IT Security Specialist

Job ResponsibilitiesWho we are:At the South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR), we are funding a better state to live, work, and play. Offering excellent benefits, hybrid work schedules, tuition assistance, and self-development opportunities, we are a trustworthy partner to our customers and an innovative workplace that supports work-life balance and empowers our employees to reach their highest potential. Open the door to a career at the SCDOR and discover why 93% of our employees see how their work contributes to the SCDOR's success—by collecting 95% of South Carolina's general fund, our team serves with purpose and impacts the success of our community.We are looking for teammates who are:Self-motivated, efficient with their time, and eager to take initiativeOrganized, analytical, detail-oriented, and capable of independently prioritizing tasksAble to explain technical information clearly to audiences with varying levels of technical knowledgePassionate to learn new cybersecurity tacticsWhat you will do:You will perform simple to moderately complex monitoring and incident management for SCDOR environments and provide technical solutions that serve to protect systems from intentional or inadvertent access or destruction.Primary job duties include:Monitoring, identifying, reporting, and resolving simple to moderately complex problems affecting security and availabilityPreparing monitoring reports and working with the team to make recommendations on corrective measuresResolving more complex issues with specific directives to infrastructure for resolution with an emphasis on tracking incident progressDeveloping and improving event, alert, and reporting mechanisms for the team and stakeholdersCreating moderately complex procedures and playbooks as assignedProducing attestation and collateral within the required timeAssisting units with information security risk assessmentsTranslating security requirements into functional specifications and requirementsAssisting with the analysis and development of security plans for various systems