Security & Risk Compliance Manager (Public Service Administrator, Option 3)

at Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology in Springfield, Illinois, United States

Job Description

This position serves as the Security & Risk Compliance Manager for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) supporting the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS), in organizing, planning, executing, controlling, and evaluating management functions necessary to ensure a high-level of information security, privacy, compliance, and continuity related to the Agency's computerized systems including the Integrated Eligibility System (IES). In this role, you will provide and maintain an effective and efficient process to give state and external entities authorized access to agency data. Additionally, you will serve as a working supervisor for the IES Security Analysts in assigning and reviewing work, providing guidance and training, establishing goals and objectives, and conducting performance evaluations.

•    Under administrative direction, serves as the Security & Risk Compliance Manager for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) supporting the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) organizing, planning, executing, controlling, and evaluating management functions necessary to ensure a high-level of information security, privacy, compliance, and continuity related to the Agency's computerized systems including the Integrated Eligibility System (IES).
•    Performs security and privacy risk assessments, identifying threats and risks to information and provides potential corrective action alternatives.  
•    Monitors and generates security authorization reporting systems which are developed to notify local managers of staff access, capabilities, and possible violations. 
•    Serves as working supervisor for IES Information Security Analysts. 
•    Develops, researches, and acquires security enhancements for the protection of agency resources and performs complex advisory and consultive assistance for all RACF coordinators. 
•    Verifies designs for new systems or revisions to existing systems and prepossess adequate internal controls, maximum security resources, and ensures compliance with the Bureaus other information technology best practices. 
•    Provides and maintains an effective and efficient violation reporting process, by analyzing the current violation reporting process, the collection and resubmission of responses, acknowledgement of responses, and updating of the reporting system. 
•    Keeps abreast of new developments in the information technology field by continuing education through online training platforms, meetings, training sessions, seminars, and conferences to increase familiarity with and remain current on products, vendors, techniques, and procedures. 
•    Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.