Information Security Analyst

Office Location
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
1201 W. University Drive
Human Resources
MASS Building 2 nd Floor
Edinburg, TX 78539

Edinburg:
Brownsville:
Office hours:
Monday-Friday
8:00a.m.

- 5:00p.m.

Faculty Recruitment:
College of Engineering & Computer Science: cecs

Robert

C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship: cobe

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Position Information

Posting Number

Posting Number SRGV
9120

Working Title

Working Title INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYST

Number of Vacancies

Number of Vacancies 1

Location

Location Edinburg, Texas

Department

Department Information Security

FTE

FTE 1

FLSA

FLSA Exempt

Scope of Job

Responsible for assisting with the development, implementation, monitoring and support of digital access control, data confidentiality, system integrity, system reliability, system audit, recovery methods and procedures. Ensures the university is in compliance with UT System policies as well as state and federal statutes and regulations.

Description of Duties

• Assists with the development, implementation, monitoring and support of digital access control, data confidentiality, system integrity, system reliability, system audit, recovery methods and procedures.
• Analyzes the various security solutions and the identification, investigation and resolution of security events detected by those systems.
• Supports the university information technology security program for compliance with UTS 165 and TAC 202.
• Works with information technology network security to resolve incidents and escalates complex issues to management as appropriate.
• Provides information and consultation to the university community on information security issues related to university information systems to ensure security controls are appropriate and operating as intended.
• Participates in the response and recovery of abuse of systems and information resources, violation of policies, privacy issues, and related incidents.
• Supports security equipment to ensure proper operation including configurations, upgrades, installations including reviewing all IT procurement to ensure compliance with security provisions and system specifications.
• Provides standard technical assistance in the selection, configuration, deployment and maintenance of security products as needed.
• Keeps current with IT network security, to aid in 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, and participates as an internal consulting resource on viruses, spyware, exploits, computer forensics, recovery and similar subject matter and provides information for campus departmental IT staff.
• Assists in developing and preparing documentation, including security policies and procedures, security notifications and alerts.
• Disseminates timely security sensitive information and security alerts via email to the university community.
• May participate in new employee orientation to present information on security policies and procedures.
• Proactively identifies opportunities for improvement in the availability and security of information through process improvement and/or information technology.
• Actively participates in the higher education security community such as Educause, REN - ISAC , Unisog, etc.
• Keeps abreast and ensures compliance with any UT System policy changes and or updates as they apply to the institution.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Supervision Received

General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given

May supervise assigned staff.

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in information security, information technology, computer sciences, or closely related field from an accredited university.

Preferred Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Assurance, or related field from an accredited university.

Licenses/Certifications

Preferred: GIAC Security Essentials Certification ( GSEC ), or Certified Ethical Hacker ( CEH ), or Security+, or similar certification.

Required Experience

• Two (2) years of relevant IT security, IT operations and/or IT audit experience to…