HudsonAlpha - Security Administrator

Position Title: Security AdministratorPosition Type: Full-TimeReports to: Director of Information Technology------------------------------------------------------------------------INSTITUTE OVERVIEWHudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is a nonprofit 501(c)3 research institute dedicated to innovation in the field of genomic technology and sciences. Founded in 2008, its mission is four-fold: sparking scientific discoveries that can impact human health and well-being; bringing genomic medicine into clinical care; fostering life sciences entrepreneurship and business growth; and encouraging the creation of a genomics-literate workforce and society. The HudsonAlpha biotechnology campus consists of 152 acres nestled within Cummings Research Park, the nation's second largest research park. Designed to be a hothouse of biotech economic development, HudsonAlpha's state-of-the-art facilities co-locate nonprofit scientific researchers with entrepreneurs and educators. The relationships formed on the HudsonAlpha campus encourage collaborations that produce advances in medicine and agriculture. This position is an exciting opportunity to strengthen the institutional Human Resource capacity of HudsonAlpha in order to better attract, recruit, develop and retain highly qualified students and professionals.------------------------------------------------------------------------DEPARTMENT OVERVIEWThe HudsonAlpha Information Technology organization provides crucial technology platforms that enable HudsonAlpha's cutting-edge research, education, economic development missions, and genomic medicine functions. The research enterprise places the most stringent performance requirements on HudsonAlpha's technology base to ensure its competitiveness in the fast-paced genomics field. The technology group also contributes to HudsonAlpha's innovations and associate company missions. Its responsibilities include providing critical information infrastructure, performing development-operations to optimize and automate technology solutions, and developing tools and applications that enable missions of human and plant research across the HudsonAlpha's campus.------------------------------------------------------------------------POSITION SUMMARYThe Security Administrator will be a key member of the HudsonAlpha Cybersecurity team helping secure institute and campus environments. This role will regularly collaborate with architects, engineers, and developers to help detect, analyze, respond, and evaluate security threats and vulnerabilities. The Security Administrator will be responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, availability of institute systems. This includes monitoring, collaboration, response, and documentation related to maturing cybersecurity across the institute.------------------------------------------------------------------------DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES- Monitor, review, and triage information security alerts, provide analysis, determine and track remediation, and escalate as appropriate.- Detect potential, successful and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough review and analysis of relevant event detail and summary information.- Collaborate with cyber, IT, other technical experts to properly remediate flaws and ensure good configuration change control.- Review threat and vulnerability reports daily to help prioritize and continuously improve the security posture of the institute.- Document security-related policies, standards, and procedures to help ensure the compliance of institute environments and processes.```{=html}```- Manage access and provisioning of user accounts to control access privileges- Participate in audits and assessments of applications, infrastructure and processes against common security frameworks (i.e. HIPAA, NIST CSF, etc.)```{=html}```- Active Directory dom in administration, including user and system accounts------------------------------------------------------------------------MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSEducation and Experience -- 4+ years of experience required in lieu of degree- Associate's Degree and 2 years professional experience required- Bachelor's degree- Industry recognized professional certification is a plus such as Security+, SSCP, CEH, GISF, GSEC etc.Required Skills and Abilities -- Proven experience in threat and/or vulnerability detection, analysis and mitigation- Proven experience in monitoring security related logs and events- Experience with endpoint protection, anti-virus, and malware detection- Experience with vulnerability scanning and patch management solutions- Experience with access control systems (i.e. Active Directory, Okta, etc.), multi-factor token authentication and related processes- Basic understanding of Linux, Mac, and Windows operating systems- Basic knowledge of network protocols and network fundamentals- Excellent written and verbal communication skills- Excellent documentation and organizational skills- Familiarity with common regulatory and security frameworks (HIPAA, NIST, etc.) a plus------------------------------------------------------------------------Physical Demands/Environmental Factors/Mental FunctionsADA RequirementsThe physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Disclaimer- All job requirements are subject to possible revision to reflect changes in the position requirements or to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a threat or risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties which will be required in this position. Employees will be required to follow other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor/manager (within guidelines and compliance with Federal and State Laws). Continued employment remains on an

Created: 2025-12-05