Cyber Security Analyst

Job Summary

Responsibilities

• Assess enterprise technology environments to identify cyber risks and control gaps applying risk management practices to prioritize remediation efforts that protect critical systems and data.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive risk registers that clearly document vulnerabilities threat scenarios impact ratings and mitigation plans to support transparent risk decisions by stakeholders.
• Conduct detailed risk assessments for new and existing applications infrastructure changes and third party services to ensure cyber risk is evaluated before deployment or integration.
• Collaborate with security engineering and operations teams to define practical risk reduction actions translate findings into clear requirements and ensure mitigation steps align with business needs.
• Monitor security alerts risk indicators and incident trends to detect emerging risk patterns and provide timely recommendations that strengthen defenses and reduce recurrence.
• Coordinate periodic control testing and validation activities to verify that implemented risk treatments are effective measurable and aligned with internal standards and regulatory obligations.
• Prepare concise risk reports and dashboards for management that highlight key risk drivers residual exposure levels and the progress of remediation initiatives across technology domains.
• Support policy and standard development by providing input based on observed risks and incidents ensuring that documented expectations are practical and aligned with recognized security frameworks.
• Advise project teams during system design and change initiatives to embed appropriate security controls ensuring risk considerations are addressed early and reducing the need for costly rework.
• Engage with business stakeholders to explain cyber risk in clear terms enabling informed decisions that balance protective measures with operational efficiency and customer impact.
• Apply knowledge of payment and transaction flows especially in check processing environments to identify fraud and operational risks and propose control enhancements that secure financial operations.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by documenting lessons learned from assessments and near miss events recommending updates to risk methodologies tools and processes for better outcomes.
• Maintain accurate and current documentation of risk management activities methodologies and outcomes to support audits compliance reviews and organizational learning.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate five to seven years of professional experience in cyber security roles focused on risk management including practical exposure to risk assessment mitigation planning and control evaluation.
• Possess strong knowledge of core risk management concepts such as likelihood analysis impact determination control effectiveness and residual risk calculation within technology environments.
• Apply familiarity with industry security frameworks and standards using them as references for designing and assessing controls across applications networks and data handling processes.
• Exhibit analytical skills to interpret complex technical information security alerts and vulnerability data translating them into understandable risk statements and prioritized actions.
• Utilize excellent communication abilities to prepare clear documentation risk reports and stakeholder updates that support decision making and foster shared understanding of cyber exposures.
• Bring working knowledge of financial or payment processing domains including check processing to enhance understanding of transaction risks and to guide secure process and system design.