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Are you ready to grow, make a positive impact? If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!
Innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence best describes the culture here at the Comptrollers Office. We take pride in the work we do serving as Texas' accountant, tax collector, treasurer, and much more! The Comptrollers office serves virtually every citizen in the state. As Texas chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer and purchasing manager, the agency is responsible for writing the checks and keeping the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government.
Our agency workforce is as diverse as the people of Texas we serve. We value our employees and take very seriously our collective commitment to public service.Personal development opportunities are strongly encouraged through available workshops, teambuilding exercises, and on the job training. We offer flexible scheduling that helps employees maintain a healthy work-life balance.
General Description:
Performs highly advanced (senior-level) information systems auditing to ensure industry standard best practice security standards and efficiency, accuracy, and contract compliance principles are met or exceeded. Work involves planning and conducting technical audits of information systems, platforms, and operating procedures for the Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel Systems (CAPPS). Work involves developing project plans; handling audit findings regarding the efficiency, accuracy, and security of financial and non-financial programs; evaluating system controls; documenting results; and making recommendations for compliance and/or improvements. Work involves participating in all CAPPS information technology risk assessments, third-party compliance audits (SSAE18 SOC1 and SOC2), state and/or federal audits, and IT consulting engagements. Work involves collaborating with other divisions within the Comptrollers office, other state agencies and institutions of higher education and the CAPPS managed services vendor. Work involves coordinating department efforts to respond to internal and external audit engagement requests, establishing goals and objectives; developing guidelines, procedures, policies, rules, and regulations; and providing division communication and training for audit-related compliance. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Employees at this level may be considered technical experts in the field and perform information technology audit work that is highly complex in nature or large in scale.
Work Hours:
Monday through Friday, 40 hours a week with occasional evening, weekend hours and holidays. Hours may change based on business need.
Fiscal Management adheres to the agencys directive for telework participation.
Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelors degree.
Experience:
Five years of experience with information systems auditing or cybersecurity work.
Two years of experience with infrastructure integration analysis with Cloud, On-Premise and Distributed architectures.
Two years of experience monitoring and controlling security within a Cloud architecture.
Two years of experience monitoring and controlling security within any of the following: Oracle Linux, Red Hat Linux, Windows VMs, Oracle Databases, or PeopleSoft Environments.
Two years of experience monitoring System Development Life Cycles, application change control, batch job processing, security, backups, system maintenance, and other steady-state operational industry standard best practice controls.
Preferred Education:
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelors or graduate degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Management, Computer Science, Information Systems, or Information Technology.
Preferred Experience:
Experience analyzing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
Experience measuring performance and monitoring compliance with customer service-level agreements in a Managed Services/outsourced arrangement or involving multi-vendor contracts.
Experience managing large projects or programs.
One year experience auditing NIST 800-53 or similar control frameworks.
Experience with project management methodologies such as Agile, Critical Path, or Waterfall.
Substitutions
One additional year of experience with information systems auditing or cybersecurity work experience may substitute for thirty semester hours of the required education, with a maximum substitution of 120 semester hours (four years).
Licenses and Certifications
Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is preferred.
Summary of Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This position requires the incumbent to primarily perform sedentary office work; however, mobility (standing and walking) is routinely required to carry out some duties. It requires extensive computer, telephone and client/customer contact. It requires the ability to bend, stoop, kneel, and reach as needed for filing and similar routine office duties. The job also requires normal cognitive abilities requiring the ability to learn, recall, and apply certain practices and policies. It requires the stamina to maintain attention to detail despite interruptions. Marginal or corrected visual and auditory requirements are required for reading printed materials and computer screens and communicating with internal and external customers.
Employees are required to use their personal mobile phones as a part of 2 factor/multi factor authentication for accessing CPA systems securely. You will also receive critical/emergency calls/texts on your cell phone to ensure immediate communication.
In this role you will:
Provides ongoing CAPPS oversight to ensure industry standard best practice security standards and efficiency, accuracy, and contract compliance principles are met or exceeded.
Reviews, examines and recommends information technology control elements to mitigate information technology risks regarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of business information.
Reviews and recommends enhanced controls of technology platforms, systems, operating procedures and information technology internal controls and security.
Oversees and/or performs audit-@type work including identifying and defining issues, developing criteria, reviewing and analyzing evidence and documenting processes and procedures.
Prepares and reviews system and data diagrams to identify manual and systems process interactions and critical controls.
Provides consultation and assesses the appropriate levels of testing, assistance, and recommendations for the use, integration, maintenance, and enhancement of our information
