF-SITE: On-site/Off-site (must be local or relocate to Jackson, MS area)

ON-CALL REQUIRED: Yes-Possible

TRAVEL REQUIRED: No

EXPENSES REIMBURSED: No

OVERTIME: Rarely

ADDITIONAL NOTES: Additional documents must be uploaded with resume

BACKGROUND CHECK: Standard HireRight Package B

PROJECT NAME: OTSS Project

PROJECT DETAILS:

The preferred candidate will work with the MDE Security and Privacy Officer to help establish, monitor, and report security and privacy compliance as established by MDE policy and procedures.

JOB DISCRIPTION:

This position will require a qualified Security Analyst to assist in the following tasks:

• Ensure that student data contained in the State Department of Education student data system is handled in full compliance with FERPA, and other state and federal data privacy and security laws

• Work with local district IT staff with district security incidents such as ransomware and DDOS attacks

• Establish, maintain, and operate a department-wide Security and Privacy Incident Response Program to ensure that incidents are properly reported, investigated, and mitigated, as appropriate

• Provide training, guidance, technical assistance, and outreach to build a culture of privacy protection, data security, and data practice transparency to students, parents, and the public among all state and local governmental education entities that collect, maintain, use, or share student data

• Work with the Infrastructure team, Applications team, Database team and other sub-units of OTSS to recommend and implement new security measures, strengthening the overall security posture of the agency

• Possess exceptional communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills

• Monitor and manage an ongoing staff security training program and provide security/privacy guidance to LEAs

• Address any security and privacy audit findings

• Prepare and exercise agency breach response and disaster recovery plans; and

• Coordinate security/privacy efforts with the agency’s Data Governance Officer.

• Leverage all available tools to develop and publish vulnerability reports

Identify, analyze, and interpret threat actors and malicious activity in client environments

REQUIRED DEGREE: Bachelor’s Degree

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXP.:

• Experience preparing administrative summary reports on privacy and security

• Experience with developing response and mitigation plans for privacy violation incidents, ransomware attacks and other security/privacy incidents

• Experience leading a data security and privacy training program

• Experience writing security and privacy policies and procedures

PREFERRED SKILLS/EXP.:

• Experience in education data systems and environments is a plus

• ISC2/Comptia certifications in the areas of Cyber Security/Data Privacy or closely related work