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Cyber Security Analysis

Cyber Security Engineering

Information Security Managers are responsible for managing information systems cyber security, including disaster recovery, database protection, and software development; manage Security Analysts and/or Engineers to ensure that all applications are functional and secure; develop and implement security standards, best practices, architecture, and systems to ensure information system security across the enterprise; implement auditing procedures and address non-compliance to information security standards.

• Provide leadership over information security intrusion detection, threat identification, and information sharing
• Oversee incident response to ensure detected and reported incidents are adequately investigated, documented, and mitigated
• Provide oversight to the development, maintenance, and testing of the University’s incident response plan
• Manage vulnerability detection efforts for University systems and web applications
• Oversee regularly scheduled risk assessments and ensure unit-level security procedures are consistent with University policies and guidelines
• Implement controls and procedures to keep the enterprise systems within security compliance
• Disseminate relevant communication regarding security awareness and critical issues to appropriate audiences
• Ensure that information security processes and procedures are developed and documented
• Identify education and awareness topics (i.e., phishing, general computing security, and access management)
• Collaborate in planning and consulting efforts for future architecture, system, and process needs to ensure security for data and systems
• Develop, maintain, and leverage performance indicators (KPIs) for use in decision making, continuous improvement, and reporting
• Manage Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for key services
• Create and implement strategies that modernize and improve information security services
• Provide strategic vison for the future of intrusion and threat detection efforts
• Lead staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management

Level:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 16
• Minimum – $123,200.00
• MidPoint – $157,100.00
• Maximum – $191,000.00