Information Security Officer (PCN 07-1109)

Full Job Description

This recruitment is exempt from the Hiring Freeze (Administrative Order 358).

ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS!

This position is in the General Government Unit (GGU) at a Range 23.

This position is located in Juneau. However, this position may be relocated within Alaska with necessary approvals where infrastructure allows.

What You Will Be Doing:
The Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development (DOLWD) is recruiting for an IT Security Specialist 3 to serve as the Department’s Information Security Officer (ISO) within the Systems Security Group (SSG).

Within DOLWD, the ISO functions at the expert level applying strategic, expert, guidance for information systems security and compliance. These range from simple projects and systems with well-known security implications to large, complex projects involving complex programs with multiple vendors & numerous regulatory partners. The ISO is DOLWD’s primary lead for information security and compliance and is responsible for ensuring the Department meets mandatory legal, regulatory, and agreement-driven security requirements through enforceable security governance, policy, audit readiness, and technical oversight across DOLWD systems. This role requires close coordination with technical and non-technical staff within DOLWD and with external partners and oversight entities.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:
DOLWD operates numerous programs that process sensitive information, including Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Federal Tax Information (FTI), US DOL Employment and Training Administration (ETA), Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), Social Security Administration (SSA), Workers’ Compensation (WC), OCSS/NDNH, Treasury Offset Program (TOP), State Wage Interchange System (SWIS), Wage & Hour, Occupational Safety & Health, Wagner-Peyser, Adult Education, Vocational Rehabilitation, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), FERPA, CJIS, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NACHA, and others. Our goal is to maintain security and confidentiality of all programs in our Department while maintaining a culture of dedication, quality work, and a true enjoyment of the workplace and those we work with.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:
Our team includes friendly, highly motivated, and forward-thinking individuals who strive to provide excellent IT services and support. We promote a healthy life/work balance and offer fun team events to promote a collegial workplace. Our culture fosters an environment within the ASD where people want to remain, and is positive for both employee and employer.

We seek candidates who demonstrate flexibility in process thinking, adaptability to changes in the workplace, commitment to teamwork, excel at building effective working relationships, and can work independently to meet deadlines while handling multiple priorities.

Beyond expected qualifications, our ideal candidate will function at the expert IT level on security, compliance, access control, auditing, program-specific oversight and more.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:
This position is stationed at the Department of Labor & Workforce Development Building in Juneau, Alaska; the building is located along the waterfront, next to the Seawalk & Overstreet Park and there is plenty of employee parking. As a member of the Administrative Services Team, you will work regularly and collaboratively with each division to meet their security and programmatic needs.

Who We Are Looking For:
We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Information Assurance: Knowledge of methods and procedures to protect information systems and data by ensuring their availability, authentication, confidentiality, and integrity.
• Security: Knowledge of the laws, regulations, and guidelines related to securing personnel, facilities, and information, including the requirements for handling, transporting, and protecting classified information and proper reporting of security incidents.
• Information Systems/Network Security: Knowledge of methods, tools, and procedures, including development of information security plans, to prevent information systems vulnerabilities, and provide or restore security of information systems and network services.

To view the general description and example of duties for the position, please go to the following link:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Requirements

Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions:This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications.

Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.Competency Description:The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class.

They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency.

They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines.

A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.Minimum Qualifications:Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:

• Configuration Management: Knowledge of the principles and methods for planning or managing the implementation, update, or integration of information systems components.
• Infrastructure Design: Knowledge of the architecture and typology of software, hardware, and networks, including LANS, WANS, and telecommunications systems, their components and associated protocols and standards, and how they operate and integrate with one another and with associated controlling software.
• Operating Systems: Knowledge of computer network, desktop, and mainframe operating systems and their applications.
• Systems Integration: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures for installing, integrating, and optimizing information systems components.
• Systems Testing and Evaluation: Knowledge of principles, methods, and tools for analyzing and developing systems testing and evaluation procedures and technical characteristics of IT systems, including identifying critical operational issues.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Training in computer science, information technology, system administration, or a similar field and progressively responsible professional experience in database, network, and/or system analysis and system administration.

Special Note:
“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” means the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

Qualifications

**PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS & INFORMATION CAREFULLY**

THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLYThis recruitment is open to Alaska Residents only.

Applicants must meet Alaska Residency Requirements in order to be considered for employment at this time.SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONSFor your application to be evaluated you must answer the Supplemental Questions.The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four levels of proficiency to measure and describe an applicant’s level of competence in applying certain behaviors, knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish a specific task.

The four proficiency levels are: Mastery, Fluency, Literacy, and Discovery.

You will need to rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.SPECIAL NOTICEThis position will function at the expert level on:

• Security Policy, Governance, and Compliance Leadership – this includes developing, maintaining, & implementing IT security policies consistent with NIST 800-53 rev 5.
• Compliance, Agreements, and Partner Requirements – this includes interpreting & implementing agreement-driven and regulator-driven requirements.
• Access Control, Least Privilege, and Data Handling Enforcement – this includes enforcing principal of least privilege; access approvals, revocations, & periodic reviews are implemented & evidence based.
• Secure Configuration Baselines and Hardening (CIS / STIGs / SCSEMs) – this includes ensuring baseline hardening for various systems exists & are maintained.
• Audit, Assessments, and Corrective Actions – this includes responding to audits, assessments, & corrective actions from regulatory partners in a timely manner.
• Penetration testing program – this includes ensuring that penetration testing occurs on systems at required intervals that are aligned with accepted methodologies.
• Performing System/Program-Specific Oversight – this includes providing security governance for systems and exchanges that process sensitive data.

CLASSIFICATION STUDY NOTICE
This position is currently undergoing review as a part of the IT job class study and therefore both the title and the pay range assigned may be subject to change upon the completion of the study.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW

• A list of three (3) professional references, one of which should be your most recent supervisor, including name, job title, employer, and current phone number(s).
• A copy of your last three (3) performance evaluations.
• Copies of transcripts, if using education to meet the Minimum Qualifications (unofficial copies are acceptable with the name of the institution clearly visible).

LEGAL EMPLOYMENTThe State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States.

It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment.

The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.APPLICATION NOTICEYou can ONLY apply for this position through Workplace Alaska website or via hardcopy (paper) application.

If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or any other database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to successfully apply.

Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska “How to Apply” page.

Omission of any required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.

If you’re experiencing problems attaching to your application, or if you simply had forgotten, you may email it to the contact provided below before 5:00 pm of the closing date.

Any documents submitted after the posting has closed will not be considered.EDUCATIONIf post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application.

If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed.

Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position.

Transcripts must be attached at the time of application or submitted to the contact information below prior to the close of recruitment.

If you’re unable to attach to your application, email it to the contact provided in the job posting.

If email is not an option, please call the contact person to obtain a fax number.SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATIONEducation completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable.

If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S.

education programs; or an accredited U.S.

state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university.

It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.WORK EXPERIENCEIf using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer name, your job title, dates of employment, whether full-or part-time.

Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met.

If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

Note: Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety.

Noting, “see resume” or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.BARGAINING UNITIf you are a current state employee, please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application.

If you are not a current state employee, you must mark that it does not apply to you.MULTIPLE VACANCIESThis recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy.

The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes.

Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.NOTICEQuestions regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 800-587-0430 (toll free) or (907) 465- 4095.

If you choose to be contacted by email, please ensure your email address is correct on your application and that the spam filter will permit email from the ‘govermentjobs.com’ domains.

For information on allowing emails from the ‘governmentjobs.com’ domains, visit the Lost Password Help page located at https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPasswordEEO STATEMENTThe State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O.

Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201.

The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCEQuestions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are located in the Juneau area.

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Additional Information

Jeff Milton
Systems Security Group Manager
Phone: 907-465-6552
jeff.milton@alaska.gov