.it security analyst ii - wislocation: mexico home officetime type: full timeposted on: 2 days agotime left to apply: end date: november 29, 2024 (30+ days left to apply)job requisition id: jr-019222if you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider wgu as the next step in your career.driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, wgu is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders.essential functions and responsibilities:provides expertise in two or more domains of information security supervision but provides no direct manager responsibilities.brings advanced knowledge and specialization to the work. May provide mentoring, supervision, and work assignments for less experienced security analysts. Collaborates with architects, risk professionals and other information security specialists to operate, build, and integrate detective, preventive, and corrective tools, and procedures.handles penetration testing, incident handling/digital forensics, continuous monitoring, intrusion detection/prevention.implements tools, processes, and communications that support information security initiatives.participates in the development and refinement of information security programs.develops and maintains documentation for security systems and procedures.participates in the evaluation, selection, testing, and implementation of security-focused products and services.leads or participates in tactical projects as they arise to clarify and respond to identified security risks across different technical domains.provides seasoned leadership in security services and operations.under the direction of director of security operations, leads the effort to define business objectives, operational parameters, success metrics and process documentation for a security program.operates information security tools and processes.executes established security practices with consistency and discipline.collaborates with analysts in other groups to implement standardized practices and follow routine processes to promote secure systems.investigates and corrects new or unusual security configurations and implementations as identified by intelligence, analysts, or monitoring.operates, observes, and analyzes security practices.incrementally improves practices where appropriate and collaborates in identifying and formulating new practices where possible.processes service request tickets efficiently and reliably.performs other related duties as assigned.knowledge, skill and abilities:cissp certification or equivalent knowledge and experience