Trust Consulting Services is looking to hire a Cybersecurity IT Professional to support the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA). The Cybersecurity IT Professional will assist in the performance and/or technical management of cybersecurity and infrastructure projects and related activities.

Responsibilities:

• Continuously monitor operations and infrastructure with the objective of detecting digital security footprints leading to incidents;

• Ensure that all security tools and technology operate with high availability;

• Routinely monitor internal and external policy compliance and perform required remediation activities;

• Routinely monitor regulation compliance and perform required remediation activities;

• Contribute to the assessment of cybersecurity risks associated to new technologies;

• Contribute to audits of policies and controls as needed;

• Maintain an active role in cybersecurity incident activities;

• Use existing tools or develop mechanisms to generate reports and indicators conveying the cybersecurity posture of the MDOT MPA;

• Collaborate with other IT personnel to ensure the continuous operation of surveillance systems;

• Collaborate with other IT personnel to ensure continuous operation of access control systems;

• Provide support to specialty Port Operations Security Systems (POSS) as required;

• Contribute to the development of new or updated Standard Operating Procedures as required;

• Contribute to the development of automated scrips supporting Standard Operating Procedures as required;

• Use appropriate monitoring and reporting systems to ensure reliable operation of the IT infrastructure;

• Operate software and tools to manage the infrastructure, including hardware/software monitoring, software patching, and configuration management tools; and

• Provide on demand after hours technical application support as needed.

Additional work may include one (1) or more of the following high-level duties:

• Identify, formulate, and escalate cybersecurity risks.

• Formulate cybersecurity projects and initiatives as needed.

• Proactively contribute to formulate plans to adopt platforms and technologies included in the strategic plan.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or Information Systems, or Information Technology, or related field;

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience performing network and computing infrastructure architecture and deployments;

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience with internet protocol data communication networks;

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience using one or more IT infrastructure frameworks;

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience using one or more cybersecurity frameworks;

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience hardening systems to make them less vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks;

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in technical management involving IT projects or activities requiring extensive technical knowledge;

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with IT hardware and software monitoring systems;

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting and enhancing IT infrastructure that rely on high availability hardware and software components;

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting automated IT deployments;

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience with storage area networks;

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience supporting IT monitoring systems;

• Minimum of three (3) years of recent experience with Hyper-V or other virtualization hosts;

• Minimum of three (3) years of recent experience with Active Directory;

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with Microsoft Windows Server 2016 or newer; and

• Must be able to author detailed technical documentation and to provide in-depth technical training as needed.

• Advanced knowledge of scriping techniques supporting IT monitoring and automated deployments.

• Demonstrated documentation practices with attention to detail.

• Demonstrated communication, negotiation, and people skills.

• Microsoft and Cisco certifications are not required, but desirable.

• Project Management certifications are not required, but desirable.

Opening: Upon Award