Empire State University ยท 4 days ago
Assistant/Associate Professor of Cybersecurity
Empire State University is currently seeking an Assistant/Associate Professor of Cybersecurity to support the Cybersecurity program. The successful candidate will primarily work with students in the BS and MS in Cybersecurity program, engage in course development, and supervise capstone projects.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Teaching and advising undergraduate and graduate students in the Cybersecurity program
Engaging in course development in other graduate and undergraduate programs, such as the MS in Information Technology and the new BS in Cybersecurity, as determined by need and availability
Developing online courses
Supervising capstone projects
Qualification
Required
An earned doctorate from a regionally accredited U.S. university or comparable non-U.S. university in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a closely related field at the time of appointment
College or university level teaching experience
Experience with supporting diverse populations
Ability to work in a distributed faculty environment
Ability to teach and develop courses at the graduate level, including but not limited to one or more of the following areas: advanced programming, risk analysis and management, data and application security, enterprise systems architectures, advanced digital forensics, and AI algorithms for threat detection
Experience with cloud-based tools and proficiency with data analysis platforms commonly used in cybersecurity and data science
An active scholarly agenda
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Preferred
Experience with teaching and mentoring in online learning environments
Experience with academic program development
Experience with industry-standard Cybersecurity tools, practices, and protocols
Demonstrated research and teaching interests in cybersecurity and AI through an interdisciplinary lens to address real-world issues in various contexts
Bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English
Benefits
NYS health insurance
Free dental and vision
Competitive retirement options
Generous vacation, sick and holiday accruals
Strong emphasis on work-life balance
Faculty-development opportunities that encourage pursuit of disciplinary and community-focused research, scholarship of teaching and learning, and leadership development
Annual Fall Academic Conference
Annual Institute on Mentoring, Teaching and Learning