Closing Date: March 21, 2023 at 4:30 PM
We thank all those who apply; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
WHAT WE OFFER:
Full-Time | Term Ending August 31, 2024 | Fredericton | Hybrid
Standard Work Hours:
Mon - Fri | 8:15 am - 4:30 pm | 36.25 hours per week
Salary Range:
$48,524.00 - $63,081.00 per annum
UNB offers a large variety of benefits for employees, including a full pension, a minimum of three weeks of vacation annually, the Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP), and dental, life, and health insurance.
UNB is committed to ensuring employees can maintain a healthy work-life balance. As such, we're proud to support a hybrid work approach, which includes flexible hours and work-from-home options.
YOUR FOCUS:
- Prevent and detect cyber security incidents, vulnerabilities, and anomalous events by working with UNB IT staff.
- Ensure detection information is communicated to appropriate parties and that related processes are continuously improved.
- Monitor and improve compliance with IT security standards.
- Participate in the establishment of baselines for detecting anomalies and events within UNB.
- Monitor expected data flows for networks, users, and systems.
- Establish incident alert thresholds, and aggregate and correlate event data from multiple sources to improve baseline and detection. Continuously refine and update baseline settings.
- Implement monitoring tools at UNB, ensuring monitoring tools are in place, properly configured and maintained.
- Routinely monitor the monitoring tools, verify the effectiveness of preventative measures, integrate events with general event monitoring and incident management, and continuously improve the use of tools.
- Respond and support recovery activities by working with IT staff to ensure notifications from detection systems are tracked, reported, and investigated, notifications are prioritized, forensics are performed, events are analyzed to understand targets and methods, and the impacts are understood.
- Contain and mitigate the impact of incidents and vulnerabilities by working with IT staff to follow standardized responses to vulnerabilities and non-critical incidents and participate on Critical Incident Response Teams.
- Maintain constant awareness of the changing threat landscape to address current threats.
- Stay current with UNB information security business needs and risk tolerance, maintain a basic understanding of UNB's IT infrastructure strengths, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities.
- Maintain and update knowledge of the evolving world information security landscape such as changing threats, preventative measures, trends, and industry standards, participate in a network of supportive relationships with other cyber security professionals.
WHAT YOU BRING:
- Post-secondary education (diploma or certificate) within an IT field, with knowledge and experience within cybersecurity is preferred.
- A combination of education and relevant practical experience will be considered. On-the-job training and mentoring will be provided for the right candidate.
Additional Strengths
- Completion or actively pursuing a cyber security-related certification, such as CISSP, CRISC, CISM is desirable.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Must be able to work independently or as part of a team.
- Ability to adapt easily and welcome technology changes.
- Logical and analytical skills.
- If you possess the technical aptitude with a strong desire to learn various cybersecurity concepts and investigative procedures, we welcome you to apply. On-the-job training and mentoring will be provided.
WHO WE ARE:
This position is part of the PSAC, Local 60551 employee group and falls under the PTSU Collective Agreement.
UNB is situated on the unceded territory of the Wolastoqiyik and Mi'kmaq peoples along the banks of the beautiful and bountiful Wolastoq river, a region recognized worldwide for its natural beauty. UNB is a comprehensive university with a long history of excellence in teaching and research.
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