Cyber Security Analyst III

TIAA

. Provide services as a non-employee contingent worker for TIAA’s family of companies through TIAA’s preferred third-party supplier .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $38 - $57 per hourWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in drafting and implementing security controls, conducting risk assessments, and managing IT systems to protect organizational information. Proficient in training users and promoting security awareness while ensuring compliance with security procedures.

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Security Control ImplementationRisk Assessment ConductingData EncryptionFirewall ErectionUser Training

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Hard Skills

Risk AssessmentSecurity Control MonitoringData EncryptionFirewall ManagementSystem Access Log AnalysisSecurity Procedure ReviewEmergency Data Processing PlanningOperating System SecurityNetwork SecurityDatabase Security

Soft Skills

CommunicationTrainingAwareness Promotion

Industry Keywords

IT SecurityContingent WorkerOrganizational SecurityData ProtectionAccess Control

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Firewalls

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide services as a non-employee contingent worker for TIAA’s family of companies through TIAA’s preferred third-party supplier
Draft, communicate, implement, enforce, and monitor organizational security controls
Manage and monitor IT systems and networks to protect organizational information
Ensure implementation of secure operating systems, networks, and databases
Perform complex risk assessments and test data processing systems and security measures
Draft plans to protect computer files from accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure
Encrypt data transmissions and erect firewalls to protect confidential information
Facilitate risk audits and assessments
Provide application-design recommendations to ensure operating effectiveness
Monitor analysis of system access logs and ensure only permitted individuals access company information
Review security-procedure violations and discuss procedures with violators
Train users and promote security awareness

Requirements

What you’ll need

3 years of work experience required
University degree preferred
Experience drafting, communicating, implementing, enforcing, and monitoring security controls
Experience securing operating systems, networks, and databases
Experience conducting complex risk assessments and testing data processing systems
Experience developing plans to safeguard computer files and meet emergency data processing needs
Experience encrypting data transmissions and erecting firewalls
Experience facilitating risk audits and assessments
Experience analyzing system access logs and enforcing access controls
Experience reviewing computer security procedure violations
Experience training users and promoting security awareness
Ability to perform sedentary work
Travel required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Anticipated 6-month engagement, potentially extendable based on company business needs
Hybrid work capacity at the listed location(s)
Equal employment opportunity
Accessibility support for online application process
Drug-free and smoke-free workplace