IT Security Professional II

Company: Winston-Salem State University

Job Location: Winston-Salem, 27110

Category: Network/System Administrator

Type: Full-Time

Appointment Length: Permanent

Primary Purpose of the Position: This position serves as an Information Security Operations Analyst in the Office of Information Technology, assisting in developing, monitoring and enforcing practices to ensure that university data and systems are secure from unauthorized access and the inappropriate alteration of information resources. The employee leads efforts, plans, monitors, implements, and reports on security measures to protect systems, networks, and enterprise information, expected to stay up-to-date on cyber intelligence, monitors emerging products, hacker technologies, or best practices that will improve security for the organization, minimize breaches, and enhancing industry and statewide security compliance regulations This individual will utilize network security; threat and vulnerability management, centralized log management, and specialized skills to monitor, detect and investigate security events with a focus on the secure university environment and other research-focused environments, as applicable. The individual works regularly with internal and external users to remediate events deemed to be vulnerabilities or incidents. Serve as a contact for security incidents, monitoring incident queues, and addressing requests appropriately through ticket escalation and resolution. This individual is expected to possess professional, operational, and interpersonal skills to function effectively in collaboration with internal and external customers with a focus on researchers. The candidate should possess skills that include networking, security technologies experience, understanding of security compliance requirements and best practices, written and oral communications and must be detail-oriented and customer-focused. This position will take a leadership role in performing documentation, change management procedures, inventory, and system logging of test and production systems as well as participate in project management evolutions regarding information security processes, standards implementations, security access monitoring, scanning and enforcement, remote access monitoring, audit preparation, risk assessment and management activites, and information security policy analysis and compliance reporting. This position will provide second level customer service to internal and external technical and functional user personnel and groups, to ensure that the centralized and specialized systems are operating and communicating correctly.

Preferred Years Experience,Skills, Training , Education: Certifications related to the duties and responsibilities specified, including but not limited to Security+, CNA, CCNA, CISA, CISSP, MCSE, SSCP, and SANS GIAC preferred but not required.

Special Instructions Summary: Our agency supports second-chance employment for individuals who were previously incarcerated, or Justice involved. We invite all potential applicants to apply for positions for Which they may be qualified. Please Note: A criminal background check will be conducted on the candidate finalist prior to the offer of employment. If no applicants apply who meet the required competency and T&E requirements, then management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completing an electronic application. The application must be completed in full detail (including work history) for your qualifications to be considered. Failure to complete the application completely may result in you not being considered for the vacant position. Your application for the position will not be completed until you receive an online confirmation number at the end of the process of applying for a position. If you have general questions about the application process, you may contact Human Resources at OHR@wssu.edu. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodation in the application and interview process, please call 336-750-2834