Training Security Operations Center (TSOC) Manager

Department: CAS CIS Computer & Information Sci
Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing
Salary: $100,000-$150,000/annual
Compensation Band: OS-OA11-Fiscal Year 2024-2025
FTE: 1.0

Application Review Begins

October 3, 2024; Position open until filled.

Special Instructions to Applicants

For full consideration, a complete application must include:
• A current resume/CV
• A cover letter
• Three (3) professional references with contact information

Department Summary

The Computer Science Department in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon offers BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Computer Science. Instruction is provided by 17 tenure track faculty, and 6 career instructor faculty. The department serves approximately 600 undergraduate and 90 graduate majors, as well as offering several general education classes in the discipline. The primary research foci of the tenure track faculty are high-performance computing, data science, networking, and distributed systems with cross-cutting concerns of security and privacy.

To provide transformative experiential learning opportunities to students in the Cybersecurity (and other) program, the CS Department is creating a Training Security Operations Center (TSOC) at the University of Oregon campus. The TSOC follows the teaching hospital model where it is managed by full time SOC engineers and staffed by resident CS students registering in the related classes. The TSOC establishes partnerships with vendors for security monitoring services and serves clients outside the university at low cost. It may also offer training services to other members of the community.

Position Summary

The Training Security Operations Center (TSOC) Manager will initiate and lead the initiatives and projects for TSOC. This position will design systems that adhere to cybersecurity and privacy principles in accordance with TSOC design principles and determine policies for network security devices such as firewalls, VPNs, network access control devices for TSOC infrastructure and customers.

The TSOC Manager will participate in the hiring and directly supervise a team of TSOC engineers and conduct their performance evaluations. This position will oversee aspects of TSOC operations, both internal and external, which include interactions with vendors, clients, Information Services, and other units on campus. The manager will enable research by sharing data, providing access to TSOC environments, and sharing pain points that provide opportunities for innovation and manage security analysis tasks for TSOC students and employees.

Other responsibilities will include – performing cyber defense incident triage, performing real-time cyber defense, and correlating data to identify specific vulnerabilities and make recommendations that enable expeditious remediation. In addition, the Manager will interpret information collected and analyze malware.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field OR
• Bachelor’s degree in another field and 3 years relevant experience in Cybersecurity
•Three years of demonstrated expertise in three or more of the following IT Security domains: Data Security, Digital Forensics, Incident Response and Analysis, IT Systems and Operations, Network Security, Systems and Applications Security, Vulnerability Management, Penetration Testing, or Cloud Security

Professional Competencies

• Ability to work effectively with students and faculty from diverse backgrounds and create effective relationships for problem-solving and positive interactions.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to audiences with a wide range of technical skills.
• Ability to adapt within a rapidly changing technical environment.
• Ability to work independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Perform duties in a way that advances and supports the department and university’s mission.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with information security event triage,
• Experience working with a Security and Information Event Management product,
• Experience with enterprise information security forensic tools.
• Experience performing vulnerability scans and malware analysis in a professional environment.
• Experience with Network Access Control (NAC) systems
• Experience in any of several programming languages (e.g., Python, Perl, Ruby, Lava, C, shell-scripting). <