Incident Response Analyst I

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

Job Description

• Under general direction, serves as an Incident Response Analyst I for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT), performing difficult and specialized system services incident response work by responding to major cyber incidents utilizing established policies, standards and procedures and determining and preventing unauthorized access or destruction of network information.
• Serves as a recipient of information security and cyber-security vulnerability and threat information from information systems and sources including but not limited to information system vulnerability monitoring tools, the Illinois Statewide Terrorism Intelligence Center (STIC), software and hardware vendors, and internal security personnel and assists detection engineering.
• Provides guidance to agency security officers, security managers, other security personnel, and agency personnel on trending threats and vulnerabilities.
• 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.

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to four (4) years of college with coursework in computer science or directly related fields.
• Requires one (1) year of professional experience in System Services or a related Information Technology field.