Hourly - Student Associate

March 17, 2025

$20.00/hour

19 hours per week

A resume and letter of interest is required to apply. Candidates under final consideration will also be required to submit professional references, college degree information, and employment history to an online third-party vendor.

For more than 140 years, The University of Texas System has improved the lives of Texans - and people all over the world - through education, health care, and research. The System consists of nine academic institutions, five health institutions, and The University of Texas System Administration. The institutions of the UT System employ more than 116,000 faculty, health care professionals, researchers, support staff, and student workers.

The UT System Administration is primarily based in Austin, Texas. It supports the missions of the System's fourteen institutions by providing financial, legal, planning, purchasing, government relations, communications, development, and other central services. Serving a growing state, the UT System Administration strives to provide a welcoming, supportive work environment that embraces different perspectives - not only because it enables the organization to be stronger, creative, and thoughtful, but because it is the right thing to do. To that end, UT System Administration embraces state laws on military and former foster children employment preferences.

This position reports through leadership in the ISO and will aid the department in several areas including security awareness, communication, and incident monitoring and response as part of a Security Operations Center.

• Foster a security awareness culture through crafted campaigns, newsletters, privacy, and an online presence
• Develop and publish digital communications
• Contact customers to promote security awareness, incident resolution, and general communication
• Produce documentation, metrics, reports, and develop clear and concise messaging
• Monitor security logs and alerts
• Research current security vulnerabilities, attacks and solutions
• Data gathering, analysis, and visualization

• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
• Ability to stay on task with a minimum of supervision and seek input from supervisor as needed
• Strong problem-solving skills and maturity in judgement
• Self-driven, proactive, and positive mindset
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks when urgency is needed
• Ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical staff through written and verbal language
• Experience with, or understanding of, at least two of the following:
  • Information security or technology concepts
  • Developing training, digital publications, or communication campaigns
  • Data protection strategies
  • Data analysis, integrations, visualization, and manipulation
  • Common security vulnerabilities
  • Security-related methods of using protocols and services (sFTP, HTTPS, TLS, DNS, IP addressing)
  • Cloud security
  • Using Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at one of the 14 UT System institutions in a degree program related to cybersecurity, information technology, data science or analysis, or related field
• Ability to apply creative and objective work strategies
• Self-driven, proactive, and positive mindset
• Intermediate to advanced written English communication skills including skill in proofreading and editing

• Previous application of data analytics and manipulation, especially with large data sets
• Knowledge of security and privacy related regulatory compliance
• Experience with security event discovery and correlation
• Prior employment in a security-related position
• Desire to pursue a career in Information/Cyber Security, Information Technology, Data Science, or related field
• Applicants who can commit to work for at least 3 semesters and work over semester breaks and during the summer will be given first consideration.

• May work around standard office conditions
• Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
• Uses standard office equipment

This position is not eligible for employee benefits including, but not limited to, insurance, leave, holidays, and longevity pay. For information about eligibility, visit Active Employees Eligibility https://www.utsystem.edu/offices/employee-benefits/insurance-0/eligibility.

A background check will be conducted on candidates under final consideration. The background check may include any or all of the following: criminal history check, prior employment verification, education verification, professional references check, and motor vehicle records check. Background checks are conducted by third-party vendors. Upon request form the third-party vendor, candidates under final consideration must provide the required information for the background checks to be completed.

The University of Texas System Administration is a federal contractor committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified applicants and employees in all terms and conditions of employment. U. T. System will provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state laws.

For information on accommodations for individuals with disabilities, please contact the Office of Talent and Innovation at oti@utsystem.edu.