"Instructor/Assistant Professor-Cybersecurity-Michael J. Grant Campus"

SUNY Suffolk is searching for a full time 10-month tenure track Instructor/Assistant Professor for Cybersecurity beginning Spring 2026, at the Michael J. Grant campus in Brentwood, NY.

This is a Unit III position covered under the Faculty Association of Suffolk County Community College collective bargaining agreement with the College.

This position requires expertise in the field of Cybersecurity that includes Network Design/implementation, Systems Security, Network Security, Security Strategy/Analysis and Cyber Threat Intelligence. SUNY Suffolk is a comprehensive community college committed to open access, equity, and student success, and applicants for faculty positions should be prepared to demonstrate their commitment to these values. Faculty are scheduled to teach based on the needs of students and their department and may have the option to teach in different course preps in more than one modality.

Job Responsibilities:

• Planning and delivering high-quality student-centered instruction appropriate to an open-access community college.
• Participating in curricular development, assessment, and revision at the course, discipline, and program levels, including assessment of student learning outcomes.
• Engaging in assessment of college-wide learning outcomes and demonstrating the use of the results of these assessments in courses.
• Ensuring that principles of equity and inclusion are integrated in curriculum and instructional practice.
• Ensuring that student knowledge, skills and abilities are aligned with current academic and workforce best practices.
• Incorporating engaging and appropriate academic technology into all modes of instructional delivery.
• Maintaining a commitment to ongoing and research-based professional development in pedagogy and subject matter.
• Teaching assigned courses in accordance with description published in the College catalog and the approved course outline.
• Provides academic advising and actively participates in collegewide recruitment, student engagement and retention strategies (e.g early alerts).
• Scheduling required time to meet with students outside of class.
• Active participation in departmental, campus and College committees/meetings.
• Participating actively in the life of their department, home campus, and the college.
• Fulfilling all contractual requirements related to faculty.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Cybersecurity, System Administration, Network Administration, IT Administration or in a related field.
• Two (2) years of professional/technical industry experience in the field (i.e. IT or networking security) and/or teaching in a college setting.
• Familiarity with a learning management system and/or willingness to use the College’s LMS (i.e. Brightspace).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Community college teaching experience.
• Experience teaching face-to-face, online, hybrid, and/or blended learning.
• Related industry experience.
• Current CISSP is highly desired.
• Current Cisco CCNA certification and additional industry certifications from Cisco, Microsoft, CompTIA, EC-Council, SANS etc. are preferred.