Title: Security Specialist
Client: State of NC - DOT
Location: Raleigh, NC
Position: Initial Remote
The NCDIT-Transportation Information Security Office requires a senior information security architect specializing in risk assessment and technical consultation, focusing on industry standard security, risk, and compliance, especially PCI-DSS and NIST.
The NCDIT-Transportation (NCDIT-T) Information Security Office (ISO) requires a contract information security specialist (expert) architect/analyst resource to provide compliance program development, leadership, and management for NCDIT-T and the NCDOT business, in addition to information security policy, standards, process, procedure, and application consulting. This position will be an NCDIT-T Information Security Business Architect (ISBA, working title) dedicated primarily to support overall ISO Compliance Program development and management which can include, but is not limited to, compliance program components such as annual compliance reporting, NCDOT Payment Card Industry (PCI-DSS), audit support, 3rd party, overall security, cloud, and identity compliance. This position will also deliver project consulting focused on information security compliance and assessment of data handled by NCDOT applications, systems, and third parties. This staff will lead ongoing PCI-DSS compliance maintenance and annual assessment functions. This staff will be responsible for identity, cloud, and overall agency IT security compliance leadership. To maintain adequate security posture and respond to security consulting needs, the ISO must have additional staff to support ISO project workload demand. The recruitment of this scarce resource is a top priority to maintain NCDOT's security compliance and risk management. Maximum hourly rate is based on the current vendor rate specifications of: Category: Standard, Job Title: Security Specialist, Skill Level: Expert, Skill Demand: High, Not to exceed rate of per hour for 12 months (2080 hours). NCDIT-T ISO is requesting a 12 months (2080 hours) contract engagement, at a rate based upon the 2022 CAI rates due to very high demand for expert information security staff regarding recruitment and retention, and with highly competitive rates & salaries in private industry.
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount of Experience
Years of Experience
Last Used
Current or prior role as a PCI-DSS Qualified Security Assessor (QSA) or PCI-DSS Internal Security Assessor (ISA)
Highly desired
Experience leading or directly supporting PCI-DSS annual assessment for a L1 or L2 merchant, familiarity with PCI-DSS 3.2 or higher.
Required
3
Strong knowledge and experience architecting/designing implementations, configuring, and risk assessing AWS and/or Azure cloud computing environments.
Required
3
Progressive advanced experience as an IT information security professional working within an enterprise environment.
Required
5
Hands-on experience implementing, administrating and operating technologies such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, antivirus, network traffic analyzers
Required
5
Detailed technical experience with network security, security protocols, access control, cryptography, application security, and data protection.
Required
5
Extensive experience with data classification, handling, assessment, and enforcement.
Required
5
Experience implementing and supporting systems within enterprise-class data center environments.
Required
5
Advanced knowledge of regulatory compliance including, but not limited to: OWASP, ISO, NIST, FISMA, PCI-DSS, HIPAA and IRS-1075.
Required
5
Experience leading risk assessments using industry standard frameworks such as ISO or NIST for complex IT projects and technologies.
Required
5
Experience developing, leading and executing information security incident response plans.
Required
5
Experience developing and implementing information security policy, standards and procedures.
Required
5
Experience providing research and evidence in support of audits.
Required
3
CISSP information security certification.
Highly desired
Specific experience implementing, administrating, or operating Tenable Nessus.
Highly desired
2
Specific experience implementing, administrating, operating or utilizing IBM Qradar SIEM
Highly desired
2
Experience consulting on information security solutions for a state or federal agency.
Highly desired
2
Experience implementing and operating enterprise class data networking solutions
Highly desired
5
Experience implementing and operating enterprise class server and storage systems
Highly desired
5
Detailed expert knowledge of NIST 800-53, and performing risk assessments utilizing NIST 800-53.
Highly desired
5
Detailed expert knowledge of ISO 27001, and performing risk assessments utilizing ISO 27001
Highly desired
2
Detailed expert knowledge of the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF), and performing risk assessments utilizing the NIST CSF.
Highly desired
2
Familiarity and experience with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET).
Highly desired
2
Experience consulting on information security and IT solutions for a state motor vehicles agency or department of transportation.
Highly desired
Experience performing risk assessments, documenting and driving compliance with the North Carolina DIT Statewide Information Security Manual.
Highly desired
Experience completing NC Department of Information Technology Privacy Threshold Analysis (PTA) documentation.
Highly desired
Experience completing NC Department of Information Technology Vendor Readiness Assessment Report (VRAR) documentation.
Highly desired
Trained and experience implementing and operating with ITIL (formerly Information Technology Infrastructure Library) concepts.
Highly desired
ITIL (formerly Information Technology Infrastructure Library) certification.
Nice to have
Familiarity and practical experience with SABSA or TOGAF enterprise architecture frameworks and methodologies.
Highly desired
SABSA or TOGAF certification.
Nice to have
