Network Security Analyst Ii

Posting Number: SRGV
9180

Number of Vacancies: 1

Location: Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Department: Infrastructure & Operations

FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job: Responsible for monitoring and managing routine and non-routine security events and vulnerabilities to resolution. Performs scheduled maintenance, testing, upgrade and troubleshooting.

Description of Duties:

• Responsible for operating and monitoring of security systems on multiple University campuses to identify information security incidents and compromises and provide immediate and real time security network intelligence and responses.
• Participates in the response and recovery of abuse of system sand information resources, violation of policies, privacy issues,and related incidents.
• Provides assistance in maintaining the firewall for the entire university by making changes as needed by implementing variousblocking and monitoring mechanisms.
• Configures and maintains firewalls for departments and collegesbased on set parameters.
• Maintains and monitors spam filter devices by performing keysoftware and configuration changes.
• Participates in the configuration and maintenance of encryptedvirtual private networks for department and colleges.
• Assists in addressing vulnerability findings.
• Keeps current with IT network security, to aid in disaster recovery, business continuity, intrusion detection, incident remediation, monitoring of network and bandwidth resources, andother pertinent security software and utilities.
• Provides information for risk assessment assistance, technical support, and administrative support for risk assessment assistance,technical support, and administrative support for technicalimplementation and systems throughout the university.
• Keeps current with advancements in information security related subjects, and participates as an internal consulting resource onviruses, spyware, exploits, computer forensics, recovery and similar subject matter and provides information to campus IT security staff.
• Prepares and issues security notices when necessary.
• Assists in the provisioning and de-provisioning, modification,and resets end-user access rights as needed based on approved requests.
• Reviews and edits user accounts and access privileges asneeded, including checking for and troubleshooting access requests.
• Assists during configuration upgrades and changes asneeded.
• Employs forensic tools and techniques to recover and seizedeleted, fragmented and corrupted data from digital media of alltypes.
• Participates in training IT Security staff in network security related techniques.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received: Specific supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given: Direct supervision of assigned staff.

Required

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Information Systems or a related field from an accredited university.

Preferred Education: N/A

Licenses/Certifications: Preferred: ITIL Foundation Certification

Required Experience: Three (3) years of full-time work experience in performing datanetworking analysis as a Network Security Analyst, System Analyst,System Administrator, Network Administrator or related field which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job duties.

Preferred Experience: More than the minimum full-time work experience in network securityanalysis/operations. Previous experience with Security Information Event Management (SIEM). Hands-on experience with Linux operating systems, including system administration and installing/compilingapplication and networking/security equipment, Intrusion Detection,Spam filtering, switches and routers. Knowledge of major operating,including command-line proficiency. Knowledge of risk assessment,disaster recovery and business continuity methods and practices.

Knowledge of installation, configuration and maintenance of security applications, including vulnerability scanners, spam filters, and intrusion detection systems. Knowledge in installation, configuration and maintenance of firewalls. Working knowledge of networking concepts, including subnetting, access controls, ports, and protocols (TCP/IP). Knowledge of OWASP Top 10.Experienced with usage of open source security tools. Experience with log analysis tools

E.g.:
Splunk, Elasticsearch. Knowledge ofITIL Practices.

Equipment: Use of standard office equipment.

Working Conditions: Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties.

Office Environment; some travel and weekend/evening work is required.…