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Req #: 248096

Department: UW MEDICINE IT SERVICES

Appointing Department Web Address: http://uwmits\_hires.uwmedicine.org/

Job Location Detail: **Primary work location may be fully remote within the US or at the UW Tower in Seattle, WA**

Posting Date: 07/22/2025

Closing Info:

Closes On 07/29/2025

Salary: $6,667 - $8,530 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes:

As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, **click here.**

**UW MEDICINE IT SERVICES** has an outstanding job opportunity for a **CYBER SECURITY ENGINEER 1** position.

WORK SCHEDULE

+ 100% FTE – 40 hours per week

+ Day Shift – UW MEDICINE ITS SERVICES CORE HOURS ARE 07:00 – 16:00 (PST), Monday-Friday

+ Required participation in team on call schedule **DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION** **UW Medicine IT Services (ITS)** is a shared services organization that supports all of UW Medicine. UW Medicine is comprised of Harborview Medical Center (HMC), UW Medical Center-Montlake Campus (UWMC-Montlake), UW Medical Center-Northwest Campus (UWMC-NW), Valley Medical Center (VMC), UW Medicine Primary Care (UWMPC), UW Physicians (UWP), UW School of Medicine (SOM), and Airlift Northwest (ALNW). ITS is responsible for the ongoing support and maintenance of the infrastructure and applications which support all these institutions, along with the implementation of new services and applications that are used to support and further the UW Medicine mission.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

+ 100% remote opportunity

+ Values-based work environment

+ Active departmental Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

+ 15 days of vacation your first year – Also, 12 days of sick time, 1 personal holiday, and 11 paid holidays each year

+ 100% matching, 100% immediately vesting 403(b) **PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES**

+ You engineer, configure, test, and implement information security products and solutions

+ You respond to cyber-security intrusions and conduct digital forensic analysis, investigations, and investigative reporting, as needed

+ You define and develop reporting and post-event follow-up activities related to information security incidents

+ You maintain awareness of known and emergent vulnerabilities related to UW Medicine's technology deployments and use and convert insights into actionable use cases and detection methodologies

+ You deliver security consulting and technical services to technical, hospital, business, operations, and vendor staff and teams concerning implementation of UW Medicine security standards, processes, and NIST 800-53 “best practices” on secure system design and risk mitigation strategies

+ You advise the enterprise on the secure design of technical solutions, applications, and network architecture

+ You deploy approved security tools in accordance with formal policies and procedures to assess the vulnerability of the UW Medicine workforce and/or assets to general and specific threats

+ You review security controls, information systems, and business practices for violations of information security policies, standards, or regulatory requirements

+ You support team efforts to document and report information security risks to UW Medicine

+ You participate in all aspects of improving the team, including education/training of other team members and contributing to process/communication improvement initiatives **REQUIREMENTS**

+ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent education and/or experience

+ 2+ years of overall experience to include the below

+ 2+ years’ information security experience to include experience in one or more of the following areas: Security Engineering, Security Operations, Security Analysis, Security Architecture, implementing security best practices, tools, and technologies

+ Demonstrated independent work experience with security tool design implementation, or maintenance of security tools, including threat management, vulnerability management, or incident response platforms

+ Demonstrated work experience independently performing security assessments, security control analyses, vulnerability assessments, or penetration tests

+ Demonstrated independent work experience with security-related technologies, systems, and tools used for the protection of computer networks and information

+ Demonstrated understanding of information security threats and vulnerabilities and how they translate to risks

+ Foundational understanding of security monitoring tools to review and analyze operating system outputs such as authentication logs

+ Able to reference one or more common information security regulations and/or standards such as NIST 800-53/CSF, ISO 27001/2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and SOC when analyzing risks

+ Demonstrated knowledge with major operating systems including Windows, Mac OS, Linux, and Mobile Platforms

+ Foundational understanding of risk management concepts, methodologies, metrics, and reporting **ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER**

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

**Become part of our team. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/jobs)** Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.