Information Security Analyst

Join Colorado College as an Information Security Analyst and help protect the technology, systems, and data that support our vibrant campus community while advancing a culture of cybersecurity awareness and resilience. This position supports the organization’s information security program by monitoring, analyzing, and improving institutional security controls. The role assists with securing identity, network, cloud, application, and infrastructure environments through risk analysis, control validation, vulnerability review, and support of secure technology practices. It also supports threat detection, security partner coordination, incident response, and proactive review of security events and trends. In addition, the position assists with awareness and phishing simulation efforts to reduce human risk and strengthen the overall security posture., * Security Control Analysis and Engineering Support:

• Supports the review, validation, and improvement of identity, network, and infrastructure security controls, including conditional access, privileged identity management, multi-factor authentication, firewalls, network admission control, and segmentation technologies.
• Partners with other technical teams to analyze configurations, identify control gaps, document findings, and track remediation.
• Assists with ensuring security controls are operating effectively and aligned with institutional risk and security standards.
• Security Awareness and Risk Reduction:
• Assists with the administration, analysis, and reporting of the institutional security awareness and phishing simulation program.
• Uses campaign data to identify risk trends, support targeted education efforts, and help reduce user-related security risk across the organization.
• Security Systems and Vendor Support:
• Supports the review of software, vendors, and technology integrations to help ensure alignment with security requirements, including single sign-on, logging, data privacy, access control, and secure implementation practices.
• Assists with security assessments, documents findings, identifies potential control gaps, and escalates risks to security or IT leadership.
• Supports outsourced SOC/MSSP operations by reviewing alerts and escalations, coordinating follow-up, assisting with detection tuning requests, and tracking vendor performance against established procedures and expectations.
• Incident Response and Threat Management:
• Participates in technical incident response efforts, including investigation, containment, eradication, recovery support, forensic analysis support, and post-incident improvement activities.
• Review’s identity, firewall, endpoint, and infrastructure logs to support continuous security monitoring, identify potential threats, detect policy violations, and validate security control effectiveness.
• Assists with proactive threat hunting activities by analyzing security events, documenting findings, escalating suspicious activity, and supporting remediation or control improvement efforts.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• 3 years of experience in a related field

One year of relevant work experience may be substituted for one year of required education (OR) one year of relevant academic coursework beyond the minimum requirement may be substituted for one year of required professional experience.

Pulled from the full job description

• Loan forgiveness
• Tuition reimbursement
• 403(b)
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid holidays, In alignment with our commitment to reduce potential bias in hiring, applicants may redact any information that discloses their age, date of birth, or dates of attendance/graduation from educational institutions on resumes, certifications, transcripts, or other application materials. There will be no penalties for the omission of such information.

Anticipated Hiring Salary Range:

• $74,262 to $90,972 per year

What We Offer:

As part of the total compensation for Staff and Faculty roles, we offer a competitive benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid vacation and sick time - accrual of 7.34 hours of vacation per pay period (176 hours, 22 days per year) and 4 hours of sick time per pay period (96 hours, 12 days per year)
• Paid seasonal breaks and holidays (20 days per year)
• 403(b) retirement plans where employees contribute 5% of pay and CC contributes 10%
• Tuition benefits for employee and eligible dependents
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Assistance Program
• Wellness benefits include free access to the sports center, swimming pool, arts and crafts, outdoor programs, and financial consultants

Colorado College is a nationally recognized, residential liberal arts college with 2,100 students from around the world. Employees set the stage for student success by bringing their diverse experience and knowledge to the table. The college actively promotes a dynamic and inclusive environment in which students and employees of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives can learn and work.