Afternoon Cybersecurity Program Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

Job Summary:
The Illinois Attorney General's Office is responsible for protecting the public interest of the state and the people of Illinois. The Senior Cybersecurity Administrator will oversee the administration and security of the Office's cybersecurity infrastructure, providing advanced technical leadership and managing various security technologies and services.
Responsibilities:
• Administering, securing, and maintaining the Office’s on-premises and cloud-hosted cybersecurity infrastructure.
• Providing advanced technical leadership for enterprise cybersecurity services, including server environments, identity and access management, endpoint detection and response, and vulnerability management.
• Designing, building, configuring, securing, and maintaining virtual servers and related infrastructure in support of cybersecurity operations and administration.
• Assisting with capacity planning, system hardening, baseline configuration, lifecycle management, backup coordination, server decommissioning, and documentation of server builds, configurations, and administrative procedures.
• Supporting enterprise vulnerability and patch management by evaluating, testing, deploying, tracking, and reporting on operating systems, applications, and security patches, and coordinating remediation across servers, workstations, and related infrastructure.
• Managing and supporting information security tools and technologies; developing and standardizing management reporting; and leading the implementation, integration, customization, and administration of identity and access management tools.
• Overseeing role-based access systems to ensure least privilege access throughout the enterprise and working closely with business and technology leaders to deploy and maintain network micro-segmentation, endpoint protection, access controls, and other security architecture improvements.
• Deploying, updating, maintaining, and troubleshooting leading endpoint detection and response technologies; assisting with vulnerability and threat management operations; and preparing technical and executive-level metrics related to vulnerabilities, patch compliance, system health, and security risk.
• Reviewing and implementing privilege access requests, changes to Active Directory Group Policies, Access Control Lists, and Directory Services; identifying unusual patterns of activity; and providing senior-level technical support to cybersecurity compliance and operations functions.
• Performing periodic reviews of credential utilization and entitlements across the enterprise; maintaining digital certificates and domain registry services; responding to, investigating, and remediating security incidents as part of the incident response team; and recommending improvements to administrative and security processes.
• Assisting with onboarding and offboarding processes to ensure least privilege access; training and developing junior and mid-level technical staff; developing and maintaining technical documentation, standards, and procedures; and supporting continuous improvement of the Office’s cybersecurity program.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of seven years of hands-on experience configuring, supporting, securing, and administering enterprise servers and cybersecurity environments
• At least one certification such as Security+, Network+, CCNA, CCNP, PCNSE, CISSP, or a comparable cybersecurity, networking, systems administration, or cloud security certification
• Ability to effectively coordinate, prioritize, troubleshoot, document, and collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Attendance and the ability to maintain satisfactory working relationships with OAG employees and the general public
Preferred:
• Experience with endpoint detection and response tools such as Cylance, Carbon Black, CrowdStrike, or similar products
• Experience with email security tools such as Mimecast, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Proofpoint, or similar platforms
• Experience with vulnerability management tools such as Rapid7, Qualys, Tenable, or similar solutions
• Experience with IT scripting tools such as Python, PowerShell, or similar languages
• Experience with Group Policy
• Experience with IT automation and configuration tools
Company:
The N.C. Founded in 1877, the company is headquartered in Raleigh, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.