Information Security Specialist Analyst 2 - Information Solutions

Job Description Summary

The Information Security Specialist - Analyst II applies established methods to moderately complex governance, risk management, compliance, and operational issues. Working with indirect supervision, the position coordinates with technical and business stakeholders and owns recurring deliverables, reporting, and follow-up activities. The role improves the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of GRC and field operations outputs, translates control requirements into actionable guidance, supports remediation tracking, and helps protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational information assets in support of MUSC’s academic, research, and healthcare missions.

Entity

MUSC Community Physicians (MCP)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC006134 MCP - Information Solutions

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-28

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

The Information Security Specialist - Analyst II applies established methods to moderately complex governance, risk management, compliance, and operational issues. Working with indirect supervision, the position coordinates with technical and business stakeholders and owns recurring deliverables, reporting, and follow-up activities. The role improves the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of GRC and field operations outputs, translates control requirements into actionable guidance, supports remediation tracking, and helps protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational information assets in support of MUSC’s academic, research, and healthcare missions.

Skills: 

• Hands-on experience collecting and reviewing control evidence, maintaining risk and compliance records, and supporting audits or assessments. 

• Ability to apply established methods to moderately complex control, compliance, risk, and operational issues with limited direction. 

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including risk assessment, gap analysis, exception documentation, and remediation tracking. 

• Working knowledge of applicable frameworks and requirements, such as ISO 27000, HIPAA/HITECH, FERPA, PCI DSS, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and NIST SP 800-53. 

• Ability to coordinate field operations requests, recurring deliverables, reporting, and follow-up activities across technical and business stakeholders. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including translating control requirements and technical findings into actionable stakeholder guidance. 

• Experience with GRC tools, documentation and ticketing workflows, compliance tracking systems, and stakeholder reporting. 

• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and improve the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of assigned outputs.

Additional Job Description

Requirements (Education, Experience, Licensure, Registry, Certification): 

Education: Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience, required. 

Experience: At least three (3) years of experience in cybersecurity, compliance or audit, technology operations, or related business functions. Hands-on experience should include collecting and reviewing control evidence, maintaining risk or compliance records, supporting audits or assessments, coordinating field operations requests, documenting exceptions, and tracking remediation actions. 

Certification: Role-relevant certification required, such as Security+, CySA+, SSCP, CRISC Associate, CISA Associate, Microsoft SC-900, or an equivalent cybersecurity certification. 

Preferred qualifications: Strong familiarity with compliance requirements affecting academic medical centers; knowledge of NIST Cybersecurity Framework and NIST SP 800-53; experience conducting risk assessments in healthcare or higher education; proficiency with GRC platforms and compliance tracking systems; or additional advanced role-relevant certification.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

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