Cybersecurity Operations Supervisor

Racine County is hiring an experienced Cybersecurity Operations Supervisor to help strengthen the County’s cybersecurity readiness and day-to-day operational effectiveness. This onsite role in Racine, WI focuses on protecting critical information and business operations through threat prediction and detection, incident response and recovery, and cybersecurity governance that keeps leadership informed of the cybersecurity operating environment.

Compensation: USD 85,696 to 119,974 per year

Location: Racine, WI (onsite)

Experience: Minimum 3 years in cybersecurity

Responsibilities

• Manage, lead, and develop a team of technical IT professionals.
• Manage and prioritize tasks and projects to meet deadlines and allocate resources effectively.
• Protect County information, intellectual assets, and business operations from accidental or intentional disruption, disclosure, or destruction.
• Conceptualize, design, and/or build secure IT systems, supporting system and/or network development aligned to reference architectures, configuration standards, compliance requirements, and cybersecurity best practices.
• Perform highly specialized review and evaluation of incoming cybersecurity information to determine its usefulness for intelligence.
• Oversee collection and analysis of information from applications, endpoints, and network sources to identify vulnerabilities and potential for exploitation, using a risk-based approach to address gaps.
• Conduct threat and vulnerability assessments and develop and/or recommend mitigation countermeasures.
• Support the development, modification, and execution of cybersecurity policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable standards and regulations.
• Keep leadership updated by collecting, processing, analyzing, and disseminating cyber threat or warning assessments to County personnel.
• Develop, plan, and execute regular incident response and postmortem exercises, including measurable benchmarks to track progress and identify deficiencies requiring additional attention.
• Develop and maintain the incident response plan.
• Lead IDS monitoring and analysis, including network traffic and log analysis, to prioritize potential intrusion attempts and differentiate them from false alarms.
• Monitor and process security event responses on a 24x7 basis.
• Assist in creating security awareness materials, security presentations, and information security training sessions.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, software engineering, information technology, computer info (preferred). A combination of associate degree, military, or professional cybersecurity experience and a cybersecurity certification (CISSP, GIAC, MCSE, CEH, GICSP, CSSA, CISM) will be considered.
• Minimum: 3 years of cybersecurity experience required.
• Preferred: At least 2 years hands-on experience with penetration testing methodologies and tools.
• Good analytical and creative problem-solving skills.
• Customer-focused approach with demonstrated initiative.
• Stay current on software and hardware network security threats.
• Understanding of the RMF and NIST CSF (800-53).

Technologies

• CISSP, GIAC, MCSE, CEH, GICSP, CSSA, CISM
• RMF, NIST CSF (800-53)
• IDS