Information Security Analyst I

Position Title:

Information Security Analyst I

Job Group:

Professional & Scientific

Required Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Management Information Systems or a related field

Internship, part-time, or early‑career experience in technology audit, risk, or compliance working in an advisory role or within an audit/consulting environment

Direct experience with the PCI DSS and/or NIST SP 800-171

Experience working in Higher Education or other large public sector organizations

Job Description:

Summary

Iowa State University (ISU) and its Information Technology Services (ITS) Security team is currently accepting applications for an Information Security Analyst I position. ITS Security helps safeguard the information and technology used by the Cyclone community.  As part of this work, ITS Security helps ensure controlled datasets are both secure and compliant with relevant security standards.

Your work will support efforts to secure payment card activity, research with sensitive datasets, and university business and financial records. Your role will be primarily consultative. You’ll provide guidance to the campus community on how best to align processes with external and internal security standards. You will serve as a technical liaison to assess, track, and remediate technical control deficiencies.

To be successful in this role, you should have strong oral communication, business writing, and presentation skills. You’ll be working with many different stakeholder groups, so your ability to guide and influence them is another important skill. Each environment at the university is unique, so you should be good at learning business processes and evaluating the unique risks for each one.

Some key responsibilities include: 

• Meet with campus units to understand the people, process, and technology involved in work identified as in-scope for compliance with an external or internal security standard.
• Evaluate the security controls around systems against relevant security standards.
• Identify compliance gaps and general security risks.
• Help design cost-beneficial technical and administrative remedial actions if necessary.
• Communicate the associated security risks, compliance requirements, and necessary remedial steps to key personnel at campus units.
• Liaise with campus unit administrators and other IT professionals to implement remedial actions. 
• Answer ad hoc questions from the campus community about security compliance.
• Document work using tools such as Service Now and Atlassian JIRA.  
• Review and understand the impact of security language in contractual agreements with external partners.
• Work with researchers and IT professionals to design, document, and implement System Security Plans aligned to standards such as NIST SP 800-171 for research with regulated datasets.

​ Candidates must be U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship. Immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.

Level Guidelines
• Individual contributor position with developing professional and/or technical skills working under immediate to general supervision
• Grasps professional-level knowledge and concepts of field while working in a progressive learning mode
• Works on problems and issues of somewhat limited scope
• Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data for which answers are available or can be obtained
• Responds to inquiries and issues, escalating to manager or higher level workers as appropriate
• May lead projects of limited scope and complexity

Appointment Type:

Regular

Number of Months Employed Per Year:

12 Month Work Period

Time Type:

Full time

Pay Grade:

PS809

Application Instructions:

To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following:

1) Resume/Curriculum Vitae
2) Letter of Application/Cover Letter

If you have questions regarding this application process, please email employment@iastate.edu or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485.

Why Choose ISU?

Iowa State Employees enjoy comprehensive health and work-life benefits, including medical and dental; as well as:
• Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans
• Generous vacation, holiday and sick time and leave plans
• Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa)
• Life insurance and long-term disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Various voluntary benefits and discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellbeing program

Original Posting Date:

March 25, 2026

Posting Close Date:

March 31, 2026

Job Requisition Number:

R18794