Company Description
San Francisco is a vibrant and dynamic city, on the forefront of economic growth & innovation, urban development, arts & entertainment, as well as social issues & change. This rich tapestry of culture and ideas is sustained by our City's commitment to heighten the quality of life for the diverse population of San Franciscans and residents of the greater Bay Area. Our employees play an important role not only in making our City what it is today, but also in shaping the future of San Francisco.
Application Opening: 5/25/2022
Application Reposted: 11/06/2023*
*Announcement reposted to reflect changes in the minimum qualifications.
Application Deadline: Continuous
How to Apply:
Applications for Assistant Information Systems Engineer - Security Specialty are only accepted through an online process. Visit to begin the application process. Select “Apply Now” at the top of the job ad and follow instructions on the screen.
Applicants may be contacted by email about this announcement and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter.
Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records.
Job Description
Under general supervision, assists in analyzing, planning, implementing, maintaining, troubleshooting and enhancing large complex systems or networks consisting of a combination that may include mainframes, mini-computers, personal computers, mobile devices, LANS, WANs, servers, data storage and the physical and logical components that integrate these systems together as an enterprise networking backbone.
The 1041 Assistant Security Engineer is the entry level in the Engineer series. The class is distinguished from the Journey level by the complexity of the tasks, projects or duties assigned. Positions at this level perform a significant portion of the work assigned to the journey level, but without the independence or full responsibility expected of positions at the journey level. Assignments are generally limited in scope and are set within procedural frameworks established by higher level positions. As experience accrues, the incumbent performs with increasing independence. Work requires incumbents to exercise some judgement in selecting appropriate established guidelines to follow. Significant deviations require prior approval.
Essential Duties:
- Maintains and operates information system security controls and countermeasures.
- Monitors and assists with the implementation of security controls and procedures in business processes related to use of information systems and assets.
- Monitors information systems for security incidents and vulnerabilities; develops monitoring and visibility capabilities; reports on incidents, vulnerabilities and trends.
- Responds to information system security incidents, including investigation of, countermeasures to and recovery from computer-based attacks, unauthorized access and policy breaches; interacts with third-party incident responders, including law enforcement.
- Administers authentication and access controls, including provisioning, changes and deprovisioning of user and system accounts, security/access roles and access permissions to information assets.
- Monitors trends, news and changes in threat and compliance environment with respect to organizational risk; assists in the execution of plans for compliance and mitigation of risk.
- Assists with the administration of information security training and awareness programs.
*This position may include additional duties as assigned.*
Qualifications
These minimum qualifications establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification.
Education:
An associate degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or a closely-related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units.
Substitution:
Experience in analyzing, installing, configuring, enhancing and/or maintaining the components of an enterprise network may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years).
Verification:
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process.
Additional Information
Supplemental Questionnaire:
Applicants are required to complete a Supplemental Questionnaire as part of the online application process.
Tech Engineer – Security Core Exam (Weight: 100%): Candidates self-certifying meeting the Minimum Qualifications will be invited to participate in the online Tech Engineer – Security Core Exam.
Certification: The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be Rule of the List.
The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.
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