Humanizing Technology, Alasconnect provides full scale technology sustainment, strategic planning and professional services to our clients, allowing them to achieve their greatest ambitions. We support diversity in all we do and recognize success is achieved by the inclusion of all experiences and voices and is an equal-opportunity employer.

Alasconnect is currently seeking an outgoing, problem solver who likes to manage projects and provide security solutions for its Information Security Engineer. If you like resolving potential IT security threats, designing technology strategies, and sharing your knowledge with others, this is the position for you. This position creates security tools and processes to protect client electronic information, implements systems, monitor security incidents, and provide appropriate security solutions.

If you have at least three years’ experience in the field, and have good knowledge of information security, assurances practices, systems principals, architecture, and design troubleshooting, we want you to join our team.  Please see the full job description below.

This is a full-time, exempt, salaried position, salary DOE, located in Anchorage or Fairbanks, AK, or remote. In addition to our competitive salary, we offer a very generous benefits package that include two options for medical, dental, and vision health care coverage, a 6% discretionary contribution to retirement (plus an additional 401(k) match), tuition reimbursement, professional development, short/long term disability, annual leave, parental leave and more.  For more details about this position or our benefits, please contact our Human Resources department at (907)459-4994.

Alasconnect will make reasonable accommodation during the application and/or hiring process for qualified job applicants upon request.

Alasconnect will not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of age, race, religion, color, handicap, sex, physical condition, developmental disability, sexual orientation/preference, pregnancy status, or national origin. This includes but is not limited to recruitment and employment, promotion, demotion, transfer, compensation, selection for training including apprenticeship, layoff and termination, and take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Conducts professional service engagements for assessments of information security governance, risk, and compliance (GRC)
• Designs and documents specifications for technical, administrative, and physical controls to demonstrate compliance, ensuring that regulatory and compliance obligations are met
• Develops compliance remediation strategies
• Develops, maintains, and researches security compliance products and professional services
• Identifies, analyzes, evaluates, and documents information security risks and controls based on established risk criteria
• Reviews control gaps and escalates critical issues to key stakeholders
• Recommends controls to mitigate security risks identified via risk assessment process
• Communicates risk findings and recommendations that are clear and actionable by business stakeholders
• Leads workforce security activities including culture, awareness, and training
• Researches, recommends, and contributes to information security polices, standards, and procedures

Knowledge, Skill & Ability Requirements

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of information security and assurance practices
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of systems principles, architecture, design, analysis and troubleshooting
• Experience with internal data security controls audit
• Experience with effective risk management practices and principals
• Exceptional follow-through and attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Excellent project management and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently and with a group
• Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Windows computing environments
• Intermediate knowledge of computer system, network functions

Qualifications

• Three years relevant professional experience
• Bachelors degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field  preferred
• Relevant professional certifications preferred