Vulnerability Remediation Specialist

Hiring Range: $65,616-$84,000

Help change the world and improve the lives of North Dakota citizens by playing a pivotal role in reducing risk. You will drive the vulnerability management program to remediate vulnerabilities across the environment. North Dakota Information Technology Department (NDIT) is seeking a Vulnerability Remediation Specialist.

 

Summary of Work

 

As a Vulnerability Remediation Specialist, you will:

• Be responsible for the vulnerability management program, while building and maintaining the vulnerability management plan.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization and agency business partners to evaluate risk from vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to make risk-based recommendations, along with continuously monitoring environments to track remediation efforts. 
• Identify vulnerabilities in the environment, determine their impact on assets – workstations, servers, and applications – and prioritize remediation efforts.
• Conduct risk assessments to identify, assess, and measure information security risks for systems, software, threats, facilities, networks, projects to identify findings with recommended risk treatment plans.
• Thorough and frequent reporting to executive audiences, including entities supported by NDIT, on the health of the vulnerability management program.

To succeed in this position, you are confident working in information systems by protecting confidentiality, ensuring integrity, and maintaining availability. You are inquisitive and a constant learner, open to observation and feedback, highly organized, able to manage your time effectively to meet organizational standards. You establish and maintain effective working relationships while working independently and within a team. You can explain technical materials to non-technical audiences and communicate effectively.

 

 

Minimum Qualifications

 

To be considered for this role, you must have 

 An associate’s degree and 2 years of current and progressive work experience with information system security activities, including vulnerability remediation and performing risk assessments.

 

OR

 

Have four (4) years of current and progressive work experience with information system security activities, including vulnerability remediation and performing risk assessments.

About Team ND

 

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Application Procedures

 

Please make sure that your resume includes information to demonstrate how you meet the minimum qualifications as posted. Your work history will not be given credit if North Dakota Information Technology cannot determine that you meet the minimum qualifications.

All application material, including your resume, must be received on or before the closing date by 11:59 pm.

North Dakota Information Technology does not offer or provide sponsorships. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

For more information or if you need an accommodation, please contact itdjobs@nd.gov or (701) 328-4470.

Equal Employment Opportunity

 

The State of North Dakota and this hiring agency do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), genetics, religion, age or disability in employment or the provisions of services and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act.

As an employer, the State of North Dakota prohibits smoking in all places of state employment in accordance with N.D.C.C. § 23-12-10.