Enterprise Assessment Cybersecurity Analyst; Remote

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VEC AVA

In this role, the Analyst will be responsible for assisting in assessing applications to identify security best practices are being followed in the development lifecycle. Analysts will work closely with our senior security analysts to analyze, and respond to potential security issues, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of VUMC developed applications.

• Conduct regular assessments to identify weaknesses in VUMC applications.
• Assist in analyzing security issues to detect and report potential security incidents to the respective support team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement security best practices and mitigate identified weaknesses.
• Stay informed about the latest security trends, and coding best practices to address emerging security issues.
• Assist in the development and implementation of security policies, procedures, and controls.

• Security Researcher (Novice) — Conduct research and analyze emerging cyber threats and vulnerabilities. Has existing knowledge of areas that contain Cybersecurity knowledge or how to search for new areas where information can be found. Able to provide timely intelligence to inform security strategies and Cybersecurity management. This will include oral and written notification to the necessary parties.
• Conduct Application Assessment (Novice) — Conduct application assessment on various applications. Provide timely reports to any stakeholders of the issues and Cybersecurity management. Will be expected to identify vulnerabilities that need to be remediated and provide guidance on potential mitigations for the vulnerabilities. Has conducted an application assessment in the past on an application. Basic knowledge of the following: APIs, Operating Systems, Software packages, Application Frameworks, Basic Languages, Application Authentication, Application Assessment Tools, Development Life cycles.
• Conduct Source Code Reviews (Novice) — Will be expected to conduct and participate in source code reviews. This will include providing a detailed write-up of the review. Will work with various key stakeholders to report existing issues and potential fixes if needed. Basic knowledge of the following:
  Source code review tools, common programming languages.
• Escalation/Troubleshooting (Novice) — Will be expected to be a technical resource for any issues that may arise from scanning or assessing applications. They will be expected to report the issue to the necessary parties and follow through until the issue is resolved.
• Consultation (Novice) — Will provide consulting services to VUMC support personnel as designated by VEC SOS leadership. They will operate in both a per directive and per request basis through approved methods. These include, but not limited to approved short-term and long-term initiatives.
• Project Resource (Novice) — Will assist in cybersecurity centric projects for the institution. They will be expected to be assigned to multiple initiatives at the same time. They will be expected to operate in both an independent and team environment executing proper time and resource management skills. Regular reporting cadence with their director is expected.

VUMC Enterprise Cybersecurity (VEC) focuses on protecting Vanderbilt Health from the numerous…