Definition
(ON-SITE - in-person position)
Starting Salary: $102,255.04/year
Total compensation, include salary and benefits, is $160,927.00
Paid Time Off (per year) - 22 paid holidays
- 12 paid vacation day (accrued based on time worked)
- 12 sick days (accrued based on time worked)
- 1 floating holiday
This is an open until filled position. However, interested, qualified applicants are encouraged to apply by the next closing review date of
April 21, 2025. Applicants who apply after April 21, 2025 will be held for review,
only as needed.
About the Team At the Coast Community College District, the
IT Cyber Security Analyst plays a vital role in supporting the success of students, faculty, and staff across Coastline College, Golden West College, and Orange Coast College. We're looking for talented individuals who are passionate about technology and eager to contribute to our mission of fostering innovation, security, and seamless digital experiences.
Why Work with Us?
As part of this team, you'll have the opportunity to: - Innovate: Work with cutting-edge technologies that enhance education and streamline district operations.
- Collaborate: Partner with academic leaders and staff to deliver meaningful technology solutions.
- Grow: Be part of a team that values continuous learning, professional development, and staying ahead of the latest industry trends.
- Make an Impact: Your work will directly contribute to the success of our students and the efficiency of the district.
Our Focus Areas - Network & Infrastructure: Ensure fast, secure connectivity across campuses.
- Enterprise Applications: Manage critical systems like student information and ERP platforms.
- Cybersecurity: Protect the district's digital assets and safeguard against threats.
- User Support: Provide responsive helpdesk services and technical assistance.
- Academic Technology: Support the latest tools for online learning and in-classroom technology.
- Data & Analytics: Help the district make informed decisions through powerful data insights.
Our Projects - Digital Transformation: We're enhancing the digital learning environment and expanding cloud-based solutions.
- Cybersecurity Initiatives: Keeping the district secure through advanced threat detection and awareness programs.
- Cloud Migration: Moving essential services to the cloud for greater scalability and efficiency.
About the District
Established in 1947, the Coast Community College District (CCCD) is a beacon of educational excellence in Orange County, California. As a public, multi-campus community college district, CCCD has been transforming lives through accessible, high-quality education for over seven decades.
CCCD's impact extends across three comprehensive colleges: Coastline Community College, Golden West College, and Orange Coast College. Together, these institutions serve over 51,000 students annually, offering a rich tapestry of academic and vocational programs, support services, and co-curricular activities.
CCCD takes pride in fostering a supportive and inclusive environment. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion extends beyond our student body to encompass our employees and the broader community. We believe that this inclusive approach not only enriches the educational experience but also prepares our students for success in an increasingly diverse world.
Join us in shaping the future of education in Orange County. At CCCD, you'll be part of a dynamic team dedicated to making a lasting impact on our students and community. Together, we can continue our legacy of transforming lives through the power of education.
Summary Performs analysis to prevent, detect, and respond to possible cyber-attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguish these incidents and events from benign activities. Contains and remediates, or provides direction to others to contain and remediate, confirmed security incidents. Documents circumstances around confirmed security incidents for compliance reporting. Documents, logs, and identifies specific vulnerabilities that may cause ongoing impact and immediate impact to the environment. Make risk-adjusted, cost-effective recommendations that can improve the security of the environment and mitigate possible attacks.
Distinguishing Career Features
The Cyber Security Analyst is a senior-level professional position in the Information Systems job family. Advancement along this ladder can occur through mastery with cyber security administration.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Specific duties may vary among departments, divisions and jobs. Incumbents typically perform a substantial portion or all of the following types of duties, as assigned:
1. Identifies, assesses, and recommends cybersecurity or cybersecurity-enabled products for use within a system and ensure that recommended products are in compliance with organization's evaluation and validation requirements. (NICE-T0119) Makes recommendations regarding the selection of cost-effective security controls to mitigate risk (e.g., protection of information, systems and processes). (NICE-T0550). Designs and develops new tools/technologies as related to cybersecurity. (NICE-T0284)
2. Performs risk analysis (e.g., threat, vulnerability, and probability of occurrence) whenever an application or system undergoes a major change. (NICE-T0181) Performs security reviews and identifies security gaps in architecture. (NICE-T0518)
3. Performs technical (evaluation of technology) and nontechnical (evaluation of people and operations) risk and vulnerability assessments of relevant technology focus areas (e.g., local computing environment, network and infrastructure, enclave boundary, supporting infrastructure, and applications). (NICE-T0549)
4. Uses cyber defense tools for continual monitoring and analysis of system activity to identify malicious activity. (NICE-T0259) Provides timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, and misuse activities and distinguishes these incidents and events from benign activities. (NICE-T0258) Performs analysis of log files from a variety of sources (e.g., individual host logs, network traffic logs, firewall logs, and intrusion detection system IDS logs) to identify possible threats to network security. (NICE-T0161)
5. Performs cyber defense incident triage, to include determining scope, urgency, and potential impact, identifying the specific vulnerability, and making recommendations that enable expeditious remediation. (NICE-T0163) Performs real-time cyber defense incident handling (e.g., forensic collections, intrusion correlation and tracking, threat analysis, and direct system remediation) tasks to support deployable Incident Response Teams (IRTs). (NICE-T0175)
6. Documents and escalates incidents (including event's history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment. (NICE-T0155) Correlates incident data to identify specific vulnerabilities and makes recommendations that enable expeditious remediation. (NICE-T0047) Analyzes identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information. (NICE-T0260)
7. Provides advice and input for Disaster Recovery, Contingency, and Continuity of Operations Plans. (NICE-T0548)
8. Conducts and/or supports authorized penetration testing on enterprise network assets. (NICE-T0028) Monitors external data sources (e.g., cyber defense vendor sites, Computer Emergency Response Teams, Security Focus) to maintain currency of cyber defense threat condition and determines which security issues may have an impact on the enterprise. (NICE-T0503)
9. Develops or assists with the development of privacy training materials and other communications to increase employee understanding of company privacy policies, data handling practices and procedures and legal obligations. (NICE-T0926) Promotes awareness of security issues among management and ensures sound security principles are reflected in the organization's vision and goals. (NICE-T0248) Plans instructional strategies such as lectures, demonstrations, interactive exercises, multimedia presentations, video courses, web-based courses for the most effective learning environment in conjunction with educators and trainers. (NICE-T0380)
10. Performs other related duties as assigned that support the objective of the position.
11. Required to abide by all District policies and procedures including Board Policy 3050 - Code of Professional Ethics.
Qualifications and Physical Demands
Note: NICE reference the Task Number as assigned by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education / Cyber Workforce Framework (SP800-181). This framework provides guidance to employers and colleges/training for describing the task, knowledge, skills, and abilities for CyberWork.
Qualifications Education and Experience
The position requires a Bachelor's degree in computer science, cyber security or related technical field and 6 years' experience in network and systems operations and analytics, with two years in project development and implementation . click apply for full job details