The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly when in apparent health, when unattended by a physician, in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.

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JOB DESCRIPTION
The core values of the OCME are to put the mission of the agency first, to be truly dedicated and to have integrity in every aspect of our professional life. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner operates a number is seeking qualified candidates to join their Information Security Unit in the Information Technology Division. The candidate will join a team of Engineers who supports 750+ users in nine (9) locations. This position encompasses highly technical responsibilities for the analysis, implementation, troubleshooting, enhancement, maintenance, and security of OCME network.

Duties will include but are not limited to:

- Assist in the development, maintenance, and architecture of security policies and procedures in coordination with DOITT and NYC Cyber Command.
- Administer, Configure, Secure Cisco Routers and Switches.
- Administer, Configure, Secure Palo Alto Firewalls.
- Configure and secure F5 load balancers.
- VOIP Administration: Working knowledge of Cisco Call Manager.
- Research, evaluate and design implementations of enterprise security solutions.
- Support the development of security architecture, and policies and standards.
- Support IT security operations as an escalation resource.
- Participate in security incident handling.
- Perform special technology projects and initiatives as assigned.
- Prepare status reports, performs security risk assessments and gap analysis scenarios to identify security weaknesses and propose remediation controls.

In addition to meeting the Qualification Requirements, all candidates MUST possess the following Professional vendor certifications: Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

1. A baccalaureate degree, from an accredited college including or supplemented by twenty-four (24) semester credits in cyber security, network security, computer science, computer programming, computer engineering, information technology, information science, information systems management, network administration, or a pertinent scientific, technical or related area; or

2. A four-year high school diploma or its equivalent approved by a State’s department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and three years of satisfactory experience in any of the areas described in “1” above; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to “1” or “2”, above. College education may be substituted for up to two years of the required experience in “2” above on the basis that sixty (60) semester credits from an accredited college is equated to one year of experience. In addition, twenty-four (24) credits from an accredited college or graduate school in cyber security, network security, computer science, computer programming, computer engineering, information technology, information science, information systems management, network administration, or a pertinent scientific, technical or related area; or a certificate of at least 625 hours in computer programming from an accredited technical school (post high school), may be substituted for one year of experience.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.