Information Security Engineer III - 531108

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Tuscaloosa, Alabama 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Cybersecurity 🗓️ November 10th, 2026

NIST HIPAA CISSP

Edtech.com's Summary

University of Alabama is hiring an Information Security Engineer III - 531108. The role helps run the university's information security program, operating and tuning enterprise security tools, with a focus on data loss prevention across email, endpoint, and web, to protect institutional data from unauthorized access or exposure. The engineer works with security operations, identity and access management, infrastructure, and compliance teams, and guides security analysts and less senior engineers in resolving alerts.

Highlights

Administer, maintain, and improve the university's information security tools, including data loss prevention technologies across email, endpoint, and web, configuring controls and investigating potential data exposure events.
Operate high-complexity security infrastructure, including secure web access gateways and anti-malware and endpoint protection tools, and monitor these systems for problems.
Back up triage of alerts, tickets, and incidents, and guide security analysts through resolving alerts.
Conduct risk assessments, security compliance reviews, and vulnerability assessments, and research new threats and regulatory changes.
Initiate changes to security technology, processes, and policies, and complete security training each year.
Hold a master's degree with two years of IT security engineering experience, or a bachelor's degree with four years, with equivalent combinations of lower degrees and longer IT experience also accepted.
Obtain an advanced certification such as CISSP plus GCIH, GCIA, or similar upon hire or within six months of employment.
Preferred experience with DLP, endpoint protection, email security, SIEM, or vulnerability management tools, plus familiarity with FERPA, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST, and Microsoft 365 security tools.
Pay starts at a minimum of $74,900 with a midpoint of $101,100 (Salaried E12), working Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm, with hybrid work eligibility under university policy.