Salary: Depends on Qualifications Location : Florence, Alabama Job Type: Staff Division: Business & Financial Affairs Department: Information Technology Services Opening Date: 08/19/2024 FLSA: Exempt Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. The posted salary and/or position title may be adjusted dependent on the successful candidate's education, experience, and unique qualifications as they relate to the position. Description This position is responsible for the daily operation, maintenance, and support of all server operating systems, application software, and appliances, as assigned. Additionally, this position oversees the operations of systems administrators and security analysts. This position is also responsible for overseeing and managing information security. This position serves as the primary technical resource for all of the information security programs/needs and is responsible for developing and implementing information security administrative educational plans. This position works closely with supervisor and other departmental leaders to ensure consistent and high quality IT services are provided to all university consituents, including students, faculty, and staff. Essential Job Duties
- Maintain a comprehensive information security program and lead planning efforts in support of systems and processes;
- Develop and implement policies/procedures, and ensure compliance with existing information security guidelines and requirements for both on premise and cloud-based systems;
- Monitor security events for network, database, processing, storage, backup, firewall, endpoint, IPS products, and other information security systems;
- Develop, coordinate, and lead security orientation/awareness training programs and communications for campus;
- Coordinate, support, and perform security reviews, audits, and risk assessments;
- In direct consultation with supervisor, develop and maintain a university security incident response plan and processes and serve as the primary contact during significant information security incidents;
- Serve as a resource for information security issues to the University community;
- Provide periodic reporting on information technology risk and compliance issues to supervisor and/or university administration;
- Work with vendors to request software/hardware renewals and/or upgrade price quotes;
- Oversee and assist with daily operations of systems administrators as well as the management and maintenance of systems, including but not limited to: Microsoft environment (on campus and cloud), system center environment, backup environment, virtual environment, user shares, as well as the Linux environment;
- Design, implement, manage, and monitor technical, administrative, and physical controls to protect information resources, both cloud-based and on premise;
- Monitor email and provide remediation for spam and phishing attacks;
- Serve as system administrator for specific systems and GDPR data protection officer;
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES:
- Perform regular network and system vulnerability scans to ensure proper compliance and confirm appropriate security posture;
- Serve as system administrator for spam filtering, multi-factor authentication, security certificate management, single sign on, and privilege access management systems;
- Read literature, participate in conferences, and perform other related activities in order to understand the leading-edge developments in IT-related and information security-related fields;
- Assist with installation, maintenance, monitoring, and support of campus business system integrations;
- Provide guidance and oversight for vulnerability management and system hardening;
- Represent the department and university at a variety of on-campus meetings or off-campus technical or information security conferences;
- Ensure that necessary documentation is complete and kept up-to-date.
Minimum Qualifications
- Completion of Bachelor's degree (or higher) in a related field AND three years of systems administration or information security-related experience is required; -OR-
- Seven+ years of systems administration or information security-related experience is required;
- Experience supervising personnel is preferred;
- Information security-related experience preferred;
- Risk or compliance experience preferred;
- Project management experience preferred;
- Experience in security information and event management, security incident tracking, end-point protection, cloud services security, and/or encryption is preferred.
LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, OR REGISTRATIONS:
- Security+ certification required;
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and/or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification preferred;
- Microsoft, Linux, or other operating systems certifications preferred.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Ability to install, secure, and maintain various server operating systems including analyzing, diagnosing, and solving issues;
- Ability to establish performance measures to ensure security and systems efficiency and reliability;
- Knowledge of software/hardware compatibility issues, file storage capabilities, and redundancy/survivability issues within a networked architecture;
- Knowledge of recovery and backup strategies;
- Knowledge of information security and data security frameworks and best practices;
- Knowledge of project management methods and applications;
- Advanced understanding of local area networks, firewalls, basic security tools, virtualized infrastructures, and file storage capabilities;
- Ability to facilitate problem-solving among groups with varying needs and priorities;
- Ability to use Microsoft and Apple Operating systems and applications;
- Ability to use work order system;
- Ability to maintain confidentiality;
- Strong organizational and problem solving skills;
- Strong customer service skills and willingness to assist others;
- Ability to coordinate well with other departments and personnel;
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, and diagram form;
- Ability to adapt and upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions;
- Ability to work within time constraints.
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing;
- Ability to communicate effectively to instruct or train others through explanation and/or demonstration;
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as training manuals;
- Ability to manage interpersonal conflict situations requiring tact, diplomacy and discretion;
- Ability to interact effectively with diverse student populations and a wide variety of co-workers;
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions, inquiries, and /or complaints.
Special Instructions to Applicants Applicants must upload a cover letter and resume at the time of application, as well as provide contact information for at least three professional references at the time of application. For questions, please email ...@una.edu or call 256.###.#### and select option #2. UNA is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving excellence and strength through diversity. UNA seeks a wide range of applicants for this position so that one of our core values, ethnic and cultural diversity, will be affirmed. UNA is a smoke-free campus. Staff Benefit Summary - For more details regarding each benefit listed below, please visit the HR website at or click on the links below. UNA has a fully-insured group health insurance program with , which includes medical, prescription drug, vision, psychiatric, and substance abuse benefits for full-time university employees, and their eligible dependents. The University covers the full individual premium for eligible employees. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Health/Vision/RX - Monthly Premiums Tier Employee Cost UNA Cost Total Premium Employee $0.00 $557.95 $557.95 +Child(ren) $362.65 $557.95 $920.60 +Spouse $557.94 $557.95 $1,115.89 +Spouse & Child(ren) $641.08 $557.95 $1,199.03 UNA also provides dental coverage through The University covers the full individual premium for eligible employees. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama Dental - Monthly Premiums Tier Employee Cost UNA Cost Total Premium Employee $0.00 $27.54 $27.54 Family $36.34 $27.54 $63.88 UNA provides all eligible employees with basic life insurance at no cost to the employee. The basic life coverage level is 1.5 times the covered employee's annual base salary with a maximum benefit of $400,000. Included with your basic life coverage is Accidental Death and Dismemberment coverage at 3 times the covered employee's annual salary. The provider for this coverage is As a member of the , eligible employees have life benefits available through the TRS. Also, for eligible active employees, a death benefit of the payment of accrued sick leave is paid to the employee's beneficiary by the University. This coverage provides benefits after a 90-day period of disability. The monthly benefit is 60% of the covered employee's monthly base salary not to exceed $10,000 per month. The cost for this benefit is paid in full by the University for eligible employees and the provider for this coverage is Retirement Plans The is a defined benefit plan in which participation is mandatory for eligible employees. Eligible employees are categorized by the TRS as Tier I or Tier II members. Rates below are effective as of October 1, 2023
- Tier I - Employee contribution rate is 7.5% for regular employees and 8.5% for law enforcement employees.
- Tier II - Employee contribution rate is 6.2% for regular employees and 7.0% for law enforcement employees.
- this retirement plan is a voluntary, supplemental, deferred compensation plan. - this plan is a voluntary, supplemental, deferred compensation plan offered by the Retirement Systems of Alabama. The University provide a $6.00 per month credit to eligible employees to offset the cost(s) for supplemental, voluntary benefits. All full-time regular employees are eligible for this benefit on the first day of the month following the completion of 90 days of employment.
- Flexible Spending Accounts - HealthEquity
- Cancer Insurance - Allstate
- Short-Term Disability Insurance - Fort Dearborn Life
- Life Insurance - Symetra
- Accident Coverage - Symetra
- Critical Illness Insurance - Symetra
- Hospital Indemnity Coverage - Symetra
- Vision Insurance - VSP
- Air Evac Lifeteam
- Long-Term Care Insurance - LTCi Plans
UNA provides remission of tuition to eligible employees and to their spouses and qualified dependent children. Paid Time Off - Annual leave is accrued for each hour worked. During the first 2 years of employment, the accrual is 10 workdays. After completion of 2 years of continuous service, eligible employees are entitled to 12 days of annual leave and, for each additional year of service, annual leave is increased by one day per year to a maximum of 20 days after 10 years. - Full-time regular staff members are entitled to 96 work hours (12 workdays) of sick leave each year at the employee's regular rate of pay regardless of length of service. - Full-time, regular staff employees are eligible for paid holidays. 01 Do you have a bachelor's degree or higher in a related field AND three years of systems administration or information security-related experience OR seven years of systems administration or information security-related experience?
- No, neither.
- Yes, I have a bachelor's degree or higher in a related field AND three years of systems administration or information security-related experience.
- Yes, I have seven or more years of experience in systems administration or information security.
02 Do you have supervisory experience?
03 Do you have information security-related experience?
04 Do you have project management experience?
05 Do you have risk and/or compliance experience?
06 Do you have experience in security information and event management, security incident tracking, end-point protection, cloud services security, and/or encryption?
- No, none.
- Yes, in one or more of those listed.
- Yes, in three or more of those listed.
- Yes, in all of those listed.
07 Do you have a security + certification?
- No
- Yes
- No, but I'm actively in the process of obtaining such.
- No, but I am willing to obtain such.
08 Do you have a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification?
- No
- Yes
- No, but I am willing to obtain.
- No, but I am actively obtaining such.
09 Do you have a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification?
- No
- Yes
- No, but I am willing to obtain such.
- No, but I am actively working on such.
10 Do you have Microsoft, Linux, or other OS certifications?
Required Question