Cybersecurity Analyst II AS6346

OSU-Stillwater

Marjorie McLagan

Monday through Friday 8:00am-5:00pm with occasional evenings and weekends.

Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

$55000 - $70000

For full consideration please include a resume cover letter and contact information for three professional references.

The Cybersecurity Analyst II provides professional and technical expertise to support enterprise technology services ensuring alignment with OSU/A&M System goals compliance requirements and departmental priorities. This position is responsible for performing specialized operational technical or analytical tasks within the assigned domain.

This position operates within OSU Information Technology and Information Security Services (ISS) and contributes to the Security Operations Center (SOC) and/or Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) functions across the OSU A&M System. Responsibilities span academic research healthcare and administrative environments and require coordination across multiple campuses business units and stakeholders. The role contributes to the protection of institutional information assets performs moderately complex operational and analytical work may lead defined projects or workstreams and collaborates with stakeholders to support the confidentiality integrity and availability of institutional systems and data while escalating complex or enterprise-wide issues through appropriate channels.

Institutional Scope:

• Provides enterprise cybersecurity support for the OSU A&M System.
• Operates with a system-wide perspective rather than a single-campus focus.
• Supports enterprise incident response risk mitigation regulatory compliance and cybersecurity service maturity obligations.
• Collaborates with ISS staff central IT distributed IT units campus stakeholders business units institutional partners and service teams to support system-wide cybersecurity objectives.

• Bachelors (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date)
• • In addition to a bachelors degree two (2) years of experience in an information technology-related field such as customer support technical support systems administration networking or similar technical roles.
  • Demonstrated ability to support enterprise-scale IT or security environments and perform assigned responsibilities independently within established processes.

  Education and Experience Substitutions:

  • Post-secondary education may substitute for required experience. As a general guideline one (1) year of full-time experience equals one (1) year of post-secondary education.
  • A masters degree may substitute for up to two (2) years of the required experience.
  • Additional post-secondary education may be substituted for required experience on a year-for-year basis where one (1) year of full-time post-secondary education equals one (1) year of full-time professional experience

Skills Proficiencies and/or Knowledge:

Demonstrated ability to independently perform cybersecurity analysis and operational tasks within defined service areas; ability to analyze and resolve routine to moderately complex issues; ability to support or lead defined operational activities or workstreams; ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form; ability to explain technical security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences; demonstrated discretion and sound judgment when handling sensitive or confidential information; and working knowledge of foundational security concepts vulnerabilities controls and mitigation practices.

• Bachelors

  Computer Science Information Technology Cybersecurity Information Systems or a closely related field.

• Experience supporting enterprise cybersecurity operations vulnerability management incident response support risk assessment activities compliance support service documentation or coordination across multiple IT teams campuses or business units in a higher education research healthcare or similarly complex environment.

Certifications Registrations and/or Licenses:

CompTIA Security ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC) Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) GIAC or other SANS-affiliated cybersecurity certifications or equivalent industry-recognized security certifications.

Skills Proficiencies and/or Knowledge:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage routine to moderately complex security issues independently; ability to prioritize and execute work in dynamic or high-pressure environments; ability to communicate risk findings and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders; strong collaboration skills; experience providing guidance or knowledge sharing to less experienced analysts or student employees; working knowledge of security vulnerabilities threat mitigation techniques enterprise security controls and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.