Senior Security Engineer
Troy University
Software Engineering
Posted on Apr 18, 2026
Posting Details
Position Information
| Posting Number | SF2491P |
|---|---|
| Position Title | Senior Security Engineer |
| Position Type | Professional/Salaried |
| Department | Information Technology - Troy |
| Division | Finance and Administration |
| Campus | Troy |
| Work Status | Full-Time (FT) |
| Temporary | No |
| Location | Troy - T01 |
| Job Summary | The Senior Security Engineer position in Information Technology is responsible for: • Collaborate with Security Leadership to lead the team on delivering against agreed upon organizational goals, accounting for the way Troy University operates and the unique challenges of securing the environment • Schedule and participate in coaching and mentoring sessions with the team • Perform and document annual performance reviews for the team • Participate in defining security strategy for Troy University • Actively manage the security program and provide consistent status updates to Security Leadership regarding progress against objectives • Raise accountability by escalating issues in a timely manner and creating and maintaining detailed documentation • Resolve issues, dependencies, and conflicts; ensuring that the team is involved, engaged, and informed • Establish and maintain an enterprise application security scanning and vulnerability assessment infrastructure that will collect and store application vulnerability data from all environments, in a unified performance dashboard • Design and ensure technical documentation is maintained for the area of responsibility • Stay up-to-date with trends in the information security community • Perform tech talks and other awareness campaigns to spread security knowledge throughout Troy University • Other tasks as assigned |
| Minimum Qualifications | 1. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Security, Information Systems, or related field 2. Minimum of three years of enterprise security experience 3. Minimum of four years of Security or IT management experience, preferably for teams of four or more 4. Knowledge of various frameworks/regulations such as ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, GDPR, SOX, ITIL, COBIT, COSO or similar 5. Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects and assist/advise engineers in establishing appropriate priorities 6. Ability to manage key customer relationships, including with senior managers 7. Ability to influence a cross functional team to accomplish goals 8. Excellent analytical skills and ability to learn quickly 9. Excellent written and verbal communication skills 10. Ability to be flexible |
| Preferred Qualifications | 1. Accredited certifications, such as: CISSP, OSCP, GCIH (Certified Incident Handler), GCIA (Certified Intrusion Analyst), CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), or CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) 2. Previous SOC/NOC experience |
| Will this position require driving (personal vehicle, university vehicle, utility vehicle, or golf cart) in order to perform the job duties? | Driving may be necessary but is not a primary responsibility |
| Work Hours | - Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm - Additional work hours as needed - Some travel required |
| List any hazardous conditions or physical demands required by this position | NA |
| Does this position have supervisory responsibility? | Yes |
| Posting Date | 04/14/2026 |
| Closing Date | |
| Open Until Filled | Yes |
| Special Instructions to Applicants | |
| Quick Link | https://www.troyuniversityjobs.com/postings/43300 |
Reference Letters
Reference Letters
| Solicit References Through the System? | No |
|---|---|
| Last Day a Reference Provider Can Submit Reference | |
| Applicant Special Instructions | Qualified applications will be made available to the department/committee for review immediately upon submission. We ask that you provide email addresses for your reference providers and please be certain that the email addresses you list are accurate. If you are selected as a candidate for consideration by the department/committee, an instructional email will be sent to your reference providers to ask that they submit a reference letter on your behalf via a link to our reference portal. Separate reference letters will be requested for each position to which you apply (if applicable), so your reference providers will be contacted separately for each application on which you list them. Reference letters will not be copied from one application to another. You can assure your reference providers that our system is secure and that all letters are confidential. If your reference providers have trouble using the reference portal, please advise them to contact jobs@troy.edu. |
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Troy University employment website (www.troyuniversityjobs.com)
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Higher Ed Jobs
- Social Media website
- Indeed
- Other employment website (please specify below)
- Employee Referral (please specify below)
- Local newspaper (please specify below)
- Professional journal (please specify below)
- Other source (please specify below)
- Please specify:
(Open Ended Question)
- * Regarding your current employment status, please select one of the following:
- Not a current Troy University employee
- Current part-time Troy employee (including adjunct faculty)
- Current full-time Troy employee - initial appraisal period complete
- Current full-time Troy employee - still within initial appraisal period (six months for new employees and three months for promoted employees)
- * Do you have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Computer Security, Information Systems, or related field?
- Yes
- No
- * Do you have a minimum of three years of enterprise security experience?
- Yes
- No
- * Do you have a minimum of four years of Security or IT management experience?
- Yes
- No
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- List of References
- Letter of Reference 1
- Other Document
- Unofficial Transcript 1
- Letter of Reference 2
- Unofficial Transcript 2