Job Responsibilities
Are you passionate about protecting critical systems and safeguarding election integrity? Join our team as an IT Security Specialist I, where you’ll play a key role in ensuring the security, reliability, and resilience of South Carolina’s election systems and infrastructure. In this essential position, you will monitor, assess, and enhance cybersecurity controls across agency and county environments, directly supporting the protection of statewide election operations.
Job Responsibilities
Security Monitoring & Assessment
- Review Cyber Hygiene reports, vulnerability scans, and risk assessments to ensure timely mitigation of identified issues.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments of agency and county systems at the request of management.
- Maintain security across agency, election, and critical infrastructure systems.
Security Governance
- Develop, implement, and maintain security plans, policies, and procedures for agency critical infrastructure.
- Create and maintain end-user agreements and manage user IDs, roles, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all systems.
Training & Collaboration
- Provide security training and build strong working relationships with state and county election office personnel.
- Promote cybersecurity awareness and guide users in following secure practices.
Minimum And Additional Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in information technology systems, computer science, or a related field and experience in the information technology field to include experience in a security-focused role. Relevant experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET-level security clearance.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret moderately complex technical data and assist in problem resolution.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with users, vendors, counties, and other IT personnel.
Preferred Qualifications
- Three (3) or more years of recent IT experience with an emphasis on cybersecurity.
- One or more cybersecurity/information security certifications (e.g., Security+, CySA+, CEH, GSEC, etc.).
- Experience performing vulnerability assessments and validating remediation efforts.
Additional Comments
Additional Comments
The South Carolina State Election Commission is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.
Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment. Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education. A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.
The South Carolina Election Commission offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees:
- Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children. Click here for additional information.
- 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
- 15 days sick leave per year
- 13 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available ( S.C. Deferred Compensation )
- Retirement benefit choices *
- State Retirement Plan ( SCRS )
- State Optional Retirement Program ( State ORP )
- Enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for all FTE employees; please refer to the contribution section of hyperlinked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay.
