Junior Security Analyst: Data Security & Automation

Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 33,062 - 42,705; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

The Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS) at the University of Chicago is seeking a highly motivated Junior Security Analyst who is passionate about information security. In this hands‑on, entry‑level role, you will support the protection of multi‑petabyte scale data on platforms like GDC and Gen3 data commons while actively collaborating with cross‑functional teams.

Your eagerness to learn is just as important as your current skill set.

Qualifications

• Vocational training or equivalent experience in related field.
• Less than 2 years of work experience in related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day security operations and triage incoming security tickets.
• Support the vulnerability management lifecycle to help identify, track, and remediate risks.
• Assist the team with basic incident response, monitoring, log analysis and reporting.
• Write and maintain basic Python scripts to help automate routine security tasks.
• Contribute to ongoing security projects, such as our transition to a zero-trust network access model.
• Provide necessary support for pulling supporting Governmental reporting paperwork and compliance documentation.
• Under close supervision, performs basic technical support procedures to ensure the safety of information systems.
• Learn fundamental security penetration tests to identify system vulnerability against malicious code, system exploitation using SQL injection, cross-site scripting, buffer overflows, parameter tampering, hidden field manipulation, cookie poisoning, and web services manipulation.

Skills

Security fundamentals

Python scripting

Incident response

Log analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Associate or bachelor's degree in progress in cybersecurity or CS

Tools

Python

Job description

The Center for Translational Data Science (CTDS) at the University of Chicago is seeking a highly motivated Junior Security Analyst who is passionate about information security. In this hands‑on, entry‑level role, you will support the protection of multi‑petabyte scale data on platforms like GDC and Gen3 data commons while actively collaborating with cross‑functional teams.

Your eagerness to learn is just as important as your current skill set.