Senior IT Security Analyst

at  Childrens Hospital Colorado

WHY WORK AT CHILDREN’S….

Here, it’s different. Come join us.
Children’s Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.
Here, the nation’s brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist’s outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we’re making new strides every day.
We’ve been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the best of the best pediatric hospitals with #1 rankings in Colorado and the region by U.S. News & World Report.
As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.
Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.
That’s why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.
A career at Children’s Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it’s different.

JOB OVERVIEW

This position is responsible for full performance complex work in the assessment, planning, design, enforcement and auditing of security policies and procedures to safeguard the integrity of and access to enterprise systems, files and data elements. Duties include developing, monitoring, evaluating, maintaining and enforcing systems and procedures. This position may perform lead work over lower level staff.
We are looking for an experienced IT Security Analyst to join our team, focused on enhancing our threat detection and response capabilities. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Defender and Azure Sentinel, including implementing and configuring these platforms to support security operations in a complex healthcare environment. This role requires a strong foundation in Threat Intelligence and Security Operations, with the ability to analyze, detect, and respond to evolving security threats effectively.

QUALIFICATIONS

• EDUCATION – Bachelor’s degree is required.
• EXPERIENCE – Minimum of five (5) years of related experience is required.
• EQUIVALENCY – Combination of post-high school education, job related certification, and/or related experience equivalent to nine (9) years may be considered in lieu of minimum requirements.
• Previous experience with Defender and Azure Sentinel strong preferred.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• Conducts complex vulnerability assessments and identifies potential systems and process vulnerabilities. Determines security infrastructure requirements.
• Develops and implements security policies, procedures and measures to prevent unauthorized access. Audits security policies and procedures and identifies potential areas where existing data security policies and procedures require change.
• Performs complex security assessments and reviews networking initiatives for security compliance.
• Evaluates and recommends security products for various platforms in the networking environment.
• Responds to alerts from information security tools and reports, investigates and resolves security incidents.
• Educates and communicates security requirements, standards and procedures to all users and new employees. Ensures that user community understands and adheres to necessary procedures.
• Recommends, plans, and implements complex security system enhancements.
• Researches security trends, new methods, and techniques. Evaluates and recommends security products, services and procedures .
• Ensures compliance with regulations and privacy laws and enforces security policies and procedures.
• Administers and monitors security profiles, reviews security violation reports and investigates possible security exceptions.
• Creates, updates, maintains and documents security controls.
• Provides guidance and direction on best practices for the protection of information.
• Provides management with risk assessments and security briefings to advise them of critical issues that may affect customers or impact organizational security objectives.
• Responsible for complex firewall rule change review, network monitoring, and other various network security measures.
• Prepares status reports on security matters and develops security risk analysis scenarios and response procedures.