Information Security Officer
About the university
Middle Georgia State University (MGA), a multi-campus, baccalaureate and graduate degree-granting public institution, is the most affordable public state university in Georgia. MGA has five campuses-Macon, Cochran, Dublin, Eastman, and Warner Robins, all located in central Georgia-and global outreach through its fully-online campus. Its enrollment of 8,400 students is largely comprised of students from most of Georgia's 159 counties. The University has six academic schools, including Georgia's flagship aviation program, that support its mission to educate and graduate inspired, lifelong learners whose scholarship and careers enhance the state.
About the role
This position is responsible for assisting in Middle Georgia State University's cybersecurity operations. This position acts as the secondary ISO and reports to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). This position's primary location is in Macon, Georgia.
This is a full-time, 12-month, staff position.
Responsibilities
- Program Administration & Planning (30%) - Assists the CISO with the implementation and enforcement of Cybersecurity policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines. Assists in the investigation of and response to cybersecurity incidents. Participates in and advises University committees as needed. Regularly monitors the safeguard effectiveness. Assist in development of System Security Plans, Risk Assessments, Plans of Action (Risk Registers) and other system documentation.
- Program Services & Operations (45%) - Serves as a primary or secondary security administrator for one or more security solutions.: Endpoint security, Data loss prevention, Vulnerability scanning and reporting, Centralized logging, Cybersecurity awareness training campaigns, Phish testing, Distribution of updates and other patches to workstations, Privileged access management (PAM), Hardware and software asset inventory, and Email threat response Conducts risk assessments of third-party service providers.
- Network & System Administration (25%) - Serves as the primary or secondary system administrator for a variety of physical and virtual servers, including security and backup ecovery. Develops and implements scripts to automate administrative tasks. Installs, maintains, and operates the wireless network; plans the installation of access points; installs and configures Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC), and management software.