Cybersecurity Analyst II

OSU-Stillwater

Marjorie McLagan, marjorie.mclagan

Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm with occasional evenings and weekends.

Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

$55,000 - $70,000

For full consideration, please include a resume, cover letter and contact information for three professional references.

The Cybersecurity Analyst II provides professional and technical expertise to support enterprise technology services, ensuring alignment with OSU/A&M System goals, compliance requirements, and departmental priorities. This position is responsible for performing specialized operational, technical, or analytical tasks within the assigned domain.

This position operates within OSU Information Technology and Information Security Services (ISS) and contributes to the Security Operations Center (SOC) and/or Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) functions across the OSU A&M System. Responsibilities span academic, research, healthcare, and administrative environments and require coordination across multiple campuses, business units, and stakeholders. The role contributes to the protection of institutional information assets, performs moderately complex operational and analytical work, may lead defined projects or work streams, and collaborates with stakeholders to support the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of institutional systems and data while escalating complex or enterprise-wide issues through appropriate channels.

Institutional Scope:

• Provides enterprise cybersecurity support for the OSU A&M System.
• Operates with a system-wide perspective rather than a single-campus focus.
• Supports enterprise incident response, risk mitigation, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity service maturity obligations.
• Collates with ISS staff, central IT, distributed IT units, campus stakeholders, business units, institutional partners, and service teams to support system-wide cybersecurity objectives.

• Bachelor's (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date)
• • In addition to a bachelors degree, two (2) years of experience in an information technology-related field, such as customer support, technical support, systems administration, networking, or similar technical roles.
  • Demonstrated ability to support enterprise-scale IT or security environments and perform assigned responsibilities independently within established processes.
• Education and Experience Substitutions:
  • Post-secondary education may substitute for required experience. As a general guideline, one (1) year of full-time experience equals one (1) year of post-secondary education.
  • A master's degree may substitute for up to two (2) years of the required experience.
  • Additional post-secondary education may be substituted for required experience on a year-for-year basis, where one (1) year of full-time post-secondary education equals one (1) year of full-time professional experience

Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:

Demonstrated ability to independently perform cybersecurity analysis and operational tasks within defined service areas; ability to analyze and resolve routine to moderately complex issues; ability to support or lead defined operational activities or work streams; ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form; ability to explain technical security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences; demonstrated discretion and sound judgment when handling sensitive or confidential information;

and working knowledge of foundational security concepts, vulnerabilities, controls, and mitigation practices.

• Bachelor's

  Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a closely related field.

• Experience supporting enterprise cybersecurity operations, vulnerability management, incident response support, risk assessment activities, compliance support, service documentation, or coordination across multiple IT teams, campuses, or business units in a higher education, research, healthcare, or similarly complex environment.

Certifications, Registrations, and/or Licenses:

CompTIA Security+, ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), GIAC or other SANS-affiliated cybersecurity certifications, or equivalent industry-recognized security certifications.

Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills…