Job Summary:

Under direct supervision, supports the IT security environment and resources to ensure systems are adequately secured from unauthorized use. Assists to identify, investigate, and report fraudulent use, misuse, and/or abuse of IT systems and applications. Supports routine to moderately complex security problems and solutions.

Major Duties / Critical Tasks:

• Assists Security team in support of information security requirements.
• Provides support for security projects.
• Provide technical support for data confidentiality protection, system integrity, system reliability, audit and system recovery methods and procedures.
• May assist in investigation of unauthorized access, modification, disclosure, or destruction.
• Provides technical support for selection, configuration, and maintenance of security software, utilities, and hardware.
• Provide technical support to maintain existing security architect and design.
• Assists in maintaining technical security standards to support policies and practice standards. Supports monitoring standards, and incident investigation procedures.
• Maintains documentation as appropriate.
• Supports the development and implementation of security awareness training programs.
• Participates in handling of investigations relating to theft of information resources, abuse of computer systems and violation of the UTMB Information Security policy and/or any other privacy policies.
• Supports and analyzes controls necessary to ensure and protect the security of all information system assets.
• Maintains and supports appropriate access protection, system integrity, system reliability, audit and system recovery methods and procedures.
• Provides technical assistance in the configuration and maintenance of security software, utilities, and hardware
• Participates as a team member.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
• Performs related duties as required.

Required Education / Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and no experience.

Required Education / Experience:

Systems security and controls experience.

Equipment: 

Various computer systems and related equipment.

Working Environment:

Standard office environment

Other: 

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code. 

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimums require the prior approval of the Chief Human Resources Officer.