Cybersecurity Senior Analyst
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Regular or Temporary:
RegularLanguage Fluency: English (Required)
Work Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)Please review the following job description:
Seeking a highly skilled Cybersecurity Senior Analyst to take ownership of enterprise-wide secure configuration compliance using Policy Compliance (PC) and Security Configuration Assessment (SCA). You’ll work on efforts to engineer, implement, and optimize configuration hardening strategies aligned with industry best practices, ensuring critical systems are secure, compliant, and resilient.Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.
Develop and maintain secure configuration baselines mapped to CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIGs, and NIST 800-53 frameworks.
Guide remediation efforts by working closely with system owners, infrastructure, and application teams — translating scan results into actionable, prioritized fixes.
Design automation and workflows to streamline policy enforcement and compliance validation.
Build meaningful dashboards, KPIs, and executive-level reporting on configuration compliance, control effectiveness, and drift over time.
Monitor the effectiveness of SCM (Security Configuration Management) controls and adjust based on evolving threats, technology stacks, and regulatory requirements.
Support audit and regulatory requests by mapping control coverage and providing compliance evidence.
Partner with vulnerability management, cloud security, and GRC teams to align SCM efforts with broader risk and compliance strategies.
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Two or more years of experience working within an enterprise Information/Cyber Security setting, or equivalent experience.
Knowledge in information systems and ability to apply that knowledge in practice.
Experience participating in IT projects
Preferred Qualifications:
Proven experience managing Policy Compliance, including custom control authoring, policy tuning, and scan optimization using Qualys, CloudGuard, Turbot, Wiz and any comparable tools
Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash) for automating assessment and remediation tasks.
Security certifications such as Qualys Certified Specialist – PC, CISSP, GIAC, Security+, AWS/Azure security certs would be a plus
Banking or financial services experience
Other Job Requirements / Working Conditions
Sitting
Constantly (More than 50% of the time)
Visual / Audio / Speaking
Able to access and interpret client information received from the computer and able to hear and speak with individuals in person and on the phone.
Manual Dexterity / Keyboarding
Able to work standard office equipment, including PC keyboard and mouse, copy/fax machines, and printers.
Availability
Able to work all hours scheduled, including overtime as directed by manager/supervisor and required by business need.
Travel
Minimal and up
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