Information Assurance Security Specialist

Job Posting:

JR100698 Information Assurance (IA) Security Specialist (Contingent II Position) (Open)

Department:

Technology Security, JM

Position Type:

Non-Regular Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Open Date:

03-06-2025

Close Date:

Job Description:

Responsible for providing security and risk analysis of engineering solutions, to include technical solution development, testing, implementation, and integration.

Responsibilities:

• Performs technical security assessments of computing environments to
  identify points of vulnerability, non-compliance with established IA
  standards and regulations and recommends mitigation strategies.
• Assists in the development, implementation, updating of security
  policies and monitoring of IT security procedures; validates and verifies
  system security requirement definitions and analysis.
• Coordinates Enterprise Application Security with Functional Data
  Stewards to ensure access verification and authorization requirements
  are monitored and approved.
• Maintains Enterprise Application Security Business processes and works
  with Senior IA staff in workflow management of security and access
  requests and approval.
• Integrates IA, security systems and system components including those
  for networking, computing, and enclave environments.
• Ensures IA best practices are integrated into systems and operational
  environments; assists in the identification and implementation of
  appropriate information security functionality.
• Interfaces with IT and non-IT personnel to resolve security related
  issues; assesses and mitigates system security threats/risks throughout
  the program life cycle.
• Performs security, analyses and risk, vulnerability assessments; supports
  the handling, reporting, recording, and resolution of campus-wide
  security incidents.
• Ensures security is embedded via processes and systems throughout the
  university by working with various university departments; other duties
  as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in information security or other related
  field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Information systems, or related
  field preferred.

Conditions of Employment:

• Potential on-call hours.
• Potential remote work opportunities.
• Non-Union Position.

Additional Job Information:

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,  the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.