Internal candidates apply by September 23, 2024 INTRODUCTION
The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) provides death, disability, and pension retirement benefits to employees of local governments and school districts in Illinois (with the exception of the City of Chicago and Cook County). We are the second largest-and best funded-statewide public pension system in Illinois, IMRF serves approximately 3,000 municipal employers in the State. We are an award-winning organization, located in Oak Brook. IMRF is looking for top talent, for a direct hire opportunity that is benefit eligible. If you are passionate about Network Analyst - Security and Compliance duties and meet the requirements, we want to hear from you.
SUMMARY:
The Senior Network Analyst- Security and Compliance will be primarily responsible for ensuring IMRF's compliance with SOC1, Security Best Practices, and NIST, ensuring the security of all IMRF systems, as part of our Systems Development Lifecycle.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Monitor various security consoles (NAC, Firewall, Email, AV, Vulnerability etc.) to log devices/systems and alert on unauthorized activity; maintaining an inventory of authorized and unauthorized devices.
Monitor SIEM console & email alerts; investigate unknown/suspicious activity against IMRF baselines. Determine remediation options and implement changes including any documentation updates.
Aggregate audit scans and patch management audit reports to ensure a comprehensive inventory of allowed software/hardware
Capture system security configuration settings and Line Of Business (LOB) application and dependent service configurations. This includes integrity checking mechanisms for data, systems, and software.
Provide security analysis and reports as needed
Implement, review, & verify that our Disaster Recovery security is implemented the same as our Oak Brook site. This includes participating in validation of all IMRF systems Availability (part of the CIA triad)
Staff the Help Desk, solving complex as well as common problems having to do with system security and network access
Manage laptop hard drive encryption and maintain the encryption server
Evaluate, test and deploy patches to all IMRF systems on a monthly or "as needed" basis
Review, research and resolve virus issues and vulnerabilities
Perform other duties as required
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
AA required; Bachelor's Degree preferred
AND
3 years of experience in Network Services support
OR
5 years of experience in IT support and networking
Certifications are preferred
IMRF Benefits:
Generous insurance benefits, including medical and dental
35-hour base work week, Monday - Friday
Death, disability, and pension retirement benefits as a member of IMRF
Paid vacation, 12-13 paid holidays and 2 personal days
Business casual attire
Award-winning organizational approach to performance excellence
