IT Security Specialist

5 days ago


Los Angeles, California, United States University of Southern California Full time
About the Role

The University of Southern California seeks a talented IT Security Specialist to join its team. As an integral member of the Firewall Services team, you will collaborate with diverse and talented team members to help solve multidimensional information technology problems, improve customer experience, and generate value for our campus stakeholders across a broad base of departments and constituencies.

You will be responsible for supporting/assisting with tickets related to Firewalls, VPN Connectivity, Load Balancer Environments, Cloud engineering/guidance, and DNS requests. These support requests include everything from the registration of computers on the wired network to the need for more extensive support for building out new and secure environments for researchers in the data centers and on campus.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Works collaboratively with key stakeholders within ITS and with other campus departments to deliver highly reliable and secure network services.
  • Creates and maintains detailed written documentation.
  • Shares experiences and subject matter expertise with other ITS staff through written and oral presentations.
  • Provides timely communications to stakeholders, technical staff, and management as required.
  • Communicates and reports network security incidents and issues to university and ITS leaders.
Required Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Information Systems, related fields, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Experience with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), intrusion detection, proxies, firewalls, packet capture, and/or data loss prevention.
  • Experience designing and implementing security measures within public cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure).
  • Experience troubleshooting and deploying solutions involving certificates and public key infrastructures (802.1X or SSL decryption and offloading), and designing and deploying web proxy and content filtering solutions for data loss prevention.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as computer science, computer engineering, etc.
  • More than four years of experience in information technology, network engineering, or network security.
  • Experience designing and working with firewall and intrusion prevention systems with a focus on Fortinet and Palo Alto security platforms.
What We Offer

This position offers a competitive annual salary range of $130,000 - $135,000. The University of Southern California is committed to providing excellent benefits, including various well-being programs designed to help individuals achieve work-life balance.

We are seeking a motivated and talented individual to join our team. If you have a passion for IT security and a desire to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, we encourage you to apply.


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