Posting Date : 12/11/2017

Job# : 1180823

Employment Type : Full Time Regular

Category : Legal

Job Title : Test and Data Security Manager

Location : Headquarters - Oregon

About this role....

As NWEA's Test and Data Security Manager, you will comprehensively understand, document and evaluate the security of confidential test items and data throughout their lifecycle across multiple departments. You will collaborate with all business units to understand and assess current and potential test security risk areas across the organization. Reporting to the Director of Privacy under the Corporate Services Legal group, you will be an individual contributor and work with a talented team of Enterprise Information Security Engineers, as well as Audit & Risk.

Your next challenge...
Serving as an integral team member of the Information Security team, you will have influence and input across the entire organization with the following responsibilities:
• Develop and implement secure data management solutions to ensure test data is accessible to those that need it, with appropriate security controls that enable proper segmentation, monitoring, alerting and prevention of data loss
• Collaborate with Enterprise Information Security Team, Audit and the Legal team to help establish and ensure adherence to security policies
• Develop and maintain policy documentation that follow test data across multiple processes and collaborate with third party providers to ensure the proper controls are maintained throughout the lifecycle of the data. Specifically, work among applicable teams in implementing the Test Security Policy, the Test Security Handbook, and activity around prevention, deterrence, detection, mitigation, and investigation in collaboration with the Enterprise Information Security Team

Traits for success...

• Strong investigative and problem-solving affinity
• Technical orientation with ability to quickly synthesize information from various sources
• Firm comprehension of Information Security and/or educational Test Security requirements within a corporate environment
• Hands-on style, ability to apply strategic thinking to real world problems
• Solid organizational, time & task management skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify and fix security risks

Education and experience...
• Bachelor's Degree required
• Minimum 7 years' progressively responsible work experience in Information and/or test security
• Training in test publishing, information security, assessment, and operations preferred
• Experience managing data and overall work process, including the development of systems to track and coordinate projects
• Familiarity with Information Security best practices and or standards, including but not limited to network security and segmentation, data encryption, and monitoring and alerting practices is preferred. Familiarity with information security audits and US state and federal privacy laws preferred
• Computer literacy, including proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

About the Enterprise Information Security Team....
The Enterprise Information Security team, led by the Sr. Manager, Enterprise Security in cooperation with the Privacy Director, is a segment of the Corporate Services Legal group. This team of security experts addresses the overall security of the organization and its products and services by implementing and maintaining NWEA's technical security objectives and requirements while staying abreast of the latest security threats and incorporating risk management strategies.

About Us...
NWEA™ is a research-based, not-for-profit organization that supports students and educators worldwide by creating assessment solutions that precisely measure growth and proficiency-and provide insights to help tailor instruction. For 40 years, NWEA has developed innovative Pre-K-12 assessments, including our flagship interim assessment, MAP® Growth™; our progress monitoring and skills mastery tool, MAP® Skills™; and the OECD Test for Schools (based on PISA). Educators trust our professional learning offerings to accelerate student learning and our research to support assessment validity and data interpretation. Our tools are trusted by educators in 140 countries and more than half the schools in the U.S.


What we can offer you....
At NWEA we not only offer competitive pay, a 15% contribution of eligible employees' base salary to a defined contribution 403(b) retirement savings plan, career development opportunities and an awesome culture, we also offer industry leading benefits and perks that are focused on supporting our employees' holistic wellbeing. To learn more about what we can offer more, click here.