Junior IT Security Specialist - Remote

What is My Impact?

The Junior IT Security Specialist is accountable for activities that ensure all users in the organization have the appropriate levels of access to applications, systems, and data resources. Evaluates and maintains procedures to safeguard information systems assets from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction. Ensures compliance with Security regulations and laws. Recommends and implements changes to enhance security controls and prevent unauthorized access.

What Will I Be Doing?

• Responsible for the end-to-end completion of security requests.
• Provisions user security roles and manages security groups across systems, platforms, databases, applications, servers, directors, and folders.
• Analyzes existing role structures to improve and streamline structures, security administration and improve end-user experience.
• Creates or maintains application scripts and uses application specific tools to create or manage application security.
• Tracks and documents security issues and requests, actively monitors work queue.
• Plans, coordinates, communicates, tests, and implements audits ensuring that access entitlements are appropriate for job requirements.
• Creates and coordinates completion of detailed security reports to fulfill audit, management, or business owner requirements.
• Accountable for follow-up of all security work requests including collaborating with other IT areas to ensure timely completion/resolution and obtainment of appropriate approval levels.
• Interfaces with users to understand new capabilities, implement procedures, ensure security procedures have been communicated properly and are being adhered to.
• Provides input to drive process improvements.
• Maintains and creates operational procedures and maintains Security Knowledge Base.
• Responsible for on-call support.
• Performs audit support activities for internal and external audits.

What is Required?

• 2+ years related work experience. Experience Details: Professional experience with IT security or systems administration
• High school diploma or GED
• Working knowledge of Information Technology fields and computer systems
• Ability to manage tasks independently without close supervision and take ownership of responsibilities
• Must demonstrate initiative and effective independent decision-making skills
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly and articulately
• Must understand the systems development life cycle
• Must have basic security knowledge of the organization's existing platforms, systems, databases, and application security and are able to handle most regular issues independently.
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, problem solving, and quantitative analysis ability.
• Must understand Information Security concepts, protocols, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements.
• Must have proficiency with RACF, TSO and tools used to administer security on the mainframe
• Must have demonstrated proficiency with Active Directory groups and user accounts,
• Windows folder structures and folder security.
• Proficiency with Windows skills are required, e.g., Windows Explorer, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
• Must understand UNIX/Linux security and tools used to administer security in these environments
• Must understand LDAP groups and user accounts and tools used to administer security in this environment
• Must understand database security and be proficient with the use of tools used to administer security within the various databases, e.g., UDB, DB2, SQL and Oracle
• Works without daily supervision to meet customer expectations

What is Preferred?

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Experience using Agile methodology
• Florida Blue or GuideWell experience

General Physical Demands

Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally to move objects. Jobs are sedentary if traversing activities are required only occasionally.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Protected Veteran/Disabled Employer committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable culture for our employees and communities.