Cybersecurity and Risk Analyst

Job Summary

The Cybersecurity and Risk Analyst is a critical member of the Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) team, responsible for identifying, analyzing, and mitigating cybersecurity risks across enterprise systems, networks, and applications. This role focuses on evaluating vulnerabilities, integrating threat intelligence, and supporting compliance efforts to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data and services.

Job Duties

• Vulnerability Assessment & Risk Evaluation
• Conduct vulnerability assessments across systems, applications, OT assets, and cloud environments using commercial and open-source tools.
• Analyze, validate, and prioritize vulnerabilities based on severity, exploitability, and business impact.
• Maintain risk registers and communicate risk likelihood and impact to system owners and leadership.
• Threat Analysis & Simulation
• Monitor and apply threat intelligence feeds to assess emerging threats and vulnerabilities.
• Participate in red team operations, adversary emulation, and penetration testing exercises.
• Correlate vulnerability threat data (e.g., CVEs, MITRE ATT&CK) to determine real-world exploitability.
• Provide analysis of zero-day vulnerabilities, advanced attack techniques, and potential organizational impacts.
• Policy, Compliance, & Governance Support
• Ensure vulnerability management practices align with NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-115, CIS Controls, and ISO 27001.
• Support internal and external audits by mapping findings to compliance frameworks (FISMA, HIPAA, PCI-DSS).
• Contribute to incident response readiness, business continuity, and disaster recovery planning.
• Review and provide input on system change requests, patching compliance, and binding operational directives.
• Reporting & Documentation
• Prepare detailed technical reports and executive summaries highlighting risks, vulnerabilities, and mitigations.
• Document risk mitigation strategies, vulnerability management processes, and audit support artifacts.
• Provide risk-related training and awareness to stakeholders, communicating technical risks in business terms.
• Collaboration & Continuous Improvement
• Partner with security engineers, SOC analysts, developers, and system owners to coordinate remediation.
• Participate in Change Control Boards (CCBs) to assess security impact of system changes.
• Recommend improvements to vulnerability, risk, and threat management processes.
• Stay current on evolving threat landscapes, vulnerability trends, and cybersecurity technologies.

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Information Systems, or Computer Science.
• One-and-one-half (1.5) years of additional experience can substitute for one (1) year of a typical degree program.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Information Technology (IT) and/or Information Security (IS).
• DoD 8140 certification for respective area or the ability to obtain certification within six (6) months of onboarding.
• Active Secret or higher security clearance holder and must be eligible for a Top-Secret clearance if requested.

Preferred Qualifications

• DCWF Role 541 - Vulnerability Assessment Analyst / 622 – Secure Software Assessor intermediate and advanced certifications:
• CompTIA: Cloud+, Pentest+
• EC-Council: CEH
• GCIH, GCSA, GICSP, GSEC

Pay Range

The starting pay range for this role is $110,179 - $183,631. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications.

Benefits

This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance. If the position offered in temporary, the position will not be eligible for incentive compensation. This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.