Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year. We work in a hybrid environment giving you flexibility to manage working from home and being in office.

Additional Benefits include

Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution

Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees

Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
Professional Development
Plus Onsite medical clinic, childcare and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

Job Summary

Implement, monitor, and maintain Salt Lake County’s enterprise-wide Information Technology (IT) security programs which are designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all County systems and resources, including but not limited to voice, data, network, applications, and computer infrastructure, and their associated information assets.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, a closely related field, or equivalency (1 year of experience is equivalent to 1 year of education); plus 1 year of related experience.

5 years of related Information Technology education/experience.

Professional certifications related to information security or computer networking are preferred.

Essential Functions

Be able to work independently or as part of a larger security team.
Act in an advisory role to other teams both internal to IT and throughout the county.
Stays current with technical knowledge in information systems, security and privacy technologies, best practices, and use of appropriate security controls and methods
Deploys, as instructed, the Information Security plans and short-term and long-term strategies for the IT organization and the County.
Deploys and integrates IT security and privacy-related programs designed to protect the County’s systems, applications, and data.
Identifies and communicates security issues and their impact on the IT organization and the County and assists with executing successful solutions while tracking and achieving measurable results.
Complies with and promotes all IT security policies, processes, procedures, and best practices. Establishes and maintains positive business relationships with users countywide to actively market and educate them on the importance of security cooperation and compliance.
Designs, develops, implements, and monitors information security systems and controls.
Documents processes and monitors systems that report on the effectiveness of systems and controls necessary to protect the County’s information technology systems, assets, and interests.
Monitors compliance with the organization's information security policies and procedures among employees, contractors, partners, and other third parties and resolves potential issues as needed. Assists with information security risk assessments and serve as information security subject matter expert to countywide customers.
Responds, as directed, to information security incidents and follow up to ensure that proper protection and corrective measures have been taken.
Participates, as instructed, in forensics investigations and audits as required.
Implements, as instructed, security controls for systems that accept payment card data.
Implements, as instructed, the County’s cloud security strategy to protect County IT systems and data in PaaS, SaaS, and IaaS environments.
Embraces managed security service options as they are considered.
Maintains required certifications as specified by the Information Security Officer

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