ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

1700 West Washington, Suite 210

Phoenix, Arizona 85007  

Annual Salary: $78,000  

Grade: 28

This position will remain open until filled  

The Arizona’s Department of Homeland Security - Cyber Command is recruiting for a position that maintains, reviews, and administers critical State Cybersecurity Infrastructure to protect confidential data and information.

This position will serve as a Statewide Senior Cyber Security Engineer for Identity and Access Management (IAM), supporting day to day operations and contributing to designing, testing and supporting of critical Identity and Access automation activities.

• Work with a team of people with a cyber security focus, provide regular executive level updates, and contribute to team success with ongoing tracking and implementation of projects

• Coordinate with Cybersecurity Analysts to manage rules and signatures (e.g., intrusion detection/protection systems, antivirus, digital certificates and content blacklists) for state systems and specialized cyber defense applications

• Build, maintain, and enforce policies and procedures to ensure effective provisioning, de-provisioning, and entitlements of all identities; suggest and implement continuous improvement and automation opportunities

• Administer test bed(s), and test and evaluate applications, hardware infrastructure, rules/signatures, access controls, and configurations of platforms managed by service provider(s)

• Create, edit, troubleshoot, and assist with identity management and access control on specialized cyber systems (e.g., G-Suite, multi-factor authentication and active directory systems)

• Assist in identifying, prioritizing, and coordinating the protection of related critical cyber defense infrastructure and key resources

• Respond to network access anomalies to actively remediate unauthorized activities

• Build, install, configure, and test dedicated cyber defense platforms and tools

• In-depth understanding and knowledge of commonly used Cyber Security concepts, practices and procedures within the Identity Access Management (IAM) Information Technology field

• Broad expertise with identity management platforms that cover core authentication and directory services, and cloud identity solutions such as OKTA

• Knowledge of access and authentication audit, logging, and monitoring policies and integrations with instrumentation platforms such as Splunk

• Strong familiarity with authentication methods, SSO, OAuth, MFA, SAML, Kerberos, and internal and external certificates and providers

• Proven experience implementing and operating authentication and authorization solutions within a large technology enterprise

• Knowledge of laws, regulations, policies, and ethics as they relate to cybersecurity and privacy

• Strong customer focus with ability to manage customer expectations and experience

• Detail orientated, critical thinking, fast-paced work experience in a technical setting

• Ability to communicate well with others, to perform work in a team environment

• Automation skills for administrative tasks with PowerShell

• Minimum of 6 years of related Information Technology experience, preferably Identity and Access

• Management (IAM) Identity, Technical, Application, or Security certifications are a plus

• Department of Public Safety fingerprint background check

The State of Arizona offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:

• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance

• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year

• Health and dental insurance

• Retirement plan

• Sick leave

For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

• Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS)

• Note that enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment

• If you have any questions please feel free to contact Ariel Gonzalez at agonzalez@az.gov for assistance