SENIOR INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYST
Scope of Job
Responsible for the implementation, configuration, operation, and ongoing maintenance of the various security solutions and the identification, investigation and resolution of security events detected by those systems. Ensures the university is in compliance with UT System policies as well as state and federal statutes and regulations.
Description of Duties
- Develops, implements, monitors and supports the access control, data confidentiality, system integrity, system reliability, system audit and recovery methods and procedures.
- Ensures the overall university security program is in compliance with UTS 165 and TAC 202.
- Collaborates with information technology network security to resolve complex specific incidents and mitigate vulnerabilities.
- Ensures that all consultation on information security controls related to university information systems are appropriate and operating as intended.
- Coordinates and documents response and recovery of abuse of systems and information resources, violation of policies, privacy issues, and related incidents with proper authorities.
- Oversees risk assessment assistance requests and makes recommendations to management.
- Acts as main point of contact regarding university audits.
- Reviews and analyzes intrusion detection reports provided by UT System for unusual patterns, security breaches, and exploitation of information resources.
- Develops, prepares and recommends improvements for documentation, including security policies and procedures, security notifications and alerts.
- Develops and implements processes to secure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information resources and technology.
- Observes, monitors, evaluates, and reports security policy compliance.
- Keeps current with IT network security and recommends improvements for disaster recovery, business continuity, intrusion detection, incident remediation, monitoring of network and bandwidth resources, and other pertinent security software and utilities.
- Keeps current with advancements in information security related subjects, participates as an internal consulting resource on viruses, spyware, exploits, computer forensics, recovery and similar subject matter and recommends improvements to the university security program.
- Evaluates and recommends new information security policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, tools, technologies, organizational changes, etc.
- Actively participates in the higher education security community such as Educause, REN-ISAC, Unisog, etc.
- Participates in university committees and meetings with the UT System Security Council.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
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