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Director for Research Security

University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, USA
Full-time
Senior · 7+ years experience
Onsite
USD 124100-178100 yearly / year
Discovered 1 months ago
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)Publicly Available Information (PAI)GIAC Open-Source Intelligence Certification (GOSI)Electronic and informational resources/tools

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Salary

  • The annual salary for this position ranges from $124,100 to $178,100. The final offer will be commensurate with the candidate’s relevant experience and qualifications.

Benefits Information

  • We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to our employees at the University. https://www.uta.edu/hr/employee-benefits
  • Develops and supports institutional governance frameworks, policies, and processes for an integrated program.
  • Leads university’s efforts to meet certification and statutory requirements.
  • Monitor regulatory updates and industry best practices to ensure the university's programs and employees remain compliant with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Serve as a primary institutional point of contact for research security matters with federal sponsors and external partners. Responsible for the direct supervision of staff.
  • Engages with research community to explore, understand, and address issues.
  • Create and maintain suite of electronic and informational resources/tools to independently and collaboratively assess and mitigate risk.
  • Conduct periodic risk assessments to identify potential conflicts and institutional areas for improvement.
  • Leads coordination efforts with campus leaders and research stakeholders to examine and advance research security matters in research projects, international partnerships, and commercialization.
  • Ensure institutional compliance with sponsor disclosure rules as well as federal and state requirements.
  • Implement foreign travel training to countries of concern, heightened intel collection and ITAR.
  • Partners with information security and campus compliance to develop and implement campus-wide certifications that promote awareness of disclosure and research security obligations.
  • Lead investigations into program violations ensuring documentation and reporting of findings.
  • Resolve non-compliance issues and refer serious cases as appropriate.
  • Prepare reports for senior leadership, sponsors and regulatory agencies as required.
  • Develop, implement and monitor management plans for compliance and/or identified cases of violations.
  • Evaluate and mitigate risks related to foreign affiliations, talent recruitment programs, international collaborations, partnerships, foreign shipments and visiting scholars.
  • Develop processes and mitigation program for insider threat risks in partnership with information security and information technology.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Homeland Security, Global Security and Intelligence, Risk Management or a related field.
  • A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in a research security role with a federal contractor or within higher education, research, health, or a related industry in a role responsible for counterintelligence, investigations, insider threat, conflict of interest, intelligence analysis or related experience.
  • Experience must include a minimum of three (3) years of supervisory experience.
  • Must have experience working with government agencies (DoD, NIH, NSF, DOE, etc.), or in a regulated research environment subject to EAR, ITAR, OFAC, or similar compliance requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 10 or more years of experience in security or responsible conduct of research role.
  • 5 or more years of progressive leadership responsibility and supervisory experience.
  • Advanced degree or equivalent experience in research security and/or national security field.
  • Holds a federal security clearance of Secret or above.
  • Certified Insider Threat Analyst (CITA) and/or GIAC Open-Source Intelligence Certification (GOSI)
  • Certification or experience examining data logs in User Entity Behavior Analytical (UEBA) tools and/or other data aggregate tools.
  • Certification in trade compliance or export control.
  • Experience in developing risk matrices and intelligence report writing.
  • Experience as a Contract Program Security Officer (CPSO) familiar with safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and Classified information.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Knowledge of current suite of available Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) / Publicly Available Information (PAI) tools, databases, and repositories,
  • Strong proficiency in OSINT research and methodology.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated customer service and policy development skills.
  • Strong analytical with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with attention to detail.
  • Ability to exercise discretion, judgement and integrity when making discission.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
  • Skilled in making sound decisions when minimal information is available.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and multitask on a variety of projects.

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