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Florida International University · 3 months ago

IT Associate Director Cybersecurity

Miami, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$135K/yr - $145K/yr

6+ years exp

Florida International University is a Top 50, preeminent public research university with a strong focus on student success and community engagement. The IT Associate Director Cybersecurity will support the CISO in managing the IT Security Office and overseeing security-related projects, ensuring the university's cybersecurity and risk posture is robust and compliant with regulations.

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Responsibilities

Assists in developing, implementing and managing the Information Security Program, prioritizing projects and duties within the information security office to maintain alignment with FIU's strategic goals

Assists with identifying and reviewing security control deficiencies and provides recommendations and action plans

Assists in the development of IT security strategic planning, budget planning and other administrative tasks as they relate to security initiatives

Improves the work environment; promote a culture of security; enhance the skill and professional development of IT staff; and assist in shaping a workforce that values individuals, teams, and accountability

Develops and maintains policy, standards, processes and procedures to assess, monitor, report, escalate and remediate IT risk and compliance related issues

Works collaboratively with other members of the security team to design application and system security requirements

Assists in the development and manage security and risk assessments

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

Reviews and revises security and privacy terms in contracts

Supports the development, implementation, communication, monitoring and maintenance of information security policies and procedures to promote secure operations in academic, administrative and research programs; and provides subject matter expertise for cutting-edge employee awareness, education and training

Develops key performance indicators in order to assess university security program

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

Qualification

Information Security ProgramCybersecurity Risk ManagementNIST Cybersecurity FrameworkIT Security GovernanceDigital Forensics ToolsCloud SecurityPenetration TestingVulnerability ManagementSIEM SolutionsPolicy DevelopmentEmployee TrainingTeam CollaborationCommunication Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in related discipline with six (6) years of experience in related field including managerial experience

Assists with identifying and reviewing security control deficiencies and provides recommendations and action plans

Assists in the development of IT security strategic planning, budget planning and other administrative tasks as they relate to security initiatives

Develops and maintains policy, standards, processes and procedures to assess, monitor, report, escalate and remediate IT risk and compliance related issues

Works collaboratively with other members of the security team to design application and system security requirements

Assists in the development and manage security and risk assessments

Reviews and revises security and privacy terms in contracts

Develops key performance indicators in order to assess university security program

Preferred

Experience with network, server and cloud-based security

Experience working with virtual environments

Experience of digital forensics tools

Experience with the application security concepts, penetration testing techniques, and incident forensics

Experience with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

IT security experience with a broad range of exposure to data, networks, systems and web applications preferred

Advanced level knowledge of IT security governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), auditing, vendor risk management, vulnerability management and risk management preferred

Understanding of and recent familiarity with privacy and compliance issues requiring programmatic information security control (PII privacy, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FERPA, GLBA, GDPR, etc.)

Advanced level knowledge of new and emerging technologies including cloud infrastructure, network topology, network/infrastructure security, data center, operating systems, next generation firewalls, logging, security operations monitoring, network operating systems, and web technologies

Experience working with SIEM solutions

CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA and other industry certifications preferred

Company

Florida International University

Glassdoor4.2

FIU is Miami's public research university. Offering bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, both on campus and fully online.

Founded in 2016

Miami, Florida, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://startup.fiu.edu/

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