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Job Description
Position Type:
Technology
Date Posted:
10/13/2025
Location:
Technology
Closing Date:
10/28/2025
IT Security Analyst
Administration Offices: Technology
40 hours/week | 52 weeks/year
Starting Wage: $1,337-1,546/week depending on experience + Benefits
Join the Duluth Public Schools team, where we work to inspire every student to achieve their potential and prepare students to lead productive, fulfilling lives.
Summary:
The position of Security Analyst works under direct supervision and in coordination with other IT staff. This position requires a strong working knowledge of cyber security, including intrusion prevention, incident response, and ethical hacking. Additionally, the candidate should be detailed oriented, possess strong analytical skills, and have excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills. The role involves several responsibilities such as writing reports, providing insights and updates on the current security policies, incident responses, disaster recovery plans, and other security-related information, assisting with the creation of and updates to training programs to secure the network and train the employees, monitoring security access and maintaining relevant data, analyzing security breaches to identify the cause and to update incident responses and disaster recovery planes, coordinating security plans with outside vendors, and creating procedures for IT employees and training them in security awareness.
Minimum Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in information technology, information security, or relevant field of study and a minimum of one (1) year of work experience in the security technical area; OR Associates degree in information technology, information security, or relevant field and a minimum of two (2) years' experience in information security; OR a minimum of six (6) years relevant work experience as a desktop, network, security or server analyst.
- Experience with developing and being part of a security incident response and vulnerability team
- Experience with network, system and application access control concepts and integration
- Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), vulnerability management systems configuration and management
- Experience with industry security frameworks, regulations and standards
- Must have a valid driver's license and a personal vehicle or have the ability to travel between district sites in a timely manner.
- Education or work experience in the following area:
- Experience providing Tier I support and administration of vulnerability assessment software
- Experience identifying and responding to security incidents
- Experience providing support of network operating systems and other related networking services
- Prior K12 work experience
Medical/Prescription Drug Plan with Health Reimbursement Arrangement- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of premium (FREE) + contributes $2,612.50 into HRA annually
- Family Coverage - District pays 75% of premium (25% employee contribution) + contributes $5,225.00 into HRA annually
- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of Basic premium (FREE)
- Family Coverage - District pays 25% of Premium
- District provides minimum of $50,000 of life insurance at no cost, employee may purchase supplemental life insurance
- District-provided at no cost to employee
- Employees may elect to contribute on a pre-tax basis to Health Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts
- The District contributes 7.25% of your total salary in the Public Employees Retirement Association) pension plan.
- Employees may also elect to participate in Tax-Shelter Annuity options.
- Each bargaining unit contract defines time off provisions such as holidays, sick/personal leave, vacation, etc.
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 218-336-8722 or email noncerthr@isd709.org
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Duluth Public Schools
Show moreDuluth, or Onigamiising in Ojibwe, is the seat of St. Louis County, the largest city in the northern two-thirds of Minnesota, and the fourth largest city in the state. It is located on the western tip of Lake Superior and its city limits encompass 67 square miles of land and nearly 50 square miles of water. It is part of the Twin Ports metropolitan statistical area which includes all of Wisconsin's Douglas County, and Minnesota's Carlton, Lake, and Saint Louis counties which boasts a population of 291,638, ranked as the 170th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
After years of building economic diversity, Duluth is growing into a robust regional economic, medical, aviation, higher education, outdoor recreation and arts center. Duluth has long been recognized as an innovative region that is supported by a wide variety of services and industries, including the largest, farthest inland freshwater port, the Port of Duluth-Superior.
The city also boasts a vibrant arts culture, home to art museums, theater, and numerous festivals throughout the year. It is the home of two colleges and a university whose local sports teams include nationally ranked and championship teams.
Duluth Public Schools offers an excellent, competitive and comprehensive benefits program, which includes medical, prescription drug, dental, life, and disability coverage. A pension plan, tax-sheltered annuities program, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health care savings plan and employee assistance program round out the district’s robust benefits program.
The district pays a significant portion of the premium for medical hospitalization, dental and prescription coverage for employees and dependents and offers Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) funding.
The district also has generous provisions for vacation, holidays, family and medical leave and other types of paid and unpaid leave. The district recently added Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth to our list of paid holidays.
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