High School Graduate with 1+ years of experience in a large enterprise environment., Working-level knowledge in at least one cybersecurity domain such as Security Operations or Risk Management., Academic understanding of MS Azure governance and Supply-Chain Security concepts is required., Strong interpersonal communication skills to convey technical information effectively..
Key responsibilities:
Monitor security dashboards and investigate security alerts to determine impact and next steps.
Create and manage incident tickets, ensuring thorough documentation and escalation as needed.
Collaborate with internal teams and external partners during incident investigations and threat response efforts.
Develop technical documentation and participate in the change management process for cybersecurity initiatives.
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The University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City is a world-class academic medical center and destination for complex care and diagnosis. We offer more options for patients with serious conditions because of our expertise and leadership in medical research and education. Our physicians are researchers and educators expanding the boundaries of medical knowledge. Their major breakthroughs lead to the life-changing treatments and technologies of the future.
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We invite you to join us as we continue to advance the power of academic medicine.
The Cybersecurity Analyst plays a critical role in front-line defense operations, supporting the organization’s ability to detect, respond to, and mitigate cybersecurity threats in real time.
Key Responsibilities: Monitor security dashboards, detection tools, and abuse mailboxes for signs of malicious or suspicious activity. Triage and investigate both real-time and historical security alerts to determine impact and next steps. Create and manage incident tickets, ensuring thorough documentation and appropriate escalation. Conduct network and log searches to identify root causes and contextualize security events. Develop and refine detection rules, playbooks, and alerting logic to improve visibility and reduce false positives. Collaborate with internal teams and external partners as needed during incident investigations and threat response efforts.
Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions
Act as a highly competent contributor for the planning, implementation, management, monitoring, and upgrading of security measures and risk processes for the protection of the organization's data, systems, and networks.
Stay up to date on emerging security and technology trends; assess and communicate their feasibility for UKHS to Cybersecurity leadership.
Act as a technical resource for operational work and/or low-risk projects and partner with others to successfully drive them to completion.
Develop technical documentation, graphs, and flowcharts to effectively communicate complex information with guidance from Senior or Principal level engineers.
Identify internal or external challenges, vendor and/or regulatory issues; recommend process, product or service improvements to address.
Provide troubleshooting for known security, operational, risk, and process problems.
Respond to all security events as required.
Participate actively in the change management process, providing technical representation for the Cybersecurity organization.
Daily administrative tasks, reporting, and communication with the relevant departments in the organization.
Communicate technical concepts, anticipate potential objections, and persuade peers and working groups to adopt an appropriate point of view.
Provides technical mentorship and guidance to Associate-level positions of the Cybersecurity organization.
Assist in the development and delivery of presentations to the Director-Level.
Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.
Required Education and Experience
High School Graduate
1 or more years of experience in a large enterprise environment with in-depth understanding for the assigned portion of Cybersecurity organization.
Working-level knowledge in at least 1 of the cybersecurity domains: Security & Risk Management, Asset Security, Security Engineering, Communications & Network Security, Identity & Access Management, Security Assessment & Testing, Security Operations, Software Development Security.
Experience and ability to use innovative thinking to develop solutions to problems with limited business impacts.
Knowledge Requirements
Academic understanding of MS Azure governance or incident response capabilities and concepts is required.
Required in-depth understanding of internal, regulatory, and industry standards as they apply to a business environment
Academic understanding of Supply-Chain Security concepts is required.
Interpersonal communication skills, must be able to effectively communicate technical information to peers, working groups, and Associate-level positions in the Cybersecurity Organization.
Recognized organizational knowledge in a technical discipline.
Ability to effectively in high-pressure situations.
Attention to detail with an analytical mind and effective problem-solving skills.
Time Type:
Full time
Job Requisition ID:
R-42773
We are an equal employment opportunity employer without regard to a person’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age (40 or older), disability, veteran status or genetic information.
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