Security Analyst

Job Description
Position Information

Under the general guidance of the IT Operations Manager, this position is responsible for growing

and operating the agency IT Security Program at Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions

(DFI). The Security Analyst III is expected to be familiar with a wide variety of IT security concepts,

practices, and technologies. The position serves as an expert resource and relies on extensive

experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. This includes providing advanced analysis

to manage the security design, implementation, monitoring, and incident response related to

networks, servers, storage, applications, databases, and endpoints. The position will lead projects

to implement new security controls and technologies. The position will also assist with the creation

of policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines. This position may lead and direct the work of

others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.

Required Skills:

• IT Security - 8 to 10 years

• CrowdStrike administration - expert knowledge

• Tenable administration - expert knowledge

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Preferred:

• CISSP or equivalent - 1 year

Regular duties may include the following representative tasks:

• Administer CrowdStrike

• Administer Tenable

• Perform IT security risk assessments. Develop, recommend, and implement remediation

strategies.

• Research vendor offerings and conduct proof of concepts.

• Coordinate with other teams to implement new technologies and remediate issues.

• Monitor asset inventory, installed agents, and status of devices.

• Review vulnerability dashboards and organizational impact of changing threat landscape.

• Monitor data inventories, policy violations. Produce reports and metrics.

• Author policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines related to IT security and compliance.

• Monitor and process incident response queues.

• Manage endpoint firewall operation and adjust as necessary.

• Work independently as well as within a team environment

Requirements

Top Required Skills & Years of Experience:

8 or more years of experience in the following:

• CrowdStrike administration - expert level

• Tenable administration - expert level

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent communication

Nice to Have Skills:

• CISSP or equivalent - 1 year

• Security risk assessment