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S&R Senior Information Security Specialist - Atlanta/Miami at Federal Reserve Bank (FRB) in Atlanta, Georgia

Posted in General Business 30+ days ago.

Type: Full-Time





Job Description:


As an employee of the Atlanta Fed, you will help support our mission of promoting the stability and efficiency of the U.S. economy and financial system. Your work will affect the economy of the Southeast, the United States, and the world. The work we do here is important, and how we do it is just as important as what we do. We live our values of integrity, excellence, and respect every day. We do the right thing, we do things right, and we treat people right. A career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta gives you the chance to do work that touches lives and helps communities prosper.

Position Summary:

You will contribute to a comprehensive information security assurance strategy for the Supervision and Regulation division. You will be the primary or secondary contact on matters of information security policy, risk assessment, access management, security controls and compliance. Represent the division in client interactions and recognize opportunities to improve the user experience, including problem resolution. Partner with business clients to assess risk and recommend solutions to promote data protection. Communicate information and ideas to diverse audiences. Identify process improvements and remain informed about advancements that address latest business and environmental factors affecting assurance levels. Generally operate in one or more areas including security, identity and compliance. You will report to the Information Technology Group Director.

Key Responsibilities:


  • Lead the administration of the Division's user account lifecycle to provision, maintain and terminate user accounts across multiple directories, applications, platforms and networks. Complete identity and access management tasks while observing security policies, standards, guidelines and daily operational procedures. Process security checklists for on-boarding, transfers and off-boarding along with appropriate change management workflows. Partner with the District Information Security department to ensure compliance with Federal Reserve security policy. Coordinate the annual access reviews. Consult with business clients on ownership responsibilities and determining appropriate levels of access for staff.

  • Conduct risk assessments and prepare risk assessment reports following internal NIST-based practices. Support annual SAFR/FISMA-based security assessment and authorization, maintain a program of actions and milestones (POAM) for remediating risks. Prepare privacy surveys, security plans, business impact assessments, system impact assessments, abbreviated risk assessments and other compliance related reports, and contribute to incident response reporting activities. Provide technical guidance to information system owners in categorizing systems, researching, assessing and selecting appropriate controls for the environment.

  • Support or lead the Supervision and Regulation's off-site review process. Evaluate the technology used by exam staff to connect to external institutions. Converse with appropriate security staff at institutions to ensure controls are applied. Make recommendations to management or lead exam staff on the viability of the tools available to support a safe and secure bank examination. May assist with the configuration and testing of software on equipment to ensure security is applied correctly.

  • Be a security contact for the Supervision and Regulation division. Be a the contact for identity and access processes, including audit and privacy requirements. Advise information security colleagues and business clients on information security requirements, compliance responsibilities and methods to protect Bank resources and sensitive information. Help with security walk-throughs to ensure compliance with security policies and best practices. May review security logs for unauthorized activities related to administrative accounts or internally developed applications.

  • Assist with information security projects both locally and nationally. Review internal, governmental, academic and commercial sources of information to anticipate new security threats and compliance requirements to help reduce those threats. Research patches or updates to existing non-standard software and notify management of remediation actions. Help with updates to or drafting of security guidance and procedures for the division.

    Education:



  • Bachelor's Degree or 4 years equivalent experience; Master's Degree, preferred

    Experience:



  • 5 or more years
    Knowledge Area/Technical Skills/Certifications and Licenses:


  • Information Security Frameworks

  • Governance, risk and compliance; NIST Certification & Accreditation

  • Role Based Access Controls & Incident response

  • Microsoft Scripting Platforms & - Visual Basic scripting

  • Group Policy & Technical writing

  • Reporting capability & Excel

  • GCWN/ GSEC/GISF

  • CISA/CAP/SSCP/CISSP

  • Security+

    Our total rewards program offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:



  • Comprehensive healthcare options (Medical, Dental, and Vision)

  • 401K match, and a fully funded pension plan

  • Paid vacation and holidays; flexible work environment

  • Generously subsidized public transportation

  • Annual tuition reimbursement

  • Professional development programs, training and conferences

  • And more…

    This position requires access to confidential supervisory information and/or FOMC information, which is limited to "Protected Individuals" as defined in the U.S. federal immigration law. Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents who either are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization or who have applied for naturalization within the requisite timeframe. Candidates who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents may be eligible for the information access required for this position and sponsorship for a work visa, and subsequently for permanent residence, if they sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen and meet other eligibility requirements. In addition, all candidates must undergo an applicable background check and comply with all applicable information handling rules, and all non-U.S. citizens must sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen and pursue a path to citizenship.


    This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change (e.g. emergencies, rush jobs, change in workload or technological developments).


    The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer.







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