Title: Cybersecurity Analyst
Position Type: Professional Tech Full time
College: Front Range Community College
Division: Operations
Department: FRCC Information Technology Services
Campus: Boulder County Campus, Larimer Campus, Westminster Campus
Location: Longmont, CO; Fort Collins, CO; Westminster, CO
Salary Range: $85,000 - $89,250 annually
This position has the opportunity to be based at any of our campuses located in Fort Collins, CO (Larimer Campus), Longmont, CO (Boulder County Campus), or Westminster, CO (Westminster Campus). Please select your campus(es) of interest in the application.
Who We Are:
With three campuses along Colorado's Front Range, FRCC is the state's largest community college. We enroll close to 28,000 students annually from our diverse service area, which offers a variety of cultural and recreational activities.
Each year approximately 5,000 FRCC students transfer to four-year universities and FRCC offers more than 36 career training programs that prepare students for immediate employment and rewarding careers. Last year, more than 5,000 high school students took concurrent enrollment classes with us, earning college credit without having to pay college tuition. And we were recently ranked as one of the "Top Online Colleges" in the country by Newsweek.
One of FRCC's main goals is to offer educational excellence for everyone. The college's strong commitment to student success means we start by creating an inclusive and equitable environment---one where both students and employees feel they belong and are supported. FRCC's focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is woven into the fabric of our college conversations and decision-making processes. We are actively seeking to hire a workforce that reflects the diversity of our student body.
The college is also an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution. For us, becoming an HSI is an intentional commitment to being a college where our Latinx (and other historically marginalized) students thrive.
FRCC employees and leaders work hard to create a culture of collaboration, innovation and pride. We're looking to hire people who share these values---along with our commitment to student success, equity and excellence.
Job Summary:
The Cybersecurity Analyst (CSA) is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of securing FRCC's various information systems to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Reporting to the AVP of IT, the CSA is tasked with providing technical expertise in all areas of network, system, and application security. The CSA works closely with the various teams in the System Office and various College Information Technology departments to ensure that systems and networks are always designed, developed, deployed, and managed with an emphasis on strong, effective security and risk management controls. The CSA leads FRCC's vulnerability management program and leads FRCC's research and reporting on emerging threats. The CSA helps FRCC along with FRCC to take pre-emptive risk mitigation steps to prevent breaches and cyber disruptions to operations. The CSA effectively correlates and analyzes security events within the @context of FRCC's and FRCC's unique environment to proactively detect threats and respond to cyber incidents before the cyber incident causes a major disruption to operations. The CSA recommends cyber security procedure updates to the AVP of IT based on changing technology and cyber security trends.
Front Range Community College's Information Technology department supports a 24/7 operational environment. As a result, this position may require occasional evening and weekend work to support system maintenance, cybersecurity incidents, upgrades, or other operational needs.
This position offers a hybrid work arrangement, with the opportunity to work remotely, subject to operational needs and supervisory approval. Astrong on-campus presence is required, and the incumbent must be able to travel between all three FRCC campuses as needed to support departmental and institutional objectives.
Please note: You need to be a Colorado resident on your first day of employment. Also, Front Range Community College is an E-Verify employer.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Cybersecurity Operations and Incident Response
Leads the continuous monitoring of the college's Information Technology environment to identify, analyze, and mitigate cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities.
Investigates, tirages, and responds to real-time cybersecurity alerts within the FRCC environment and facilitates remediation efforts in accordance with incident response procedures.
Reviews and analyzes security logs and historical reporting data to identify indicators of compromise, investigate potential security incidents, and detect user activities that may result in security or compliance violations.
Conducts vulnerability assessments of FRCC systems and networks with cybersecurity tools owned by FRCC or provided by the System Office.
Leads the administration of enterprise firewalls, NAC (Network Access Control), EDR (End-point Detection and Response, also known as Anti-virus/Anti Malware), MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication), Vulnerability Scanners and Agents, and DNS security solutions, and other tools owned by the Information Security team.
Provides technical expertise and consultation to IT staff, departmental stakeholders, and System Office partners regarding cybersecurity concepts, threat mitigation strategies, security bet practices, and the implementation of appropriate safeguards.
Monitors compliance with institutional and CCCS cybersecurity procedures and standards by identifying areas of noncompliance, recommending corrective actions, and partnering with departments to strengthen adherence to established cybersecurity practices.
Collaborates with all IT personnel, college departments, public safety, senior leadership and the System Office representatives to coordinate cybersecurity activities, support incident response efforts, and address emerging security risks affecting the institution.
Promotes information security awareness across FRCC by supporting security education efforts, communicating emerging threats and vulnerabilities, and encouraging behaviors that reduce institutional risk and strengthen the overall security of IT systems.
Develops and maintains documentation related to cybersecurity incidents, investigations, response activities, and security control administration to support operational continuity, compliance requirements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Security Administration and Technology Management
Monitors online security-related resources for new and emerging cyber threats and trends that may impact the College's information technology environment. Assesses potential risks and recommends appropriate mitigation strategies.
Documents, reviews, and validates firewall access control rules and verifies the access control with the appropriate management entity to ensure access is appropriately authorized.
Develops and maintains documentation related to information security tools, technologies, configurations, procedures, and operational processes to support knowledge transfer, consistency, and business continuity.
Stays current on emerging technologies.
Administers and maintains all service accounts across the FRCC environment, ensuring accounts are managed according to established they are house in a secure system.
Competencies/KSAs:
Project Management: Juggles many projects at a time and know how to establish priorities.
Customer Service: Addresses customer concerns in a professional courteous and timely manner. Provides escalation support for major incidents
Communication: Communicates effectively with
