"Information Security Officer"

Job Details

Job Posting: JR101154 Information Security Officer (Open)

Department: BSU Chief Information Security Officer. PM

Position Type: Regular

Open Date: 08-28-2025

Close Date: $145,000 - $155,000

Job Description: Provides strategic direction, leadership, and coordination for enterprise security strategies in Information Technology that safeguard information resources.

Responsibilities:

• Perform technical security assessments of computing environments to identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established Information Assurance (IA) standards and regulations, and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and updating of security policies and monitoring of IT security procedures; validate and verify system security requirement definitions and analysis.
• Coordinate Enterprise Application Security with Functional Data Stewards to ensure access verification and authorization requirements are monitored and approved.
• Maintain Enterprise Application Security Business processes and work with IA staff in workflow management of security and access requests and approval.
• Integrate IA, cybersecurity, security systems, and system components including those for networking, computing, and enclave environments.
• Ensure security best practices are integrated into systems and operational environments; assist in the identification and implementation of appropriate information security functionality.
• Interface with IT and non-IT personnel to resolve security-related issues; assess and mitigate system security threats/risks throughout the program life cycle.
• Research and proactively identify security updates, conduct vendor and platform risk analysis, and perform security analyses and risk, vulnerability assessments; support the handling, reporting, recording, and resolution of campus-wide security incidents.
• Ensure security is embedded via processes and systems throughout the university by working with various university departments.
• Manage external and internal audits related to information security.
• Collaborate with the USM system office, risk management, and other teams to ensure comprehensive security governance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in information security or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CISSP or similar certification.
• Familiarity with modern technologies such as cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence.

Conditions of Employment:

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• Note: Position excluded from Union Representation and Collective Bargaining

Additional Job Information: Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.

Organization

Bowie State University, a member of the University System of Maryland (USM), is a regional, comprehensive, and historically black university. The University offers an array of baccalaureate and masters degree programs and a doctorate in education. Located between Washington, DC and Baltimore, the University includes a diverse faculty and student population.