Security Analyst – Research Computing & Cloud

QuickCruit; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

UW Information Technology (UW-IT) in Seattle seeks a Security Analyst to implement and improve security controls across research computing and cloud environments, ensuring compliance with regulatory and institutional requirements.

The role involves assessing risks, supporting security initiatives, and developing operational processes to maintain secure research computing services for the University community.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing security controls in research computing or cloud environments.
• Ability to assess security risks and translate requirements into actions.
• Familiarity with regulatory, contractual, and institutional security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Administer security controls for research computing and cloud environments.
• Monitor, evaluate, and improve the security posture of research infrastructure.
• Investigate security issues, coordinate remediation activities, and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate security and compliance assessments for research computing environments.
• Interpret regulatory, contractual, and institutional security requirements and translate them into operational practices.
• Collect and analyze security data to support secure research computing services.

Skills

Security Controls

Risk Assessment

Cloud Environments

Regulatory Compliance

Security Best Practices

Operational Processes

Job description

UW Information Technology (UW-IT) in Seattle seeks a Security Analyst to implement and improve security controls across research computing and cloud environments, ensuring compliance with regulatory and institutional requirements.

The role involves assessing risks, supporting security initiatives, and developing operational processes to maintain secure research computing services for the University community.