Cyber Security Analyst Lead

Date Opened: Tuesday, December 02, 2025 12:00 AM

Close Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 12:00 AM

Department: Innovation and Technology Department

Salary: $122,936.00 - $153,669.00 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

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• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

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• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

Responsible for protecting information systems by researching and maintaining awareness of the latest cyber threats and vulnerabilities, identifying mitigating controls and advising on corrective actions. This position will work with all City technology teams to ensure that necessary technical security requirements are met. As a member of the Innovation and Technology Cyber Security team, this individual will focus on leading operational-related security initiatives to support technology infrastructure, and/or enterprise applications and services while also facilitating the use of technology to ward off attempts by attackers who are targeting sensitive consumer and corporate information. This individual will lead efforts to automate cyber security processes and plan, develop, and coordinate cyber security projects as needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Lead and execute security tasks related to technology projects or initiatives.

• Configure and install cyber security systems to include scheduling and attendance of afterhours maintenance windows.

• Lead validation cyber security architectures and documentation.

• Conduct maintenance and monitoring of cyber security systems.

• Provide leadership in response to cyber security incidents.

• Develop remediation plans for any gaps reported in audits or recommended process improvements.

• Lead collaboration with City departments to manage security vulnerabilities or investigations.

• Conduct security research in keeping abreast of latest security issues.

• Lead the coordination of managed security services to implement security initiatives.

• Lead and execute security tasks related to Innovation and Technology security requests.

• Provide advanced leadership in evaluation and implementation of cyber security requirements for technology systems.

• Lead the development of scripts and software to automate cyber security processes.

• Must be able to work efficiently, expeditiously, and independently with limited supervision.

• Perform other related duties as assigned.

COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE OF JOB DUTIES 

 

Knowledge of: 

• English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

• Extensive experience with combining AI and ML models with broader system architectures, including cloud-based infrastructure, software applications, and APIs.

• Extensive experience with cloud security concepts, including the ability to assess existing cloud implementations for security issues, engineering and implementing new cloud security tools, and providing security expertise for DevOps teams.

• Extensive experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, including Search and Reporting, adding new log sources, developing custom parsing rules, administrating forwarders, and deployment servers.

• Extensive experience with basic red team tools such as Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, or other related tools.

• Extensive experience with red team and penetration testing processes.

• Extensive experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies, including b