Cybersecurity Application Analyst

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The Cybersecurity Application Analyst plays a vital role as a member of the Cybersecurity Team within the Cook Children’s Health Care System (CCHCS) Information Security Office. The Cybersecurity supports the CCHCS mission through the use of information security tools and technologies that detect, prevent or mitigate threats to the confidentiality, integrity and/or availability of information resources. The Cybersecurity Application Analyst will primarily be responsible for ensuring that applications, websites and/or software at CCHCS are implemented and/or supported in a secure manner. He/she will assist in defining the security standards, controls and architecture by which applications, websites and/or software must comply. The Cybersecurity Application Analyst will also serve as a security liaison to the CCHCS application and web support teams and participate as a consultant and/or team member on high-risk and/or high-visibility projects. He/she may be called upon for troubleshooting and/or support for application security related matters such as software patching, website vulnerabilities, security certificates, architecture changes, etc. The Analyst will also have administrative responsibilities for certain applications and/or tools that are used within the Information Security Office.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in the field of computer science or other related field required.

• 4 years of professional experience working within an information security program requiring compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, PCI/DSS or equivalent.

• Extensive critical thinking and application troubleshooting skills.

• Experience in use of vulnerability scanning as part of a risk management program.

• Excellent technical writing skills and ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.

• Experience identifying, measuring and mitigating risk related to development and/or implementation of websites and applications.

Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification

• CISSP, GIAC, CASE or equivalent security certifications are a plus

About Us:

Cook Children's Health Care System

Cook Children's Health Care System offers a unique approach to caring for children because we are one of the country's leading integrated pediatric health care delivery organizations. Patients benefit from the integrated system because it allows Cook Children's to use all of its resources to treat a patient and allows for easy communication between the various companies by physicians with a focus on caring for children and adolescents.

Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children’s offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.