Brigham Young University · 20 hours ago
Security Analyst
Provo, UT
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$112K/yr - $145K/yr
2+ years expBrigham Young University (BYU) is a flagship higher education institution striving for excellence. They are currently seeking a Security Analyst to lead and shape security operations across multiple campuses, focusing on various security pillars such as incident response, vulnerability management, and threat hunting.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Participate in security analyst on-call rotation. Initial triage of security events, analysis of associated log data, security incident ticket population, and initial contact with relevant IT staff or end users
Drafting and editing security work instructions, for security analysts, IT staff, and end users; creating workflow diagrams to correlate work instructions to security incidents
Security Analysts in this pillar design, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise security monitoring across CES institutions. This includes developing meaningful alerts and dashboards from diverse log sources, validating alert quality, and ensuring monitoring aligns with evolving threats and institutional priorities
Analysts partner closely with system owners and incident responders to ensure monitoring is actionable, resilient, and supports timely investigation and response
This pillar leads the investigation, containment, and resolution of information security incidents across CES campuses, ranging from phishing and account compromise to system-level intrusions
Analysts apply professional judgment to triage events, coordinate with campus IT stakeholders, document findings, and guide remediation while escalating major incidents through formal response processes
The role emphasizes disciplined investigation, clear communication, and continuous improvement through lessons learned and playbooks
The vulnerability management pillar provides visibility into security weaknesses across campus systems and works with IT partners to reduce risk over time
Analysts analyze vulnerability data, contextualize findings based on asset criticality and threat activity, and support prioritization and remediation efforts
As maturity increases, this work informs risk reporting, service-level objectives, and longer-term improvements to institutional security hygiene
Threat hunting focuses on proactively identifying attacker behavior that may evade automated controls by analyzing log data, indicators of compromise, and attacker tactics relevant to higher education
Analysts research emerging threats, develop hypotheses, and conduct structured hunts to validate or dismiss potential adversary activity
Findings from this work inform improved monitoring, incident response, and risk prioritization across the SOC
In this pillar, analysts help identify and reduce identity-related risk by analyzing authentication data, privilege use, and configuration weaknesses across identity platforms
The work emphasizes applying least-privilege principles, improving visibility into account misuse or compromise, and supporting campus partners in strengthening identity governance
Identity findings feed directly into incident response, threat hunting, and enterprise risk management efforts
The penetration testing pillar validates the security of applications and systems through controlled testing designed to identify exploitable weaknesses before attackers do
Analysts conduct testing, validate findings, and clearly communicate results and remediation guidance to system owners
This work supports risk-based security decisions and contributes to the ongoing maturation of secure system design and deployment practices
Serve as a technical leader within assigned security pillars, mentoring student and full-time analysts; contribute to analyst skill development and operational maturity
Partner with IT and campus stakeholders to improve security processes and governance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree and 2 years of IT experience, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
Cybersecurity experience preferred
Supervision experience preferred (full-time or part-time)
Bachelor's degree and 5 years of IT experience required, or master's degree and 3 years of IT experience
A minimum of 2 years of supervisory & mentoring experience is required (part-time or full-time)
Bachelor's degree and 12 years of IT experience, or a Master's degree and 10 years of IT experience
Cybersecurity experience required
A minimum of 5 years of supervisory & mentoring experience is required (part-time and full-time)
Security fundamentals and professional judgement
Log analysis, investigation, and root-cause analysis
Strong communication with technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred
Threat hunting, forensics, or threat intelligence
Cloud security (Iaas/PaaS)
Scripting & automation
Identity platforms (Okta/Active Directory)
Vulnerability management
Benefits
401k. BYU automatically contributes 8% at no cost to you. Additionally, if you contribute 5%, BYU adds an additional 4% (Rehires may qualify for different retirement plans)
Excellent work-life balance: 13 paid holidays + 22 days paid vacation + 12 sick days, accrued annually
Employee assistance program, available to the employee and all members of their household
Tuition benefits for employees and eligible family members
Access to athletic facilities
Excellent medical/dental benefits
Short/long-term disability benefits
Paid parental and maternity leave
Wellness Program
Free on-campus parking
Free UTA passes for employees, spouses, and qualified dependents
Discounts at the BYU Store and for many events at BYU
Company
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private research university that seeks to develop students of intellect and character to continue learning.
1001-5000 employees
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