Cybersecurity Analyst, Senior

99117BR

Campus: Tempe

Cybersecurity Analyst, Senior

Job Description

ASU, the leading innovator in Higher Education, seeks trained Cybersecurity professionals to join our team as key contributors to our evolving practice. Working in the Enterprise Technology Cybersecurity Core the successful candidate will contribute their drive, skill, and thoughtfulness to the safe and secure growth of emerging technologies, developing wide bridges interconnecting cybersecurity, governance, risk, and compliance practices with community members across the ASU Public Enterprise. This position will report to a Manager, Information Technology within ET.

As part of our strong and growing Cybersecurity Core, you will utilize your knowledge, training, and initiative to advance secure technologies in an uncertain and evolving future. You will be a subject matter expert on best practices in cybersecurity. You’ll gain experience in a large, complex Public Enterprise supporting faculty, staff, and learners throughout the world. 

Job Family

Information Technology

Department Name

ET Cybersecurity Analysis

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full-Time

VP Code

ASU Enterprise Technology

Grant Funded Position

This is not a grant funded position and is not contingent on future grant funding.

Salary Range

$77,595 - $136,459 per year; DOE

Essential Duties

The Cybersecurity Analyst, Senior will work as a key contributor in teams that defend against cyber threats, malware, and compromised systems impacting, or likely to, impact the Public Enterprise. They lead other analysts in investigations, incident response, network forensics, vulnerability remediation, architecture reviews, threat hunting, and red team exercises. 

They will work closely with teams across the Public Enterprise to build an understanding of the threat landscape specific to a large and complex technology environment. They will actively work towards improving processes and automating routine procedures. They will design and implement improvements to capabilities, to include tools, data, and methods for security operations. 

They will contribute leadership to other Cybersecurity professionals of varying backgrounds including coaching, mentoring, planning and executing on career development, and will be accountable for the quality and outcomes of their work.

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree in Information Technology or related field OR 6 years of experience in information technology OR Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.

Desired Qualifications

• Ability to face uncertainty and deliver outcomes independently
• Evidence of professional experience securing Controlled Unclassified Information through operational cybersecurity, governance, risk management, and compliance
• Evidence of academic and/or professional certifications in cybersecurity and/or governance, risk, and compliance (e.g., GSEC, GCED, GCIA, GCIH, GPEN, GNFA, GPCS, GCSA, GDSA, CEH, CISSP)
• Evidence of experience in security operations; detecting, responding to, and containing enterprise-wide threats
• Demonstrated knowledge of controls, standards, policies, and regulatory compliance
• Ability to correlate activity across assets (endpoint, network, apps) and environments (on-premises, cloud) to identify patterns of anomalous activity
• Demonstrated knowledge of modern system designs and architecture using cloud native and infrastructure as code
• Experience with common cloud languages and orchestration  (e.g., JavaScript, Python, Git, Terraform)
• Ability to model empathy, compassion and emotional intelligence
• Ability to help foster a safe psychological space for all teammates where everyone can thrive
• Ability to stimulate changes in individual, institutional, and corporate behaviors to create a more sustainable environment
• Ability to lead by example in communicating, participating and encouraging support of the institution’s sustainability programs

Working Environment

• Activities are performed in an environmentally controlled office setting subject to extended periods of sitting, keyboarding and manipulating a computer mouse.
• Required to stand for varying lengths of time and walk moderate distances to perform work.
• Occasional bending, reaching, lifting, pushing and pulling up to 25 pounds.
• Regular activities require ability to quickly change priorities, which may include and/or are subject to resolution of conflicts.
• Clearly communicate to perform essential functions.

Department Statement

Enterprise Technology (ET) embraces its role as both an enabler and catalyst for advancing the vision and work of the New American University.  We are a values-driven organization.  Our commitments are reflected in all of the work we do in pursuit of operational excellence, the experience and delight of our community, and our strategic and innovation initiatives.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States.

Join the team that sparks human-centered innovation

ET is a rapidly reconfigurable and entrepreneurial organization at ASU that prioritizes and
executes to meet the needs of our community of learners, faculty, researchers and staff. Our
work emphasizes autonomy, flexibility and distributed decision-making to leverage the strengths of individuals. Together, we embrace a culture that nurtures, engages and embraces diverse voices with a shared lens of positive community impact and expanded opportunities for collaboration.

Why join us?

Mission oriented. Everything we do is to advance ASU’s charter -- measuring who we include and how they succeed. We are staunch champions of learner success and put people first.

Flexibility. Our hybrid work environment prioritizes personal autonomy and trust around how work gets done. Staff touch base in person a few times per week with freedom to decide how, when and where.

Culture forward. We embrace a Positive Core culture: Belonging, Relational, Authentic, Visionary and Empowered.  

Scale of impact. Our work changes the world. With 180k+ learners, faculty, researchers and staff, working with ET means you have the capacity to improve many lives and entire communities.

World-class, low cost education. Our professional development is built in! ET encourages staff to seek additional certificates and degrees via ASU’s top ranked programs with major tuition breaks.

Exposure to industry giants. ET partners with Amazon, Apple, Cox, Verizon, Salesforce, Alteryx and a diversity of technology companies to enhance our innovations and deepen their impact.

ASU Statement

Arizona State University is a new model for American higher education, an unprecedented combination of academic excellence, entrepreneurial energy and broad access. This New American University is a single, unified institution comprising four differentiated campuses positively impacting the economic, social, cultural and environmental health of the communities it serves. Its research is inspired by real world application blurring the boundaries that traditionally separate academic disciplines. ASU serves more than 100,000 students in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, the nation's fifth largest city. ASU champions intellectual and cultural diversity, and welcomes students from all fifty states and more than one hundred nations across the globe.

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Arizona State University is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

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Employment Verification Statement

ASU conducts pre-employment screening which may include verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications.

Background Check Statement

ASU conducts pre-employment screening for all positions which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the background check.

Fingerprint Check Statement

This position is considered safety/security sensitive and will include a fingerprint check. Employment is contingent upon successful passing of the fingerprint check.

Instructions to Apply

Application deadline is 3:00PM Arizona time on the date indicated.

Please include all employment information in month/year format (e.g., 6/88 to 8/94), job title, job duties and name of employer for each position.

Resume should clearly illustrate how prior knowledge and experience meets the Minimum and Desired qualifications of this position.

ASU does not pay for travel expenses associated with interviews, unless otherwise indicated.

Only electronic applications are accepted for this position.

IMPORTANT NOTE: What is the meaning of “equivalent combination” in the minimum qualifications? It means one year of higher education or 24 credit hours, is equal to one year of experience. For example, a four year Bachelor’s degree is equal to four years of experience.