Requisition No: 699443

Agency: Management Services

Working Title: SENIOR CYBERSECURITY BUSINESS ANALYST – 72003955

Position Number: 72003955

Salary:  $75,000.00 – $90,000.00

Posting Closing Date: 08/03/2022

Florida Digital Service
State of Florida Department of Management Services
This position is located in Tallahassee, FL
The Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) is a customer-oriented agency responsible for managing various business-related functions throughout state government. Under the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis and DMS’ Executive Leadership Team, the agency oversees the real estate, procurement, human resources, group insurance, retirement, telecommunications, private prisons, and fleet and federal property assistance programs utilized throughout Florida’s state government. DMS is relied upon to establish, maintain and improve the business processes used by state employees to create a better, not bigger government.  DMS facilitates the delivery of these programs and services and provides tools and training to bolster the efficiency and effectiveness of the state’s workforce. It is against this backdrop that DMS strives to demonstrate its motto, “We serve those who serve Florida.” Under the leadership of DMS Secretary Pedro Allende, DMS’ employees embody four pillars on a daily basis: establishing a process-oriented mindset; challenging the status quo; creating efficiencies; and respecting state employees.

Position Overview and Responsibilities:
Senior Cybersecurity Business Analysts play a critical cybersecurity leadership role for the Florida Digital Service. Working for a team led by the State Chief Information Security Officer, this role will be expected to help lead, develop, and implement critical policy initiatives to support Florida’s rapidly growing cybersecurity capabilities. This Senior Analyst will be expected to manage all aspects around Florida’s cybersecurity regulations, namely 60GG-2, Florida Administrative Code.  Being effective in this role does not require technical or engineering experience but will require regular collaboration throughout state government on behalf of FL[DS]. The ideal candidate is team-oriented, mission-focused, and eager to support the team’s operations.

Core Responsibilities:

• Research, analyze, draft, and implement cybersecurity policies that support the operations, planning, and public policy, including leadership responsibility for F.A.C. 60GG-2.
• Identify and present process improvements to cybersecurity leadership, including the need for statutory and regulatory reforms.
• Anticipate and assist the technical members of the security team with non-routine and unforeseen non-technical needs that arise prior to, during, and after a cybersecurity incident.
• Support incident response activities by coordinating and supporting conferences between technical and executive stakeholders.
• Document and retain notes, action items, and key decisions made during the full lifespan of an incident in a way that facilitates understandable briefings between technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Effectively supervises the performance of direct reports to ensure division and agency performance goals are met or exceeded and comply with the Department’s employment policies and procedures and the State’s statutes and rules.
• Supervision – assigns balanced workloads; ensures quality of work and that deadlines are met; monitors productivity, attendance, and professionalism in the workplace.

• Directing Leadership – sets challenging goals; delegates and coordinates effectively; promote innovation in achieving goals; sets examples for subordinates.
• Training – identifies performance gaps and coordinates with the division trainer to ensure training needs are met.
• Managing Change – initiates change effectively and adapts to necessary changes in operations; motivates employees to have a positive attitude towards operational changes.
• Performance Appraisal/Feedback – effectively evaluates subordinates; encourages and initiates regular discussion of performance with subordinates; takes appropriate and timely action with marginal or failing performers; recognizes and rewards good performance.
• Discipline Administration – uses progressive and corrective discipline to improve performance/behavioral problems.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Research, analyze, draft, and implement cybersecurity policies that support the operations, planning, and public policy, including leadership responsibility for F.A.C. 60GG-2.
• Identify and present process improvements to cybersecurity leadership, including the need for statutory and regulatory reforms.
• Anticipate and assist the technical members of the security team with non-routine and unforeseen non-technical needs that arise prior to, during, and after a cybersecurity incident.
• Support incident response activities by coordinating and supporting conferences between technical and executive stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and be able to prepare and present papers, briefings, and other materials to leadership.
• Strong ability to research, analyze, policy and rules, across technical and non-technical domains.
• Strong ability to work across multiple organizations to find consensus.
• Strong ability to recommend, advocate, and negotiate technical rules.
• Intermediate knowledge of various industry-standard cybersecurity frameworks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical and technical skills.
• Knowledge of communication imperatives and the ability to provide status updates to technical and management-level team members
• Ability to maintain perspective during crisis-level incidents.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) with the ability to communicate with all levels of cybersecurity and incident response within the organization.
• Accountability, Communication, Empowerment, Flexibility, Integrity, Respect, Teamwork.

Special Notes:
DMS is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. We recognize the extensive training, experience and transferrable skills that veterans and individuals with disabilities bring to the workforce.  Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following provided email addresses:
DMS.Ability@dms.myflorida.com
DMS.Veterans@dms.myflorida.com
An individual with a disability is qualified if he or she satisfies the skills, experience, and other job related requirements for a position and can perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation. Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must contact the DMS Human Resources (HR) Office at (850) 488-2707. DMS requests applicants notify HR in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
Successful completion of background screening will be required for this position.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.