Cybersecurity Program Analyst II

University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking an intermediate-level Cybersecurity Analyst II to help develop, maintain, and improve enterprise cybersecurity programs while executing day-to-day cybersecurity operations. This onsite role is based in Austin, TX, with a salary of USD 77,930 per year and a qualification-based earning potential.

You will design policies and playbooks, implement automation, maintain dashboards, and collaborate across IT and stakeholders to embed security into the SDLC

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science or related field; at least 3 years of cybersecurity experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and document program components for cybersecurity domains, including policies, SOPs, playbooks, and runbooks.
• Implement automation and process improvements to strengthen domain controls.
• Maintain dashboards and performance metrics (e.g., SLA compliance and control health).
• Collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to integrate security requirements into the SDLC.
• Coordinate with ISO and campus IT to review, implement, and monitor security controls on campus tools.
• Manage security investigations end-to-end and coordinate event resolution.
• Maintain and refine playbooks and runbooks, proposing workflow improvements.
• Apply policies and collect audit evidence; monitor adherence to HIPAA, FERPA, PCI DSS, GDPR, ISO 27001, and NIST frameworks.
• Update risk registers, propose mitigations, and track remediation through closure.
• Conduct third-party and vendor security assessments and document follow-ups.
• Support awareness initiatives and tabletop exercises; prepare reports with actionable recommendations.

Skills

cybersecurity programs

incident response

vulnerability management

threat monitoring

risk management

security incident detection

network monitoring

SIEM tools

ITIL processes

stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science

Tools

SIEM tools

ServiceNow Security Operations

firewalls

DLP

MFA

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin is seeking an intermediate-level Cybersecurity Analyst II to help develop, maintain, and improve enterprise cybersecurity programs while executing day-to-day cybersecurity operations. This onsite role is based in Austin, TX, with a salary of USD 77,930 per year and a qualification-based earning potential.

You will design policies and playbooks, implement automation, maintain dashboards, and collaborate across IT and stakeholders to embed security into the SDLC