[Hiring] Lead Cyber Security Analyst @University of Washington

Role Description

UW Medicine IT Services has an outstanding opportunity for a Lead Cyber Security Analyst.

Position Highlights:

• 100% remote opportunity
• 15 days of vacation your first year
• 12 days of sick time
• 1 personal holiday
• 11 paid holidays each year
• 100% matching, 100% immediately vesting 403(b)

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Supporting the direction and priorities of the Manager by coordinating and overseeing operational activities and ensuring standard services meet appropriate targets, including:
• Vulnerability and risk assessment activities with significant impact on business operations for all UW Medicine entities and vendors
• Design, development, and implementation of security tools, platforms, and methodologies drawing from industry requirements and frameworks such as HIPAA, HITRUST, and NIST
• Implementation and leveraging of prescribed tools to discover system and/or software vulnerabilities
• Integrate threat information into enterprise vulnerability assessments, risk assessments, and mitigation activities
• Operating and updating UW Medicine’s risk register and risk management program
• Development and delivery of user training, security awareness programs, and UW Medicine-wide security documentation
• Prioritizing and distributing the workload throughout a team of Cyber Security Analysts
• Providing a point of escalation for operational and other service issues
• Identifying and proposing service management improvements
• Providing advice, coaching, and mentorship to the team
• Serving as the Manager’s delegate to represent the team to customers, project managers, and organizational management
• Areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to:
• Leading information security service delivery with a continuous improvement mindset
• Overseeing team support for applications, infrastructure, and technology projects
• Consulting with stakeholders on security best practices
• Monitoring and developing monitoring to proactively identify and respond to threats
• Leading efforts to track and mitigate known and emergent threats
• Collaborating with Cyber Security Engineers in incident management processes
• Mentoring other Analysts and team members

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent combination of experience/education
• 6+ years of information security experience in areas such as Risk Management, Audit, Compliance, Security Engineering, Project Management, Architecture, and Governance
• 1+ year(s) of formal mentorship for technology professionals
• Demonstrated experience leading team activities in designing, implementing, or maintaining security tools
• Experience leading and mentoring others in security assessments and risk assessments
• Advanced understanding of security-related technologies, systems, and tools
• Experience in threat modeling and vulnerability review
• Advanced understanding of information security threats and vulnerabilities
• Knowledge of common information security regulations and/or standards such as NIST 800-53/CSF, ISO 27001/2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and SOC
• Demonstrated experience leading service delivery and team activities

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent combination of experience/education
• 6+ years of experience in information security
• 1+ year(s) of formal mentorship for technology professionals
• Demonstrated experience leading team activities in security assessments
• Advanced understanding of security-related technologies
• Demonstrated experience using threat modeling and vulnerability review
• Advanced knowledge of information security regulations and standards

Benefits

• 15 days of vacation your first year
• 12 days of sick time
• 1 personal holiday
• 11 paid holidays each year
• 100% matching, 100% immediately vesting 403(b)

Company Description

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge and providing outstanding primary and specialty care.

• Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations.
• Includes Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.