Regulated Research Cybersecurity Team Lead - 140972

UC San Diego is ranked the 9th best public university in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and is the largest employer based in San Diego County. Reporting to the VC-CFO, Information Technology Services (ITS) delivers Enterprise information technology services to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) under the leadership of the campus Chief Information Officer (CIO). ITS uses world-class services and technologies to empower UC San Diego's mission to transform California and the world as a student-centered, research-focused, service-oriented public university.

As a strategic member of the UC San Diego community, IT Services embraces innovation in their delivery of IT services, infrastructure, applications, and support. IT Services is customer-focused and committed to collaboration, continuous improvement, and accountability. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion are core values at UC San Diego and within Information Technology Services.

The Office of Information Assurance (OIA), a department within ITS, is responsible for the infrastructure, policies, standards, and training necessary to ensure the achievement of the security and privacy goals of the University. Collaborating closely with various campus resources and partners, the department identifies, responds to, and mitigates information security/privacy risks, threats, and vulnerabilities. OIA delivers a comprehensive set of enterprise security services in the areas of security policy, assessment, compliance, consulting, operations, incident response, and risk management.

About the role

The Regulated Research Cybersecurity Team Lead joins a small team dedicated to the growing requirements surrounding regulated research. This role includes leading compliance activities related to Controlled Unclassified Information, developing the University’s research cybersecurity program, liaising with the campus research community on heightened security requirements, and helping bring them into compliance with external and UC policy. This position requires expert knowledge of security engineering and the ability to design compensating controls, acting as trusted counsel to staff and faculty on most domains of security.

Responsibilities

• Ensures compliance with legal and regulatory requirements in a complex changing environment.
• Plans, develops, and implements new programs required to meet new requirements.
• Maintains existing collaborations with researchers and develops new collaborations with researchers, faculty, and staff.
• Supports the development and implementation of effective and reasonable policies and practices to secure critical and sensitive data and ensure information security and compliance.
• Serves as the work lead for the CMMC team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a closely-related field AND three (3) years of related experience in information security in an enterprise environment and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience working in a highly regulated environment.
• Expert familiarity with IT security regulations such as CMMC, FERPA, HIPAA, and/or PCI.
• Demonstrated knowledge of secure hardware, software, and network design techniques.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain a Federal security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional security certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, CCIE/CCNA Security, ITIL.

Special Conditions

• Employee must be available to work evenings and weekends.
• Employee must be available to travel as required.
• Must be able to obtain a federal security clearance (if necessary).
• Job offer is contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on Background Check results.

Pay

Hiring pay scale: $113,503 - $155,000 annually.

Schedule

• 8 hours/day, hybrid work arrangement.
• Onsite 1-2 times per month.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance starting the first day of hire.
• 15 vacation days and 13 paid holidays per year.
• UC Retirement Plan.
• Work/Life Balance programs.
• Pet insurance.

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