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IT Assistant Director Cybersecurity - 533636

$125,000 - $134,000 yearly
Full time Information Technology Security

Job Description

IT Assistant Director Cybersecurity - 533636

Florida International University is Miami’s public research university, focused on student success. According to U.S. News and World Report, FIU has 42 top-50 rankings in the nation among public universities. FIU is a top U.S. research university (R1), with more than $200 million in annual expenditures. FIU ranks 15th in the nation among public universities for patent production, which drives innovation, and is one of the institutions that helps make Florida the top state for higher education. The Next Horizon fundraising campaign is furthering FIU’s commitment to providing students Worlds Ahead opportunities. Today, FIU has two campuses and multiple centers, and supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA, with more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. The university has awarded more than 330,000 degrees to many leaders in South Florida and beyond. For more information about FIU, visit www.fiu.edu.

Supports the CISO, Associate Director, and IT Security in the development, growth and management of all areas of the IT Security Office and the IT Security Program. Assist with the overall cyber security and risk posture of the University by contributing to the development, implementation and maintenance of security standards and processes. Protect and defend against internal and external threats and incidents. Monitor, investigate, and respond to security threats. Assists with security incident responses, investigations, and reporting.

  • Assists in developing, implementing and managing the Information Security Program, prioritizing projects and duties within the information security office to maintain alignment with FIUs strategic goals.
  • Assists in developing and maintaining policy, standards, processes, and procedures to assess, monitor, report, escalate and remediate IT risk and compliance related issues.
  • Maintains documentation on existing organizational risks and risk mitigation.
  • Oversees the Universities vulnerability management program.
  • Identifies vulnerabilities and work with IT Admins to mitigate.
  • Manages and develops content for the IT Security Awareness training and campaigns.
  • Assists in the development and management of security and risk assessments.
  • Creates reports for risk assessments, security assessments, and incidents.
  • Manages and monitors security alerts, escalate, or resolve, as necessary. Collaborates with team members from other units to address vulnerabilities and investigates security alerts. Develops tools and procedures for security monitoring.
  • Works with other IT Admins across the organization to provide IT Security guidance and best practices.
  • Provides subject matter expertise. Leads security initiatives and the implementation of technology, process, and procedures in various security domains including endpoint protection, network protection, event monitoring, vulnerability management, configuration management and incident response.
  • Works collaboratively with the Office of University Compliance and Integrity, Office of Internal Audit and various technical teams in the design and implementation of audit, risk assessment and regulatory
  • compliance practices for IT.
  • Assists with the management and oversight of IT security compliance requirements for regulations such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and FERPA.
  • Assists with identifying and reviewing security control deficiencies and provides recommendations and action plans.
  • Performs essential duties during any emergencies, such as hurricanes, storms and/or any other University emergency closing. The employee is expected to be available to report to work as needed during University emergency closings with appropriate notification by department administrator.
  • Provides 24/7 support. Performs off-hour work as needed for emergency and maintenance tasks.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in related discipline with four (4) years of experience in related field including managerial experience.

Desired Qualifications:

  • IT security experience with a broad range of exposure to data, networks, systems and web applications preferred.
  • Advanced level knowledge of security issues, techniques and implications across all existing computer platforms preferred.
  • Advanced level knowledge of IT security governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), auditing, vendor management, vulnerability management and risk management preferred. 
  • Experience working with privacy and compliance issues requiring programmatic information security control (PII privacy, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FERPA, GLBA, GDPR, etc.)
  • Experience using the MITRE ATT&CK framework to improve security incident detection and response. Experience working with SIEM solutions.
  • Hands on experience in security operations, incident response, threat hunting, forensics, troubleshooting, network, application, and cloud security.
  • CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA and other industry certifications preferred.

Job Category:

  • Administrative

Advertised Salary:

  • $125,000 - $134,000

Work Schedule:

  • Begin time: 8:30 AM
  • End time: 5:00 PM

Working Conditions:

  • Operating University Vehicles (all types)

Pre-employment:

  • Expanded Background Check
  • Driver's License Check

For further information or to apply online visit our website at careers.fiu.edu and reference job opening ID # 533636

Florida Statute 1010.35 - Screening Foreign Researchers

Pursuant to Florida law, any citizen of a foreign county who is not a permanent resident of the U.S., or who is a citizen or permanent resident but is affiliated with or has had at least 1 year of employment or training in China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, or Syria is subject to additional screening. Applicants meeting those criteria will be required to provide the following information in the application: every institution of higher education attended; all previous employment since the applicant’s 18th birthday; list of all published material, current and pending research funding from any source, including details about the research, your role, funding source, and amount; list and description of any non-university professional activities; any affiliation with an institution or program in a foreign country; a complete copy of your passport; the most recently submitted DS-160 (Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application).

Clery Notice

In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, the University Police department at Florida International University provides information on crimes statistics, crime prevention, law enforcement, crime reporting, and other related issues for the past three (3) calendar years. The FIU Annual Security report is available online at: https://police.fiu.edu/download/annual-security-fire-safety-report/.

To obtain a paper copy of the report, please visit the FIU Police Department located at 885 SW 109th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33199 (PG5 Market Station).

Pay Transparency

Florida International University will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

FIU is a member of the State University System of Florida and an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access 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 or protected veteran status

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