Systems Administration & Information Security Manager

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Systems Administration & Information Security Manager

Salary

$70,000.00 - $80,000.00 Annually

Location

Florence

Job Type

Staff

Division

Business & Financial Affairs

Department

Information Technology Services

Opening Date

03/05/2024

Closing Date

4/5/2024 11:59 PM Central

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 manages the daily operations of systems administrators and security analysts.  This position is also responsible for overseeing and managing information security.   
 
Additional responsibilities include maintaining integrity and security of all server and appliance operating systems; designing and implementing server redundancy, survivability, protection, backup, and recovery systems; providing strategic guidance and coordination for information security risk and compliance management; verifying continuing needs for server hardware and software support agreements; determining the benefit versus risk of new software and hardware implementations; and conducting technical reviews of all special projects connecting with or having a potential impact on university server-based applications.  
 
This position will serve 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 CIO and other ITS leadership to ensure consistent and high-quality IT services are provided to all constituents, including students, faculty, and staff.  

Essential Job Duties

  • Manage, oversee, and backup 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, and user shares; 
  • Manage and maintain Linux environment;
  • Maintain a comprehensive information security program and lead information security planning efforts in support of information systems and processes;
  • Oversee and manage backup and recovery systems for campus servers and appliances, including both on-campus and cloud options;
  • Design, oversee, and manage strategies for utilization of on-campus and cloud resources, including Microsoft resources, backup tools, etc.
  • Responsible for policy and procedure development, implementation, and compliance regarding information security guidelines and requirements for both on-premise and cloud-based systems;
  • Develop, coordinate, and lead security orientation and security 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 the university security incident response plan and serve as the primary contact during significant information security incidents;
  • Monitor and audit the information and data security environment in accordance with best practices and standards;
  • Serve as a resource for all information security issues to the University community;
  • Provide periodic reporting on IT risk and compliance issues to supervisor and/or administration;
  • Work with vendors to retrieve software/hardware renewals and/or upgrade price quotes;
  • 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; 
  • Perform all other duties as assigned.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES:
  • Review, configure, and monitor on-campus and cloud-based systems for functionality and availability;
  • Assist team members in implementing, upgrading, monitoring, and maintaining campus applications such as email, calendar, portal, etc.;
  • Design, implement, manage, and monitor technical, administrative, and physical controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information resources; 
  • Assist team members in installing, maintaining, monitoring, and supporting integration between active directory, ERP, portal, and learning management systems;
  • Oversee team members in the creation, support, documentation, and security of file shares for campus users;
  • Perform operational, compliance, and consultative functions to include providing guidance and oversight for vulnerability management and system hardening;
  • Provide technical assistance for security reviews, audits, and risk assessments;
  • Participate in developing data protection strategies and disaster recovery planning for university information systems;
  • Provide technical expertise and assistance in support of policy and procedure development, implementation, and compliance;
  • Log and monitor security events for network, database, processing, storage, backup, firewall, endpoint, IPS products, and other information security systems;
  • Perform regular network and system vulnerability scans;
  • Coordinate information security efforts with other departmental staff and other campus departments;
  • Serve as primary system administrator for spam filtering, multi-factor authentication, security certificate management, single-sign-on, and privilege access management systems;
  • Monitor email and provide remediation for spam and phishing attacks;
  • Works with various departments in designing and implementing new IT-related projects, as they relate to information security; 
  • Provide guidance, strategic planning, management, purchase or renewal options, etc. for security incident event management (SIEM), both in the cloud and on premises;
  • Serve as GDPR data protection officer;
  • On call 24x7 to ensure accessibility, data integrity, information security compliance, incident response, and other functions;
  • Represent the department and university at a variety of on-campus meetings or off-campus technical or information security conferences or events;
  • Responsible for ensuring necessary documentation is complete and kept up-to-date;
  • Considered one of staff subject matter expert in area.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field is required;
  • Five years of systems administration or information security-related experience is required; 
  • Supervisory experience is required;
  • Security, risk, and/or compliance experience is preferred;
  • Project management experience is 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) is preferred; 
  • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certification is preferred;
  • Microsoft, Linux, or other OS certifications are preferred.

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 employment@una.edu or call 256.765.4291 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.

We welcome applicants who are committed to working at a university that values diversity, equity, and inclusion for faculty, staff, and students. 

Staff Benefit Summary - For more details regarding each benefit listed below, please visit the HR website at https://www.una.edu/humanresources/benefits or click on the links below.

Health Insurance
UNA has a fully-insured group health insurance program with Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama, 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

Dental Insurance
UNA also provides dental coverage through Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama. 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

Life Insurance
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 Symetra.

As a member of the Teachers' Retirement System of Alabama (TRS), 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.

Long-Term Disability Insurance
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 Symetra.

Retirement Plans
The Teachers’ Retirement System of Alabama (TRS) 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.

Voluntary TIAA-Cref 403(b) Plan – this retirement plan is a voluntary, supplemental, deferred compensation plan. 

Voluntary RSA-1 457 Plan – this plan is a voluntary, supplemental, deferred compensation plan offered by the Retirement Systems of Alabama.

Supplemental (Voluntary) Benefits
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
 
Remission of Tuition and Fees
UNA provides remission of tuition to eligible employees and to their spouses and qualified dependent children.

Paid Time Off
Annual Leave – 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.
Sick Leave – 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.
Paid Holidays – Full-time, regular staff employees are eligible for paid holidays.
Miscellaneous Benefits

01
Do you have a bachelor's degree in a related field?
  • No
  • Yes
  • No, but I have a master's degree or higher in a related field.
02
Do you have at least five years of systems administration and/or information security-related experience?
  • Yes, both.
  • Yes, in systems administration.
  • Yes, information security-related experience.
  • No, but I have less than five years of experience in systems administration and/or information security-related experience.
  • No, I do not have any experience.
03
Do you have supervisory experience?
  • No
  • Yes
04
Do you have security, risk, and/or compliance experience?
  • No
  • Yes
05
Do you have project management experience?
  • No
  • Yes
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?
  • No
  • Yes

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