IT Cyber Security Engineer (24)

IT Cyber Security Analyst

Apex Systems is seeking a highly qualified IT Cyber Security Analyst for a full-time position location in Akron, OH. The Cyber Security Analyst works across all divisions and business units to protect the cyber assets. We seek a knowledgeable individual well-versed in current cyber security and information security strategies with skills to effectively apply such strategies to a large, dynamic, heterogeneous landscape.

Job Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in a real cyber security role doing practical cyber security at a midsized or large organization.
• Ability to identify and assess the severity and potential impact of risks. Communicate risk assessment findings to risk owners outside the cybersecurity program in a way that consistently drives objective, fact-based decisions about risk that optimize the trade-off between risk mitigation and business performance.
• Familiarity with common cyber security related tools such as vulnerability scanners (Tenable preferred), ServiceNow IRM and GRC, Microsoft Power Automate, Microsoft Power BI, and other similar toolchains.
• Strong decision-making, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one
• Able to participate in an on-call rotation (cycling daily; on-call once every ~4-6 days) responding to out-of-hours calls and alerts in support of security response.

Job Duties:

• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) between cybersecurity and the business units in the development of appropriate policies, standards, and frameworks
• Continuously monitor trends to anticipate and plan for future impact of cyber risk on a specific business unit (BU) or function
• Follow all risk remediation protocols to ensure issues are mitigated, risks are accounted for, and exceptions are tracked in accordance with frameworks, policies and standards set by the organization
• Educate stakeholders on cybersecurity-related matters to increase awareness and improve culture
• Performs focused information risk assessments of existing or new services and technologies, along with business counterparts.
• Identifies and facilitates implementation of appropriate controls to effectively manage cyber and information risks as needed.
• Understand software and system vulnerability processes, manage vulnerability patches through a process lifecycle, and perform vulnerability assessments on systems and services

Additional Skill Desired:

• An ability to work on several tasks simultaneously and pay attention to sources of information from inside and outside one's network within an organization.
• An ability to effectively influence others by informing their opinions, plans or behaviors.
• Ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily understood, authoritative and actionable manner

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or similar discipline is preferred. A bachelor's degree in another field with relevant industry experience in cyber/information security will be considered.