Security Data Analyst
Want an opportunity to start your career in Security Data Analytics? Does being paid to learn appeal to you? We are hiring an intellectually curious and analytical person who we can train to be our newest Security Data Analyst. Spectrum will pay you to learn and give you the chance to showcase your potential!
Role Description
Our Security Data Analyst will gain in-depth knowledge and become an expert enterprise security business data. Spectrum will help you build upon your ability to analyze large data sets from multiple sources utilizing Excel pivot tables, regression analysis, macros, and algorithms. You will learn to turn data into actionable intelligence. Based on your analysis, findings, and reporting you will make recommendations to leadership.
You will define, monitor, automate, and report key operational and risk-related controls related to corporate security requirements. You will identify non value-added processes and propose opportunities to eliminate, automate, or radically redesign (the processes) for optimal effectiveness.
You will participate in customer/business facing engagements to ensure needs and requirements are understood by the technology. After gaining the lay of the land, we look to you to be an advocate for risk and security processes both internally and with external business units. You are encouraged to take every opportunity to teach and set expectations and influence as requirements are finalized.
Key Competencies:
• Analyze large sets of data to identify root causes and suggest solutions
• Demonstrate ability to adjust priorities and adapt approach to changes in environment
• Demonstrate ability to follow through on multiple tasks or issues
• Take immediate action when confronted with a problem or when made aware of a situation
• When proposing solutions works with supervision to evaluate options by considering the implications, risks, feasibility, and consequences.
• Demonstrate ability to appropriately involve others in decisions and plans that affect them
• Share own thoughts, perspective, and rationale so that others understand positions and policies
• Display sound judgement and can balance working effectively in a team with the ability to work autonomously when needed
• Take initiative and begins to facilitate dialogue
• Able to elicit information from others through effective communication; summarize others‘ point of view
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in IT Systems, Computer Science, or related degree preferred; and/or equivalent demonstrated industry experience
- 0-2 years IT security/networking technology-related experience
- Strong interest in data analytics/data science
- Advanced data analysis skills via Excel
- Desire and ability to obtain security certification (CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CISA, etc)
- Must be intellectually curious
- Strong self-starterStrong attention to detail and accountability for results
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills
We understand and value diversity in our employees and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire the best talent regardless of sex, national origin, disability or race. If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know in your application cover letter. Candidates must be eligible to legally work without sponsorship now or in the future.