Senior IT Security Architect & Incident Response Lead

UNC Finance and Operations; Chapel Hill (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Finance and Operations IT seeks a senior IT Security Professional to serve as a subject matter expert and escalation resource. You will plan, implement, and manage secure, high-performance IT infrastructure and systems, spanning information security, server and database administration, and network architecture.

You will lead security monitoring, incident response, and disaster recovery planning, while guiding policies and best practices across university units.

Qualifications

• Extensive expertise in information security across networks, servers, and apps.
• Strong experience with security policies, risk management, and governance.
• Proven ability to lead incidents, investigations, and root-cause analyses.
• Experience planning and delivering secure, scalable IT architectures.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, and manage secure, high-performance IT infrastructure.
• Design and maintain network security architecture to protect data.
• Deploy and monitor security monitoring tools and dashboards.
• Direct forensic analysis, incident response, and recovery efforts.
• Develop security policies and procedures aligning with university and regs.
• Lead IT projects from initiation to completion with safeguards.
• Collaborate with admins and stakeholders to improve workflows.
• Participate in disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Provide expert consultation on secure operations and change mgmt.

Skills

Information security

Server administration

Database administration

Network architecture

Incident response

IT project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or related field

CISSP/CISM or equivalent certification a plus

Tools

SIEM

Forensics

Job description

UNC Finance and Operations IT seeks a senior IT Security Professional to serve as a subject matter expert and escalation resource. You will plan, implement, and manage secure, high-performance IT infrastructure and systems, spanning information security, server and database administration, and network architecture.

You will lead security monitoring, incident response, and disaster recovery planning, while guiding policies and best practices across university units.