Senior It Security Analyst

Western Governors University

Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Pyy range: $127,700.00 - $191,500.00; bonus/equity...
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Assess and analyze tools, systems, and processes
Defense of applications, systems, and networks
Monitoring systems and security breaches
** Western Governors University is seeking a Senior IT Security Analyst to enhance its security posture, focusing on protecting applications, systems, and networks. The ideal candidate will have extensive information security experience, strong communication skills, and relevant certifications, while the position offers competitive benefits and a collaborative work environment. **

Job Summary

  • The Senior IT Security Analyst uses their knowledge of current security methods and standards to gather operational information and assess and analyst tools, systems, and processes in defense of applications, systems, and networks and collaborate with Infrastructure and business teams.
  • The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders.
  • At WGU, our mission drives everything we do, including how we hire.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 75

** Western Governors University is seeking a Senior IT Security Analyst to enhance its security posture, focusing on protecting applications, systems, and networks. The ideal candidate will have extensive information security experience, strong communication skills, and relevant certifications, while the position offers competitive benefits and a collaborative work environment. **

Salary

Pay Range: $127,700.00 - $191,500.00; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, telehealth, mental healthcare, HSA, FSA, life insurance, disability, supplemental coverages, legal, identity theft, retirement savings plan, wellbeing program, discounted WGU tuition, flexible PTO, sick time, holidays, parental leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • assess and analyze tools, systems, and processes
  • defense of applications, systems, and networks
  • monitoring systems and security breaches
  • investigative analysis and incident response
  • security awareness and risk assessments
  • vulnerability management and threat hunting

Nice-to-have

  • collaborative relationships across the organization
  • aligning and managing customer expectations
  • conceptual design and hands-on implementation
  • integrating and automating security tools
  • cloud security practices and DevSecOps
  • supporting secure CI/CD environments

Key Requirements

  • CISSP certification or equivalent knowledge
  • 5 or more years of Information Security experience
  • Experience across multiple security domains
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to build positive, collaborative relationships
  • Experience aligning and managing customer expectations

Work Rights

Not specified

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