Sr. Research IT Security Risk and Compliance Analyst

The Senior Research IT Security Risk & Compliance Analyst will assess, document, and implement various controls for University research. This individual manages advises on best business practices for all stakeholders., * Identify security findings and assist in driving risk items to closure with the correct stakeholders.

• Apply familiarity with risk assessments and common control sets, for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC/NIST 800-171).
• Manage the documentation and development of policies, guidance, and procedures related to research information security.
• Write, gather evidence, investigate existing processes and regulations, and implement best practices.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the bridge between security and research and pay close attention to detail.
• Partner with key internal campus stakeholders on processes and controls. Review third-party documentation to determine information security risk and communicate those risks to stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively in writing and orally with technical, end-user, and executive audiences, depending on the context.
• Interface with researchers to determine information security requirements and technical requirements, and help the researcher find the appropriate environment.
• Assist with Security Operations related to specific IT systems, primarily research.
• Participate with Incident Response Coordinator to respond to incidents involving specific IT systems, primarily research.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5-7 Years of experience working with researchers and regulated data

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.