Cyber Security Administrator (Remote From Anywhere In Colorado)

Salary: $98,000.00 - $109,000.00 Annually Location : Statewide, CO Job Type: Full Time Job Number: EGB00729 Department: Governor's Office of Information Technology Opening Date: 06/12/2026 Closing Date: 6/17/2026 11:59 PM Mountain FLSA: Determined by Position Primary Physical Work Address: (Remote From Anywhere In CO) FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation. Department Contact Information: Type of Announcement: This announcement is not governed by the selection processes of the classified personnel system. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado. How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed. Description of Job IMPORTANT NOTE: Please review your application to ensure completion. For the most equitable applicant experience, OIT's hiring team considers only the contents of your application to review your qualifications. Please do not include any attachments (such as resume or cover letter) with your application as these items are not used by OIT's hiring team. Looking for a fresh challenge in Cyber Security in the public sector? If you're a specialist with expertise in information security technologies, intrusion detection, assessment tools, encryption, and application development, we have the perfect opportunity for you. We are looking for a Cyber Security Administrator at the Governor's Office of Information Technology for the State of Colorado. In this role, you will take on new environments, tools, or networks and address how to operationalize new and existing security policies, ensure new environments are compliant, automate scanning and logging in, and design how activities will be implemented. But that's not all. You will have the opportunity to work with existing tools and implement new ones. Additionally, you will create standard controls and assist with other tasks as necessary. So, if you have practical experience with security information systems and a strong understanding of network, application, and hardware platform security best practices, we'd love to hear from you. Let's work together to keep our public systems secure, supporting the critical work of OIT. Some of the day-to-day duties include:

• Develop different types of security tools.
• Ensure IT environment domains are secure.
• Address any issues, events, incidents, vulnerabilities, or weaknesses.
• Implement and follow cybersecurity policies, standard pools, and best practices.
• With audit findings, assist with the remediation of compliance issues and vulnerabilities that have been found via analysis.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis. This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows: Minimum Qualifications: A minimum of three (3) years of increasingly challenging work experience in the information technology field. Substitutions:

• Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.
• Additional, appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated system admin experience.
• At least one professional certification to include: A+, Network+, Security+, etc. or the ability to acquire within 6 months of hire.

Conditions of Employment: OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state agency locations where they might perform work. A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. Post-employment background checks will be required for specific agencies as business needs dictate, which may include a polygraph exam, fingerprint-based criminal history search, reference checks, and a drug test. This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed. Supplemental Information If this posting indicates "remote from anywhere in CO" in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado. While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date. We know it's important to support each other, and that means having a healthy balance of work and personal time. Visit our benefits to learn more about some of our great offerings that allow us all to have fulfilling lives. Visit our How to Apply webpage to learn more about our application process and what to expect after you apply. Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon. 01 Please detail how your skills and experience align with the requirements of this position. 02 Please describe how you learned of this job opening. 03

• Yes, I acknowledge that it is to my benefit to include ALL of my RELEVANT experience in my application work history and I have done that here.
• No, I do not wish to include ALL of my RELEVANT experience, and I understand that this may affect a potential salary offer.

04 All remote work must be performed from within the State of Colorado. If you live out of state and are selected for this position you must relocate to Colorado before commencing employment. There is no form of relocation assistance, financial or otherwise, available for any position. Do you wish to proceed with your submission?

• Yes, I understand the above statement.

05 If any of the State of Colorado positions listed in your employment history were performed as a contract employee, you MUST list the position/s, State Agency, and the name of the contracting company by whom you were paid during the contract position. If this does not apply, please type "N/A". 06 Do you currently require employer sponsorship for a Visa, employer-provided documentation to maintain your Visa, or employer participation in a program for the purposes of immigration status?

• Yes
• No

07 In the future, will you require employer sponsorship for a Visa, employer-provided documentation to maintain your Visa, or employer participation in a program for the purposes of immigration status?

• Yes
• No

08 Do you currently reside in the state of Colorado?

• Yes
• No

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