IT jobs at Binghamton University

Position: Information Security Analyst

About Binghamton University

The State University of New York at Binghamton (commonly as Binghamton University)  is a public research university in Binghamton. It has campuses in Binghamton, Vestal, and Johnson City, New York, United States. It is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

About position

The Information Security Analyst reports to the Chief Information Security Officer/Director of Information Security and works closely with Information Technology Services (ITS) leadership to build awareness and implementation of security controls, within the department and across the University.

In addition, the incumbent will perform the following duties

• Maintain and develop information security software tools (Unix/Linux, Python, PHP, and SQL-based).
• Recommend remediation strategies and technologies for mitigating risks. Also, evaluate current and future requirements and develop or recommend technical and operational solutions accordingly.
• Support and manage risk mitigation tools as needed. Similarly, develop specifications and standards for equipment, software, and procedures in support of University policies
• Investigate internal and external reports of information security issues.
• Assist in analyzing results from intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems, network mapping software, log analysis and other tools to detect, respond to, as well as mitigate information security related vulnerabilities and incidents.
• Maintain audit and oversight of processes, procedures, and tools used to ensure security controls. Also, maintain metrics and prepare reports as well as perform trend and root cause analysis.
• Liaison with various University constituencies on behalf of the CISO as needed.
• Serves as a resource person in assessing systems, processes, and projects against compliance requirements, control objectives, and security best practices. Similarly, interacts with internal and external technical staff and consults with project teams at various stages of project cycles.
• Furthermore, must maintain data confidentiality and compliance with regulatory requirements (HIPAA, FERPA, PCI, etc.).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and two years of relevant experience or an Associate’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems/Sciences, or related field with IT industry security certifications (i.e. CISSP, GIAC [GCFA, GCIH, GCED, GCWN, and/or GNFA], NIST Cybersecurity Framework [Foundation or Practitioner])
• In addition to that, at least five years of relevant experience (for example, information security analyst, Linux/Unix desktop or server support function, or Windows desktop or server support function)
• Demonstrated strong written and oral communications skills.
• Also, the ability to work with multiple constituencies within a culturally diverse environment
• Experience working with programming or scripting languages (e.g., Python, PHP, Ruby, bash)