Principal Business Analyst, Cybersecurity - Remote

Overview

The Principal Business Analyst is part of the Cybersecurity Services Organization and reports to the Senior Director of the Cybersecurity Services Program Office. The Principal Business Analyst is a key business partner to the organization, providing strategic support and enabling value-added, data-driven analysis to support timely business decisions. You will develop a consistent way to articulate business value and translate business needs by recommending the tools, processes, data, and resources needed to effectively support the Cybersecurity Services Program Office strategies. You will provide overall analyst support and work collaboratively across the organization to develop business cases, requirements, dashboards, metrics, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to help manage the business.

 

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) makes the connected world a safer place for people, businesses, and governments through our core competencies of collaboration and innovation. We are a community-driven nonprofit responsible for industry-leading best practices for securing IT systems and data. CIS is also a trusted resource for cyber threat prevention, protection, response, and recovery for U.S. State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) government entities and election offices.

 

CIS has an award-winning reputation for investing in its people (click here to learn more), as well as continuous learning and development. We offer our employees diverse opportunities to expand their impact personally and professionally, in their local communities, and among one another. Core Leadership Principles drive our employees at every level of the organization, empowering them to be leaders in everything they do.

 

Salary Range: $111,300 - $194,800  We offer a competitive total rewards package at the Center for Internet Security:

• Base salary is determined on a number of factors including, but not limited to, education, experience and skills
• Health (PPO, EPO, HSA), Dental & Vision Insurance eligibility starting from the first day of hire
• $500 wellness card for Health Coverage Participants
• 401(k) with 4% Company Match, vested from the first day of hire
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Dependent Care Account (DCA)
• Life Insurance
• Bonding Leave
• Paid Volunteering Program
• Bonus eligibility
• Paid Time Off (PTO) inclusive of vacation, personal and sick time
• Paid Holidays
• Wellness Program
• Employee Engagement Activities
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan PayDown Program
• Employee Referral program
• Employee Assistance Program

What You'll Do

• Collaborate cross functionally across CIS with relevant stakeholders, subject matter experts, users, and leaders to elicit and document business requirements and support accurate translation of those requirements into effective services solutions
• Create a bridge between business requirements and user stories to technical requirements for developers and provide suggestions during the development stage that will meet customer business needs
• Evaluate new relevant product and service developments and evolving business requirements and recommend appropriate alternatives and/or enhancements to current offerings by analyzing business processes, systems, and industry standards and best practices
• Provide in-depth and sophisticated analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems, develop innovative solutions, and influence strategic functional decisions
• Perform trend analysis and actively evaluate program and service performance to identify potential risk and opportunity areas by offering, member category, and sub-category, and refine data opportunities as needed
• Understand the user community, data sources and integrations, system interfaces, and cross-departmental usage of desired functionality
• Understand the data flow, integrations, and cross-departmental usage and impact of changes for assigned services
• Build and maintain process flow, documenting current state and future state for new program launches as well as maintaining accurate and up to date processes as programs evolve and achieve operational excellence
• Work with the internal readiness and training organization to ensure new functionalities are clearly documented and reflected accurately in training
• Create comprehensive test plans with measurable testing criteria
• Demonstrate excellent problem solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Other tasks and responsibilities as assigned

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology or related field*
• 10+ years as a Business Analyst or equivalent role, interacti