Iowa State University

Higher Education

InformationSecurityAnalyst

Ames, Iowa, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Information Security Analyst at Iowa State University. Skills: Information Security, Security Compliance, Risk Assessment, Remediation. Meet with campus units to understand the people, process, and technology involved in work identified as in-scope for compliance with an external or internal security standard.. Evaluate the security controls around systems against relevant security standards.”

Industry & Context.

Higher Education
Problems you'll solve

evaluating the unique risks for each one; identify compliance gaps and general security risks; design cost-beneficial technical and administrative remedial actions

Eligibility Requirements

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U. S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship., Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor’s degree

Nice to Have

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Management Information Systems or a related field, Internship, part-time, or early‑career experience in technology assurance, audit, risk, consulting, or compliance, Direct experience applying security frameworks to regulated datasets, Experience working in Higher Education or other large public sector organizations

What You'll Do.

Meet with campus units to understand the people

and technology involved in work identified as in-scope for compliance with an external or internal security standard.

Evaluate the security controls around systems against relevant security standards.

Identify compliance gaps and general security risks.

Help design cost-beneficial technical and administrative remedial actions if necessary.

Communicate the associated security risks

compliance requirements

and necessary remedial steps to key personnel at campus units.

Liaise with campus unit administrators and other IT professionals to implement remedial actions.

Answer ad hoc questions from the campus community about security compliance.

Document work using tools such as Service Now and Atlassian JIRA.

Review and understand the impact of security language in contractual agreements with external partners.

Work with researchers and IT professionals to design

and implement System Security Plans aligned to standards such as NIST SP 800-171 for research with regulated datasets.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

working with many different stakeholder groups; Liaise with campus unit administrators and other IT professionals

Communication Scope

oral communication; business writing; presentation skills; Communicate the associated security risks, compliance requirements, and necessary remedial steps

Full Job Description

## Position Title: Information Security Analyst I ## Job Group: Professional & Scientific ## Required Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree ## Job Description: **Summary** Iowa State University (ISU) and its Information Technology Services (ITS) Security team is currently accepting applications for an Information Security Analyst I position. ITS Security helps safeguard the information and technology used by the Cyclone community. As part of this work, ITS Security helps ensure controlled datasets are both secure and compliant with relevant security standards. Your work will support efforts to secure payment card activity, research with sensitive datasets, and university business and financial records. Your role will be primarily consultative. You’ll provide guidance to the campus community on how best to align processes with external and internal security standards. You will serve as a technical liaison to assess, track, and remediate technical control deficiencies. To be successful in this role, you should have strong oral communication, business writing, and presentation skills. You’ll be working with many different stakeholder groups, so your ability to guide and influence them is another important skill. Each environment at the university is unique, so you should be good at learning business processes and evaluating the unique risks for each one. Some key responsibilities include: * Meet with campus units to understand the people, process, and technology involved in work identified as in-scope for compliance with an external or internal security standard. * Evaluate the security controls around systems against relevant security standards. * Identify compliance gaps and general security risks. * Help design cost-beneficial technical and administrative remedial actions if necessary. * Communicate the associated security risks, compliance requirements, and necessary remedial steps to key personnel at campus units. * Liaise with campus unit administrators and o

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