Senior IT Fraud Analyst

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Grade: Technical 409 Pay Range: $130,900.00 - $196,300.00 Job Description The Senior IT Security Analyst uses their knowledge of current security methods and standards to gather operational information and assess and analyst tools, systems, and processes in defense of applications, systems, and networks and collaborate with Infrastructure and business teams. The Senior IT Security Analyst is a lead support role for the IT Security team. They will provide mentorship, administrative service and support for monitoring systems, security breaches, providing investigative analysis and supporting incident response plans, security awareness, risk assessments, document review, vendor risk, vulnerability management and threat hunting. They will also engage in the support of other security focused tools and services and other duties as assigned. In addition, they may be asked to assist with risk assessments, forensics analysis, data collection, user training and other security related tasks. Are you energized by solving complex problems, uncovering patterns, and turning insights into stronger protections? As a Senior IT Fraud Analyst, you will have the opportunity to help shape and mature an enterprise fraud program while protecting students, systems, and the organization from evolving fraud risks. You will combine fraud expertise, investigative skills, security analytics, and technical knowledge to identify suspicious activity, strengthen detection capabilities, and build strategies that reduce fraud. This role is ideal for someone who has worked within a mature fraud or security environment and is excited about helping build new capabilities within an innovative nonprofit organization. What You'll Do * Conduct complex fraud and security investigations using multiple signals and data sources to identify suspicious activity, patterns, and emerging risks. * Develop and help drive fraud detection and prevention strategies across the organization. * Build, tune, and improve fraud and security detections, alerts, correlation rules, and related detection content. * Identify systemic fraud and security risks, root causes, control gaps, and opportunities for preventative improvements. * Help stand up and mature fraud intelligence, detection, risk-scoring, and... For full info follow application link. Western Governors Univeristy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexu al orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.