Cybersecurity Administrator

Remote (Washington, United States)

As the nation's largest community credit union, we begin every day focused on delivering superior financial products and services for our 1.3 million members and more than $30 billion in managed assets. Our work has an economic impact as we support our members' financial goals. We are unapologetic about being devoted to our members and the communities we serve. Our business is guided by our people helping people philosophy – which includes our team members.

BECU has been in business for more than 85 years, driven by unwavering core values and a dedication to improving the communities we serve. While we have a rich history, the future of our company, accelerated by business and technology transformation, is even brighter. There's never been a better time to work for BECU.

PAY RANGE

The Target Pay Range for this position is $97,900-$119,600 annually. The full Pay Range is $76,100-$141,500 annually. At BECU, compensation decisions are determined using factors such as relevant job-related skills, experience, and education or training. Should an offer for employment be made, we will consider individual qualifications. In addition to your salary, compensation incentives are available for the hired applicant. Incentives are performance based and targets vary by role.

BENEFITS

Employees and their eligible family members have access to a wide array of employee benefits, such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage. Employees have access to disability and AD&D insurance. We also offer health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, as well as health savings accounts, to eligible employees. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan and employer-funded retirement plan. Newly hired employees accrue 6.16 hours of paid time off (PTO) on a per pay period basis based on hours worked (up to a maximum of 160 PTO hours per year) and receive ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Additional details regarding BECU Benefits can be found here.

The Cybersecurity Administrator is heavily involved primarily in the implementation of the security life cycle in a multi-platform, multi-dimensional environment. The Cybersecurity Administrator is responsible for monitoring, maintaining, and supporting the security infrastructure as well as communicating expectations and working with users and vendors to meet business expectations and service levels. The Cybersecurity Administrator is crucial in keeping up with the day-to-day production operation of a variety of cybersecurity applications.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Perform all responsibilities in accordance with BECU Competencies, compliance, regulatory, and Information Protection requirements.
Perform first and second level troubleshooting of various security systems.
Configure systems to monitor for indicators of compromise.
Conduct first level computer forensics.
Create, maintain and review firewall rules at least quarterly.
Routinely conducts security system upgrades and certificate/rekey updates.
Handle security administration functions, including user account maintenance, reports and dashboards, workflow automation and other routine tasks.
Assist in training of new users and grow the BECU Cybersecurity skillset across the organization through knowledge based articles and other media to disseminate information.
Develop and maintain an information security vulnerability management program.
Assist cyber engineering team on various security related projects.
Act as a point of escalation for various cybersecurity alerts, scenarios, and situations that arise in the organization from cybersecurity tools, dashboards, or other systems used to protect the BECU network.
Perform additional duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Business Information Systems or equivalent work or educational experience required.
Minimum four years of experience in information security required.
Sec+, Azure, ServiceNow or equivalent ticketing software, and networking certifications preferred.
Basic knowledge and understanding of current information security planning techniques and technologies as well as the methods used in performing risk analyses required.
Solid understanding of cloud and on-premises networking environments required.
Strong desire to learn new cybersecurity technologies and methodologies.
Intermediate skills in evaluating risk and communicating it in a fact-based manner.
Intermediate conceptual, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
Ability to communicate clearly and concisely including both written and verbal, presentation and interpersonal skills.
Be available on an on-call basis to respond to pending issues or problems arising during non-business hours and provide support and response.
Full-time hours required, with additional hours as necessary.

EEO Statement:

BECU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.