University of California, San Francisco · 7 hours ago
IT Security Analyst
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$70.35/hr - $87.47/hr
5+ years expThe University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research and education. They are seeking an IT Security Analyst to support UCSF IT Security by performing and monitoring electronic discovery processing, incident response activities, and ensuring the security of electronic information resources.
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Responsibilities
Perform and monitor standard electronic discovery (eDiscovery) processing and litigation functions, including data import/ingestion, export, job quality control, and case database administration
Track eDiscovery data and electronically stored information (ESI) workflows and quality control according to standard operating procedures
Consult with UCSF Legal Affairs and UC Legal to evaluate and recommend standardized procedures relating to the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM)
Perform incident response activities such as event and incident monitoring, threat detection and data correlation, and incident response actions using security monitoring tools
Collect potential breach evidence, participate in network and host forensic analysis, and follow up with incident remediation activities
Maintain eDiscovery processes and templates, coordinate with other process owners across the organization, and create or update documentation and provide training
Interact with faculty, staff, and senior leaders across the organization
Author incident summaries, provide remediation recommendations, and state a probability of compromise risk level to non-IT teams
Lead security incident investigations requiring task delegation and follow-up with junior team members
Monitor, detect, report, and remediate threats to the UCSF infrastructure, its assets, and its data
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a related area and/or equivalent experience/training
5+ years of relevant progressive experience
1 or more years of experience in a dedicated eDiscovery role where the candidate is searching, collecting, and producing data for eDiscovery and investigation purposes or similar/related experience
Enterprise IT: Distributed system technologies, load balancers, storage systems, enterprise email systems, web applications, cloud services, virtualization technologies, enterprise networking systems, enterprise firewalls
Substantial experience with eDiscovery data collections, searching, exporting, tracking, quality assurance, and presentation
Substantial experience in creating productions and exports for delivery to clients
Substantial experience with performing or coordinating electronic and forensic collections and internal investigations
Substantial experience with tracking and maintaining legal preservation, including the custodians, physical/electronic preservation collections, legal holds, and associated processes
Skilled at reading and interpreting security logs as well as analyzing and correlating logs for evidence of security breaches
Knowledge of the Cyber Kill Chain and the ability to recognize mitigations and containment steps at each stage of an attack
Experience using IT security systems and tools such as SIEM, syslog, network threat detection, and malware analysis
Demonstrated skills applying security controls to computer software and hardware
Demonstrated skill at administering complex security controls and configurations to computer hardware, software and networks
Knowledge of computer enterprise hardware, software, cloud, and network security issues, architectures, and approaches
Ability to clearly and completely summarize a security event, directed investigation steps, and potential risk to the organization
Ability to follow department processes and procedures
Interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with both technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization
Detail-oriented recording of investigation notes, correlation logic, and determination of compromise
Knowledge of other areas of IT, department processes, and procedures
Understanding of privacy and legal issues in a regulated higher-education healthcare environment
Understanding of industry trends and threats
Strong interpersonal communication to work with colleagues and customers who have a wide range of technical skills and knowledge
OS: Windows, Unix, OSX, VMWare
Office: MS Suite
Preferred
Security Tools: enterprise scale signature based host security suites, network vulnerability scanning, web application vulnerability scanning, host intrusion detection systems, system monitoring, system information and event management logging, network based malware sandbox threat detection, IDS/IPS, enterprise firewalling
Forensic Tools: Forensic Case Management, eDiscovery Tools, Disk Forensic Tools, Memory Forensic Tools, Forensic Image Mounting, Forensic Imaging Tools
Certifications: CEDS - Certified eDiscovery Specialist, EnCE - EnCase Certified Examiner, Relevant security certifications (GCIH, GCIA, GCED, CISSP, OSCP, CCSP, CCSK, or other GIAC)
Company
University of California, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco is an educational institution that focuses on medical courses.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$52.45MKey Investors
California Institute for Regenerative MedicineBaldrick's FoundationNational Institute on Aging
2025-01-30Grant· $11.9M
2023-11-21Grant
2023-10-03Grant
Leadership Team
Pamela Hudson
Chief Operating Officer | Center for Digital Health Innovation
Jimmie Ye
Professor
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