Onsite in Schaumburg, IL, this role keeps the District’s cybersecurity program running day to day. You will support security monitoring, vulnerability management, identity and access management, endpoint protections, and incident response processes while working closely with technical teams across the District. If you value structured security operations and practical collaboration, this position offers a focused path to protect critical education technology environments.
Salary: USD 65,000 per year
Experience: 3+ years
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a closely related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
Responsibilities
- Monitor enterprise security platforms for potential threats, suspicious activity, and security events.
- Investigate security alerts and help with incident response activities including containment, recovery, documentation, and follow-up.
- Assist with administration of firewall technologies, endpoint protection platforms, email security systems, identity management solutions, and security monitoring tools.
- Conduct vulnerability scanning, perform risk analysis, track remediation, and validate remediation outcomes.
- Support identity and access management administration, including user access reviews, authentication technologies, and multi-factor authentication.
- Support endpoint security initiatives by monitoring compliance, assisting with security policy implementation, and coordinating remediation activities.
- Maintain security logs, documentation, operational procedures, and cybersecurity records.
- Assist with technology risk assessments, security reviews, and security audits.
- Collaborate with Systems Engineering, Network Services, Endpoint Services, and Information Systems to implement and maintain cybersecurity best practices.
- Support disaster recovery planning, business continuity testing, and security validation activities.
- Evaluate emerging cybersecurity threats and recommend operational improvements.
- Assist with cybersecurity awareness initiatives by helping with user education and promoting security best practices.
- Coordinate with vendors regarding cybersecurity products, updates, and support activities.
- Participate in cybersecurity projects, technology implementations, and operational improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a closely related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Three years of experience supporting cybersecurity, network administration, systems administration, or enterprise technology infrastructure.
- Experience supporting enterprise security technologies, endpoint protection, identity management, or security monitoring solutions.
- Demonstrated analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting K-12 technology environments.
- Experience administering enterprise security technologies such as Palo Alto Networks, Cortex, Microsoft Defender, Cisco Secure Email, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, or comparable technologies.
- Experience with vulnerability management, SIEM platforms, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and security monitoring tools.
- Experience supporting cloud security and hybrid infrastructure environments.
- Industry certifications such as Security+, CySA+, Palo Alto, Microsoft Security, or equivalent.
Technologies
Firewall technologies, endpoint protection platforms, email security systems, identity management solutions, security monitoring tools, identity and access management systems, authentication technologies, multi-factor authentication, Palo Alto Networks, Cortex, Microsoft Defender, Cisco Secure Email, Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, SIEM platforms, endpoint detection and response (EDR), vulnerability management, cloud security, hybrid infrastructure environments, Security+, CySA+, Palo Alto, Microsoft Security.
Physical Requirements
- Regularly required to stand, walk, talk, or hear.
- Frequently required to use hands to handle or feel materials.
- Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
