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Security Analyst, Associate
Georgia State University
Instructional Innovation and Technology
Cyber Security Practice
Why Work at Georgia State University (GSU)?
Are you ready to help transform lives through academic excellence, innovative technology, research, and strong community partnerships? Georgia State University is ranked among the Top 5 Most Innovative Universities by U.S. News & World Report (2025). As a dynamic research institution, GSU offers a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment for staff, faculty, and students alike.
Join us in driving digital transformation in higher education and making a meaningful impact on our community. GSU's vibrant culture, career growth opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and core values-respect, integrity, collaboration, and accountability-make it an employer of choice within the University System of Georgia.
What Makes GSU a Great Place to Work?
• Generous benefits, including health, dental, vision, tuition assistance, and retirement plans.
• A flexible work environment that supports work-life balance.
• A knowledge-sharing organization that collaborates with various partners.
Why join our team in the Instructional Innovation and Technology (IIT) Division?
The IIT division is the hub for innovation, supporting learning, student success, research, and economic development. Here's what makes IIT a great place to work:
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement
• Access to cutting-edge technologies
• A collaborative and creative team culture
• A strong sense of purpose and impact in our work
Position Overview:
Georgia State University's Instructional Innovation and Technology (IIT) division is seeking a highly skilled and motivated
Security Analyst, Associate
. Under the general supervision of the Information Security Manager, the Security Analyst, Associate supports proactive risk management planning and activities, essential to reducing business and IT risks. Examples include - performing continuous vulnerability management, conducting risk assessments and developing remediation roadmaps, and developing and maturing cyber security awareness to fundamentally change the behavior of our users and ultimately change the culture of security at GSU.
NOTE:
This role requires on site work. Remote or hybrid work options are not available for this position.
Key Responsibilities
The scope of responsibilities for this position will include but is not limited to the following essential duties:
Research and Policy Development
• Perform targeted research to identify security solutions, policies, and practices that support the goals and objectives defined in the Information Security Annual plans and Information Security Management System objectives/goals.
Security Services Deployment
• Deploy information security services accessible to departmental information security staff and the general university population to increase the overall security of their systems and the campus network.
• Create and maintain necessary documentation and procedures to support new and current information technology security tools and solutions.
Intrusion Detection and Analysis
• Assist with conducting advanced intrusion detection and analysis utilizing information security monitoring systems.
• Work in tandem with other IIT personnel to diagnose and mitigate security incidents and threats to university IT resources and data.
• Configure and maintain information security solutions ensuring optimum levels of effectiveness and usage.
Stakeholder Collaboration
• Work with GSU stakeholders and teams across the university's college and business units, as well as third-party vendors for services such as Critical Infrastructure Systems, Networks, Applications, and cloud systems.
• Assist with supporting IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), MaaS (Monitoring as a Service), MDM (Mobile Device Management), CAMP (Cloud Application Management for Platforms), DaaS (Desktop as a Service), HPC (High Performance Computing), MSS (Managed Security Services), and XaaS (Anything as a Service).
• Increase responsibility in the successful implementation of standards such as NIST 800-171 and SANS Critical Controls.
Cyber Security Program Support
• Under supervision, support the Georgia State University Cyber Security program in determining tools and procedures required to preserve, collect, and analyze electronically stored information (ESI) in a forensically sound manner.
• Perform expert collection of ESI in accordance with best practice Forensics laboratories and standards.
• Perform required reporting and documentation and maintain the chain of custody of computer forensics evidence.
Application Deadline:
Applications must be submitted by March 18, 2026 (subject to change without notice).
Disclaimer:
This job requisition provides a high-level job definition. It is not intended to provide a comprehensive or exclusive list of job duties.
As such, job duties and/or responsibilities within the context of this job requisition may change at the discretion the employee's direct supervisor.
Qualifications:
Minimum Hiring Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree and one year of related experience; or a combination of education and related experience.
Preferred Hiring Qualifications:
Preference may be given to applicants who, in addition to meeting the Minimum Qualifications, possess the following:
Ability to Provide Level 1 intrusion detection and information security incident analysis and support Level 2 staff.
Ability to Mitigate Level 1 alerts and events; provide remediation and/or assistance where needed.
Ability to analyze and detect sophisticated and nuanced attacks and discern false positives; provide results to information security incident handling staff
Ability to perform correlation of NIDS and HIDS logs with other records such as firewall/proxy logs, anti-virus, server audit trails and risk/vulnerability information obtained from other information security staff
Strong TCP/IP networking skills
Degree of packet analysis experience
Administrator level 1 knowledge of UNIX and/or Windows systems
Hands-on experience conducting in depth analysis using defined and undefined exploit and attack signatures to determine impact of an anomalous event and if it constitutes a false positive
Hands-on experience utilizing intrusion detection/prevention heuristic analysis tools
Intrusion detection analysis training and work experience
Compétences linguistiques
- English
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