Analyst III, IMS Security

Jobtailor; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced cybersecurity leader to guide the organization through strategic security initiatives and disaster recovery planning. You will oversee risk assessments, governance, and cross-functional collaboration to strengthen our security posture.

This role requires leadership of cybersecurity teams, strong communication skills, and deep expertise in threat analysis, forensics, and incident response.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity or related field.
• At least 8 years of experience in cybersecurity or related area.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with project plans.
• Leadership of teams that support cybersecurity.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Data analysis and modeling.
• Threat analysis/forensics, threat hunting, and threat intelligence.
• Experience with Splunk, Sentinel, and threat intelligence tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with ABS Management and users to identify and prioritize improvements and projects.
• Evaluate and negotiate contracts for hardware, software, and services for cybersecurity initiatives.
• Prepare and deliver high-level and detailed presentations and technical diagrams for senior leadership.
• Participate in development and stewardship of the Disaster Recovery Plan from a cybersecurity perspective.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects to meet deadlines and objectives.
• Provide technical and non-technical reviews to directors, managers, and staff.

Skills

cybersecurity

data analysis

threat analysis

forensics

threat hunting

threat intelligence

project management

cybersecurity tools development

cybersecurity system upgrades

change control processes

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

Threat intelligence feeds

Alert dashboards

Job description

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with various levels of ABS Management and users to ensure that system improvements and expansion projects are identified, prioritized, staffed, and scheduled to meet company needs and objectives.
• Evaluates and negotiates contracts for hardware, software, and services related to cybersecurity initiatives worldwide.
• Prepares and delivers both high-level and detailed presentations, as well as data flow, as-built, and other technical diagram documentation to support our technology teams and present to senior leadership as needed.
• Participates in development, ongoing testing, and stewardship of the Disaster Recovery Plan; oversees the implementation of the Disaster Recovery Plan from a cybersecurity standpoint in emergency situations.
• Manages multiple concurrent projects and ensures their completion within agreed-upon results and schedules.
• Provides technical and non-technical review advice to Director, Managers and staff, and to end-user management and the user community as necessary.
• Resolves differences in conflict situations.
• Keeps informed of cybersecurity news, threat intelligence, technology developments, and products via contacts with outside vendors, organizations, and periodicals; communicates IMS system requirements and directions to professional and technical industry associations and vendors.
• Prepares and delivers both high-level and detailed presentations on threat analysis, insider threats, security incidents, and forensics to ABS management and user groups.
• Reviews and ensures that both IMS Security and other technology organizations are in conformance with standards, policies, and procedures, and where not conformant, reports and drives resolution of nonconformity with owning parties.
• Implements cybersecurity changes through change control processes and procedures.
• Oversees the development of plans for cybersecurity system upgrades based on the projected growth of system utilization. Participates in the development of new cybersecurity systems to support the security operations center.
• Acts as an escalation point and mentor to fellow employees.
• Drives constant improvement to cybersecurity tools, processes, and vendors/technology partners, often leading the initiatives to make consistent improvements by leveraging industry best practices, KPIs, etc.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty.
• At least 8 years of experience in the field or in a related area.
• Capable of managing multiple priorities through the development of project plans and project management.
• Leadership of teams that support cybersecurity.
• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Data analysis and modeling.
• Threat analysis/forensics, threat hunting, and threat intelligence.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical horsepower in development, deployment, support, and tuning of cybersecurity tools (Example: Splunk, Sentinel, Threat intelligence, alert dashboards, etc.).
• Works well with little supervision both independently and in a team environment.
• Able to obtain a working knowledge of the ABS Health, Safety, Quality, and Environmental Management System.

Hard Skills

• cybersecurity
• data analysis
• threat analysis
• forensics
• threat hunting
• threat intelligence
• project management
• cybersecurity tools development
• cybersecurity system upgrades
• change control processes

Soft Skills

• leadership
• communication
• presentation
• conflict resolution
• mentoring
• collaboration
• independent work
• prioritization
• technical review
• problem-solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• bachelor's degree