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Associate Executive, IT Security

PageUp Desc Code: INF - Associate Executive, IT Security

Function: INF - Information Technology

Sub-function: Information Security

Discipline: IT Security

Career Track: Technical/STEM

Career Track Level: Executive - Level 1


Information Technology: Information Technology is responsible for the use of any computers, software applications, storage, networking, and other hardware or physical devices. Develops and maintains infrastructures and processes for creating, managing, securing, and exchanging all forms of electronic data. Incorporates leading-edge techniques for collaboratively enhancing the performance of installed systems, identifying new technologies, developing applications, and transitioning from legacy to new systems.

Information Security: Information Security provides security engineering, risk management, design, access and identity control, operational support, and consultation. Provides policy and governance oversight; security operational services; set-up, verification, and audit of user access and authorizations; and risk analysis and response.

IT Security: IT Security evaluates, tests, recommends, coordinates, monitors, and maintains information systems and cyber security policies, procedures and systems, including access management for hardware, firmware, and software.

Technical/STEM: Technical roles, including technology and research.

Executive: Executive: The positions work is achieved through the strategic direction of the organization as a whole. Executives have direct accountability for setting strategic goals and using resources. They are responsible for administrative oversight of a senior management area or other business unit with a universitywide scope of impact. These positions contribute to the highest-level panels and teams. The decisions made under the purview of the executive positions duties must routinely have direct impact on success across the university and impact the overall development of the university. Executive positions are reflected in the E1-E3 career track levels in the management/leadership track.

Level 1: Entry: These positions are not equivalent to support positions. Rather, these are professional roles which require limited experience and education when considering industry or field standards. Positions considered entry level A/P faculty should be mapped