Information Security Engineer

**Job Posting Closes at 11:59PM on:** 07/19/26 **Division:** Business Innovation & Technology Division **Management Level:** Individual Contributor **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 40 **Benefit Eligibility:** This position is eligible for Standard Benefits which includes dental, medical, and vision insurance, paid time off and holidays, retirement matching, wellness programs, and tuition reimbursement. **Description:** The **Information Security Engineer** is responsible for enhancing and maintaining the security that protects Jefferson County’s data, systems, and networks. Provide expert recommendations and hands on guidance, while influencing and collaborating with operational IT teams, law enforcement agencies, and external security organizations to foster a culture adhering to the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability principles of information security. Evaluate new technologies throughout the organization for security concerns, successfully advocating adoption of security principles, maintaining security technologies, and promoting security awareness. Design and implement security solutions, mitigate cybersecurity threats, and ensure compliance with government security policies and regulations.**SCHEDULE:** This position operates on a hybrid schedule of 40 hours per week. The role is primarily remote, with one scheduled in-office day per week and additional on-site work as needed.**COMPENSATION:**Hiring Range: $118,000 -$122,000 USD AnnuallyCompensation will be determined based on education, experience and skills.**BENEFITS:**Jefferson County offers a generous benefits package that supports your personal and professional life. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid time off and holidays, including a **starting bank of 40 hours of PTO for new hires**; retirement matching; wellness programs; tuition reimbursement; flexible schedules; remote work options; and more. For more information, click [here](https://www.jeffco.us/1896/Employment-Benefits) for our Total Rewards summary.******ESSENTIAL DUTIES:**Performs all duties of a cybersecurity analyst: - Provides cybersecurity support, identification, analysis, issue resolution, and implementation and integration of cybersecurity solutions - Monitors and evaluates security alerts and analyzes security data to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities - Assists in conducting routine vulnerability assessments and penetration testing - Assists in incident identification, analysis, and containment, and the development, maintenance, and implementation of cybersecurity incident response plans - Participates in the configuration and maintenance of security tools - Recommends configuration changes and standards to improve security posture - Assists with required auditing and assessment functions, and in creating and updating security documentation and reports - Assists with providing security awareness training - Compiles metrics for information security to allow for trending to assist in reviews of current processes, identify awareness needs, and facilitate measurement for continuous improvement - Collaborates with senior security team members on various projects - Keeps current on security technology and security news - Serves as a primary escalation point during incidents, to both aide in mitigation and containment, as well as offer strategic insight and recommendations to strengthen incident response protocols and prevent reoccurrence - Researches, designs, and implements cyber security solutions for organization systems and products that comply with all applicable security policies, standards, and regulations (e.g., PCI, CJIS, HIPAA) - Works with IT and internal and external business partners to perform in-depth security assessments and risk analyses to ensure that security is factored in the evaluation, selection, installation and configuration process of hardware and software.` - Collaborates with software development teams to ensure secure coding pra…