Cybersecurity Risk Analyst
$100,000–$150,000 year
On-siteMcLean, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Assess cybersecurity capabilities and identify operational risks and process gaps to support enterprise cyber-defense effectiveness. Provide actionable recommendations for improving incident-response, reporting, and architecture while correlating information to synthesize data into usable events. Review cyber-defense processes and federal policies to recommend continuous improvements and automate manual workflows. Draft cybersecurity policies, procedures, and implementation guidance to ensure compliance with governance requirements. Support analysis, incident handling, and the reporting lifecycle to strengthen situational awareness for a high-visibility national security customer.
Required Qualifications
- Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to meet access requirements, including Counterintelligence Polygraph
- U.S. citizenship
- Work on-site at customer facilities within 50 miles of McLean, Virginia
- High school diploma/GED + 8 years
- Associate degree + 6 years
- Bachelor's degree + 4 years
- Master's degree + 2 years
- Experience assessing the technical and operational effectiveness of cybersecurity capabilities and correlate information and convert data into usable, actionable events
- Experience supporting cyber-defense operations, including cybersecurity analysis, incident handling, incident reporting, and situational-awareness reporting, reviewing cyber-defense processes or architectures and recommending continuous improvements
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting ODNI, the Intelligence Community, DoD, or another federal national security customer
- Experience with RMF, ATO, NIST SP 800-53, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, or SOC/SIEM operations
- Relevant cybersecurity certification, such as CISSP, CISM, CGRC, Security+, or CASP+
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