Information Security Analyst​/Engineer - Information Technology Services

Information Security Analyst/Engineer - Information Technology Services

The University at Albany is a Carnegie-classified Research 1 institution driven by academic excellence, pioneering research and scientific discovery, and service to community. UAlbany's world-class faculty experts and approximately 17,500 students are creating new knowledge in fields such as artificial intelligence, semiconductor engineering, atmospheric and environmental sciences, cybersecurity, public health, public administration and social welfare while deepening our understanding of our world through scholarship and creative activity in the social sciences and humanities.

As one of the most diverse public research institutions in the nation, the University is a national leader in public engagement, educational equity and social mobility. For over 180 years, UAlbany has molded bright, curious and engaged students and launched them toward success.
Located in Albany, New York, New York State's capital, the University is convenient to Boston, New York City, and the Adirondacks.

Join the University at Albany's Information Technology Services (ITS) as an Information Security Analyst/Engineer and help protect critical infrastructure, institutional data, and research assets in a fast-moving, research-intensive environment at a Carnegie R1 research institution.

We're looking for someone to join a small, senior team that operates with real ownership. You'll work directly with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and partner with network, systems, and application teams. You'll handle modern incident response and network security on a stack that includes Microsoft Defender extended detection and response (XDR), Palo Alto and Cloudflare.

You'll investigate and respond to incidents end-to-end, build automation playbooks that make the next response faster, and manage firewall policy for an institution that takes security seriously. You'll also handle day-to-day triage and ticket work - but the expectation is that you're building systems that reduce that burden over time, not just clearing the queue.

This is an excellent opportunity if you want breadth
-incident response (IR), network defense, automation, and engineering
-without being siloed into one function.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Incident detection, response, and automation
  • Monitor and triage security alerts across endpoints, identity, and cloud workloads using tools such as Microsoft Defender and Sentinel.
  • Investigate and respond to incidents end-to-end (scope, contain, eradicate, recover); document actions and elevate as needed.
  • Build and improve incident response workflows, including cloud automation playbooks (security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) and scripts that reduce time-to-detect and time-to-respond.
  • Partner with network, systems, and application teams to contain threats, remediate root causes, and improve detections and preventive controls.
• Network security (firewalls, visibility, and threat-driven monitoring)
  • Design, review, and maintain next-generation firewall policies and exceptions (Palo Alto) and web application protections (Cloudflare), including change control and documentation.
  • Analyze network telemetry for anomalies; build detections and workflows that correlate network, endpoint, identity, and cloud signals.
• Vulnerability management (secondary/backup)
  • Run regular vulnerability scans using Tenable (and similar tools).
  • Automate vulnerability tracking and reporting.
  • Coordinate remediation with system owners and technical teams.
• Risk and compliance (secondary/backup)
  • Support risk assessments, audits, and policy updates.
  • Promote security awareness and best practices across campus.
• Engineering and integration (supporting IR and network security)
  • Develop and maintain scripts and automation workflows supporting incident response and network security.
  • Integrate security tools and data sources (firewall, cloud, endpoint detection and response (EDR)) to improve correlation and response automation.
  • Evaluate emerging capabilities to enhance detection, response, and network controls; prioritize solutions that can be operationalized and automated.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned

Functional and Supervisory Relationships:

• Reports to:
  
  Chief Information Security Officer
• May supervise employees as assigned

Job Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with infrastructure teams in a fast-paced environment while balancing security, availability,…