Troy University
Senior Cybersecurity and Systems Engineer
CISSP
ITIL
ISO 27001
Edtech.com's Summary
Troy University is hiring a Senior Cybersecurity and Systems Engineer. The role involves leading the cybersecurity and systems team to meet organizational goals, managing the security program and systems architecture, and developing security strategies while mentoring and conducting performance reviews. The engineer also establishes security scanning and vulnerability assessment infrastructure and promotes security awareness across the university.
Highlights
- Lead and collaborate with Security and Systems Leadership to achieve organizational goals specific to Troy University.
- Manage the security program, systems architecture, and provide status updates to IT leadership.
- Establish enterprise application security scanning and vulnerability assessment infrastructure with unified dashboards.
- Conduct coaching, mentoring, and annual performance reviews of team members.
- Maintain detailed technical documentation and stay current with security and systems management trends.
- Perform tech talks and awareness campaigns to promote security knowledge university-wide.
- Requires bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Security, Information Systems, or related field.
- Minimum 3 years enterprise security/systems experience and 4 years IT or Security management experience.
- Knowledge of security frameworks and regulations like ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, GDPR, SOX, ITIL, COBIT, COSO.
- Preferred certifications include CISSP, OSCP, GCIH, GCIA, CEH, or CCNA; SOC/NOC/DC experience is also preferred.
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Senior Cybersecurity and Systems Engineer
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Posting Details
Position Information
| Posting Number | SF2519P |
|---|---|
| Position Title | Senior Cybersecurity and Systems Engineer |
| Position Type | Professional/Salaried |
| Department | Information Technology - Troy |
| Division | Finance and Administration |
| Campus | Troy |
| Work Status | Full-Time (FT) |
| Temporary | No |
| Location | Troy - T01 |
| Job Summary | The Senior Cybersecurity and Systems Engineer position in Information Technology is responsible for: • Collaborate with Security and Systems Leadership to lead the team on delivering against agreed upon organizational goals, accounting for the way Troy University operates and the unique challenges of securing the environment • Schedule and participate in coaching and mentoring sessions with the team • Perform and document annual performance reviews for the team • Participate in defining systems and security strategy for Troy University • Actively manage the security program, systems architecture, and provide consistent status updates to IT leadership regarding progress against objectives • Raise accountability by escalating issues in a timely manner and creating and maintaining detailed documentation • Resolve issues, dependencies, and conflicts; ensuring that the team is involved, engaged, and informed • Establish and maintain an enterprise application security scanning and vulnerability assessment infrastructure that will collect and store application vulnerability data from all environments, in a unified performance dashboard • Establish, direct, and maintain enterprise-level systems architecture and oversee backup of those systems • Design and ensure technical documentation is maintained for the area of responsibility • Stay up-to-date with trends in the information security and systems management • Perform tech talks and other awareness campaigns to spread security knowledge throughout Troy University • Other tasks as assigned |
| Minimum Qualifications | 1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Security, Information Systems, or related field 2. Minimum of three years of enterprise security/systems experience 3. Minimum of four years of Security or IT management experience, preferably for teams of four or more 4. Knowledge of various frameworks/regulations such as ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, GDPR, SOX, ITIL, COBIT, COSO or similar 5. Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects and assist/advise engineers in establishing appropriate priorities 6. Ability to manage key customer relationships, including with senior managers 7. Ability to influence a cross functional team to accomplish goals 8. Excellent analytical skills and ability to learn quickly 9. Excellent written and verbal communication skills 10. Ability to be flexible |
| Preferred Qualifications | 1. Accredited certifications, such as: CISSP, OSCP, GCIH (Certified Incident Handler), GCIA (Certified Intrusion Analyst), CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), or CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) 2. Previous SOC/NOC/DC experience |
| Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | Driving may be necessary but is not a primary responsibility |
| Work Hours | - Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm - Additional work hours as needed - Some travel required |
| List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | NA |
| Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | Yes |
| Posting Date | 05/26/2026 |
| Closing Date | |
| Open Until Filled | Yes |
| Special Instructions to Applicants | |
| Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/47414 |
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Reference Letters
| Solicit References Through the System? | No |
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| Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference | |
| Applicant Special Instructions | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu. |
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Required Documents
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Optional Documents
- Letter of Reference 1
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- Unofficial Transcript 1
- Letter of Reference 2
- Unofficial Transcript 2
- Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.
- Troy University is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
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