Fare Payments Cybersecurity Lead Analyst

This Opportunity

Are you looking to take your career in cybersecurity to the next level? Do you want to develop your technical expertise and open new pathways for advancement? WSP offers an ideal environment for you. Our Fare Collection Practice is dedicated to helping transit agencies nationwide foster a cybersecurity-centric mindset, enabling them to become more adaptable, secure, and forward-thinking. By joining our team, you'll play a key role in providing guidance, executing solutions, and overseeing their implementation. Working alongside our dynamic team, you'll have the chance to engage with cutting-edge cybersecurity technologies and experience rapid career growth both vertically and horizontally. Don't miss the opportunity to join our fare payments team and propel your career forward.

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Part-Time Fare Payments Cybersecurity Lead Analyst for our Washington DC office.  Be involved in projects with our Fare Collections National Business Line Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
 

Your Impact

• IT Security Monitoring: 
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to proactively monitor and uphold the IT security of the Automatic Fare Collection system, ensuring the system's integrity and confidentiality.
• Incident Response: 
  • Investigate and resolve IT security issues and incidents pertaining to the Automatic Fare Collection system, employing effective measures to mitigate risks and prevent future occurrences.
• Project Participation: 
  • Engage in projects associated with the Automatic Fare Collection system, contribute insights on new security technologies, and participate in the review of technical implementations and processes to ensure robust IT security controls.
• Policy Development: 
  • Contribute to the development of new IT security policies, standards, and guidelines for the Automatic Fare Collection system, and update existing ones to align with industry best practices and compliance requirements.
     

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT or Computer Engineering with a minimum of 7 years of pertinent experience in IT security. Equivalent experience in lieu of Degree will also be considered.
• Profound understanding of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) and other security best practices applicable to payment card applications.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following domains:
• System Security: Comprehensive knowledge of Host and Endpoint Security, Identity and Access Management, Database Security, Network Security, Virtualization
• Security, Application Security, Threat Analysis, Vulnerability Assessment, and Security Testing across various operating systems, networks, and applications.
• Cryptography: In-depth knowledge of Symmetric-Key and Public-Key Cryptography, as well as Cryptography Standards and Technologies.
• Cyber Security Operations: Proficiency in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and the operation and management of Security Operations Centre (SOC).
• Demonstrated capacity to effectively plan and execute workloads in a challenging and fast-paced environment.

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. 
 

Compensation
Expected Salary (all locations): $95,000-169,000
 

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand.  Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.