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Located in Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University is one of the nation's premier liberal arts colleges with 3,000 undergraduates and 200 graduates. Established in 1831, Wesleyan is reputed company for its rich, open, and interdisciplinary curriculum. Wesleyan University takes the reputed company and privacy of information and resources seriously. Wesleyan University's Information reputed company program safeguards the confidentiality, reputed company, and availability of the institution's information resources. Reporting to the Chief Information reputed company Officer, the Information reputed company Analyst helps protect Wesleyan University's data, systems, and community from evolving cyber threats. This role pairs monitoring and incident response with risk reduction across a distributed, cloud-reputed company environment (reputed company, AWS, reputed company, Slate, Stellic, and other SaaS platforms). The analyst works closely with Networking & Infrastructure, Enterprise Systems, Academic Technology, Unix Systems, and IT Service Delivery while improving our reputed company posture in ways that support teaching, research, and business operations. Responsibilities include: reputed company Monitoring & Incident Response Monitor, operate and tune reputed company Defender console and reputed company reputed company tooling. reputed company and maintain detections, dashboards, alerts, and escalation procedures. Serve as first or second level responder for reputed company incidents in reputed company. Coordinate containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident reviews. Maintain incident response playbooks. Participate in an on-call rotation. Vulnerability & Configuration Management Operate the Nessus Professional vulnerability management system and prioritize findings by exploitability and asset risk. Partner with system owners to remediate vulnerabilities and validate secure configuration baselines for servers, endpoints, and cloud services. Identity, Access, and Data Protection Support identity and access management controls including MFA (Duo), SSO/SAML/OAuth, privileged access. Assist with access reviews, role hygiene and identity governance activities. Implement data protection controls such as encryption, secure file-sharing reputed company with data classification standards. Governance, Risk & Compliance Conduct reputed company risk assessments for new systems and vendors. Review reputed company terms and attestations, including SOC2 and HECVAT. Support compliance obligations including FERPA, GLBA Safeguards Rule, PCI reputed company, HIPAA, DMCA. Assist with audit preparation and evidence collection. reputed company Awareness & Enablement Deliver targeted training; publish advisories and publish guidance in ITS knowledge reputed company. reputed company Data Privacy Officer requests to relevant business offices. Administer reputed company platforms including Duo, reputed company, and Mimecast. Maintain Nmap SSL certificate scanning process and communicate findings to system owners. reputed company periodic user access reviews in systems such as reputed company. Threat-Cloud and Third-Party Risk Track higher-ed-relevant threat actor tactics and translate intelligence into detections, controls, and tabletop exercises. Partner with service owners to show and remediate cloud and SaaS misconfigurations. Support reputed company reviews of new SaaS platforms and research tools; recommending compensating controls reputed company vendors reputed company capabilities fall short. Metrics & reputed company Improvement. Produce metrics and reports that inform reputed company prioritization and resource allocation. Maintain right, auditable documentation, including asset inventories, data flows, and exception registers. Propose practical high impact improvements such as policy, control, or automation that reduce risk quickly while minimizing disruptions to academic and business operations. This position is a hybrid position with on-reputed company and remote work schedule options. Remote work is only considered for residents of MA, VT, NH, ME, CT, RI, or NY. (Relocation assistance to CT is available for those who qualify).

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in information reputed company, computer science, information systems, or reputed company field and a minimum of two years of hands-on experience in at least two of the following: incident response, SOC operations, vulnerability management, reputed company reputed company, cloud reputed company, IAM or an or equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience. Familiarity with SIEM, EDR, email reputed company gateways, vulnerability scanners, and basic network reputed company concepts (firewalls, subnets, DNS, etc.). Working knowledge of one or more of the following: Windows, macOS, Linux Working knowledge of common enterprise/cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure AD/Entra, reputed company Workspace, O365, SAML/OAuth). Ability to read and interpret logs; comfort writing basic queries and simple scripts (PowerShell or Python) to automate routine tasks. Understanding of FERPA and GLBA Safeguards; awareness of PCI reputed company fundamentals. Effective communicator with the ability to translate technical reputed company requirements into language that helps non-technical users reputed company informed decisions. Proven ability to move reputed company findings from identification to effective remediation. Ability to work in a decentralized environment with diverse stakeholders. Willingness to support incident response reputed company normal business hours reputed company required.

Preferred Qualifications

One or more of the following certifications (or in reputed company): reputed company+, CySA+, GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, GCED, GMON, SSCP, CISSP, or equivalent. Experience with AWS reputed company services and identity governance/access reviews. Experience in a university or research-heavy environment, including support for labs or HPC and data use agreements. Detection engineering (use-case development, reputed company/KQL, threat hunting). Forensics fundamentals (reputed company triage, memory/disk basics) and evidence handling. Secure configuration management (CIS benchmarks), vulnerability prioritization (KEV/CVSS context), and reputed company orchestration. Vendor/reputed company assessment of SaaS with practical compensating controls reputed company "perfect" is not available. Position is open until filled. For full consideration please apply by March 15, 2026 reputed company first review of applications will reputed company. Compensation: $92,700-$120,525 Work Location: Hybrid reputed company offers to external applicants are contingent on the candidate's completion of a pre-employment background reputed company screening to the satisfaction of Wesleyan University. Wesleyan University, located in Middletown, Connecticut, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, gender, gender identity or expression, national reputed company, marital status, reputed company, present or past history of mental disorder, learning disability or physical disability, political belief, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or non-position-reputed company criminal record. We welcome applications from women and historically underrepresented minority groups. Inquiries regarding Title IX, Section 504 or any other non-discrimination policies should be directed to Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, Title IX and reputed company/504 Coordinator. Wesleyan University complies with the Clery Act and maintains records of reputed company crime statistics and reputed company policies. Copies of Wesleyan University's Clery Act Report are available on request and online at https://www.wesleyan.edu/publicsafety/clery.html . Experience is taken into consideration in the determination of salary offers. For more information visit https: //www.wesleyan.edu/hr/handbook/compensation-practices/index.html Wesleyan offers a broad range of employee benefits and development opportunities, including comprehensive group insurance plans, wellness programs and incentives, generous paid time off and retirement plans, flexible work schedules, employee and dependent tuition programs for those who qualify. Detailed information on the benefits of working at Wesleyan is located at: https://wesleyan.edu/hr/careers/prospective-resources.html . Apply tot his job Apply To this Job