Director for Research Security
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Job Location:
Arlington, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Summary
The Director of Research Security Compliance and Risk Management plays a strategic role in creating a strong responsible conduct of research culture at UTA . The Director oversees an integrated research security export control conflict of interest and conflict of commitment program designed to protect the institutions scientific and scholarly work financial resources intellectual property as well as regulated and sensitive data while supporting open academic engagement. Serving as UTAs Research Security Officer and Empowered Official the Director is a strategic partner to campus leaders and the research community. This role implements risk-based approaches that assure the integrity and security of the universitys diverse research and innovation enterprise. The Director actively leads efforts to mitigate risks related to foreign adversaries and influence as well as insider threats associated with domestic and international research efforts as required by federal and state law.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Leadership and Governance Develops and supports institutional governance frameworks policies and processes for an integrated program. Leads universitys efforts to meet certification and statutory requirements. Monitor regulatory updates and industry best practices to ensure the universitys 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. Supervises staff including an intelligence analyst export control specialist and conflict of interest specialist. T hreat Intelligence and Risk Management 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. Compliance Management 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. Training & Awareness 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. Investigations and Resolutions 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. Counterintelligence and Insider Threats 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. Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Homeland Security Justice Intelligence Risk Management or a related field. Experience working with government agencies (DoD NIH NSF DOE etc.) or in regulated research environments with EAR ITAR OFAC etc. Seven (7) years of experience in a security or responsible conduct of research role within a federal contractor higher education and academic setting or research health and science environment. Examples include counterintelligence investigations insider threat conflict of interest or intelligence analysis Three (3) years of progressive leadership responsibility and supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree or equivalent experience in research security and/or national security field. Eight (8) or more years of experience in a security or responsible conduct of research role. Five (5) or more years of progressive leadership responsibility and supervisory experience. 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 as a Contract Program Security Officer ( CPSO ) familiar with safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information ( CUI ) and Classified information.
Work Schedule
Monday Friday; 8:00am 5:00pm.
The Director of Research Security Compliance and Risk Management plays a strategic role in creating a strong responsible conduct of research culture at UTA . The Director oversees an integrated research security export control conflict of interest and conflict of commitment program designed to protect the institutions scientific and scholarly work financial resources intellectual property as well as regulated and sensitive data while supporting open academic engagement. Serving as UTAs Research Security Officer and Empowered Official the Director is a strategic partner to campus leaders and the research community. This role implements risk-based approaches that assure the integrity and security of the universitys diverse research and innovation enterprise. The Director actively leads efforts to mitigate risks related to foreign adversaries and influence as well as insider threats associated with domestic and international research efforts as required by federal and state law.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Leadership and Governance Develops and supports institutional governance frameworks policies and processes for an integrated program. Leads universitys efforts to meet certification and statutory requirements. Monitor regulatory updates and industry best practices to ensure the universitys 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. Supervises staff including an intelligence analyst export control specialist and conflict of interest specialist. T hreat Intelligence and Risk Management 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. Compliance Management 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. Training & Awareness 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. Investigations and Resolutions 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. Counterintelligence and Insider Threats 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. Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Homeland Security Justice Intelligence Risk Management or a related field. Experience working with government agencies (DoD NIH NSF DOE etc.) or in regulated research environments with EAR ITAR OFAC etc. Seven (7) years of experience in a security or responsible conduct of research role within a federal contractor higher education and academic setting or research health and science environment. Examples include counterintelligence investigations insider threat conflict of interest or intelligence analysis Three (3) years of progressive leadership responsibility and supervisory experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced degree or equivalent experience in research security and/or national security field. Eight (8) or more years of experience in a security or responsible conduct of research role. Five (5) or more years of progressive leadership responsibility and supervisory experience. 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 as a Contract Program Security Officer ( CPSO ) familiar with safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information ( CUI ) and Classified information.
Work Schedule
Monday Friday; 8:00am 5:00pm.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Crisis Management
- Splunk
- Google Cloud Platform
- Cybersecurity
- Identity & Access Management
- Management Experience
- PCI
- NIST Standards
- Emergency Management
- Security
- Information Security
- Encryption
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