"Information Assurance (IA) Security Specialist (Contingent II Position)"

Job Details

Job Posting:
JR100698 Information Assurance (IA) Security Specialist (Contingent II Position) (Open)

Department:
Technology Security, JM

Position Type:
Non-Regular Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Open Date:
03-06-2025

Close Date:

Job Description:
Responsible for providing security and risk analysis of engineering solutions, to include technical solution development, testing, implementation, and integration.

Responsibilities:

• Performs technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established IA standards and regulations and recommends mitigation strategies.
• Assists in the development, implementation, updating of security policies and monitoring of IT security procedures; validates and verifies system security requirement definitions and analysis.
• Coordinates Enterprise Application Security with Functional Data Stewards to ensure access verification and authorization requirements are monitored and approved.
• Maintains Enterprise Application Security Business processes and works with Senior IA staff in workflow management of security and access requests and approval.
• Integrates IA, security systems and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments.
• Ensures IA best practices are integrated into systems and operational environments; assists in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality.
• Interfaces with IT and non-IT personnel to resolve security related issues; assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Performs security, analyses and risk, vulnerability assessments; supports the handling, reporting, recording, and resolution of campus-wide security incidents.
• Ensures security is embedded via processes and systems throughout the university by working with various university departments; other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in information security or other related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Information systems, or related field preferred.

Conditions of Employment:

• Potential on-call hours.
• Potential remote work opportunities.
• Non-Union Position.