IS Systems Specialist $132,496 - $165,609

Overview County of San Mateo’s Information Services Department seeks an IS Systems Specialist III to serve in the Security Division. Under general supervision, the individual in this position performs the most complex and varied technical tasks related to the configuration, troubleshooting, maintenance, and monitoring of the County’s security infrastructure. This position serves as a technical leader and technical subject matter expert in specific security area(s) and is called upon to analyze existing and future computing environments and ensure that all solutions comply with County policy, frameworks and industry accepted best practices. Responsibilities System administration across a variety of platforms and services such as Firewalls (Palo Alto), Intrusion Detection and Prevention (Palo Alto Threat Prevention and Wildfire), Endpoint Protection Suite/XDR, Security Orchestration Platform (XSOAR), Cloud Security services, XDR SIEM monitoring and management, Vulnerability identification and mitigation/remediation. Support ancillary systems that enable IAM/ARM platforms including SolarWinds, Active Directory, and OKTA. Perform intrusion event investigative and reporting activities as required. Regularly analyze requests for new system implementations and ensure that strategies are applied that support best practice security design and integration with existing security infrastructure. Perform analysis and data production and reporting in support of identified indicators of compromise, audit and policy compliance across the enterprise. Qualifications Relevant experience in security system administration and incident response. Knowledge of firewall technologies, SIEM, endpoint protection, and IAM/ARM solutions. Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills. Excellent communication and teamwork abilities. #J-18808-Ljbffr (ISC)2 East Bay Chapter