Communication Analyst

COOLSOFT; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

COOLSOFT in Madison, WI is seeking a Communication Analyst to provide advanced security analysis for design, implementation, and monitoring of security across computer platforms and systems.

Under the guidance of the CISO and Security Technical Team Lead, the role focuses on information and network security, risk analysis, policy development, and coordinating security controls, including leading projects to implement new controls and monitoring security operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years IT Security
• 8+ years IT Professional
• 4+ years Project leadership experience
• 4+ years Experience evaluating and implementing vendor security offerings
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Responsibilities

• Research vendor offerings and conduct POCs.
• Coordinate with other teams to implement new technologies and remediate issues.
• Monitor asset inventory, installed agents, and status of devices.
• Review vulnerability dashboards and organizational impact of changing threat landscape.
• Monitor data inventories, policy violations. Produce reports and metrics.
• Monitor and process incident response queues.
• Monitor SIEM logs and investigate incidents.
• Monitor content filter dashboards and investigate anomalies as appropriate.
• Manage endpoint firewall operation and adjust as necessary.
• Work independently as well as within a team environment

Skills

IT Security

IT Professional

Project Leadership

Vendor Security

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Job description

Communication Analyst

(Jobs in Madison, WI)

Requirement id 159265

Job title Analyst

Job location in Madison, WI

Skills required IT Security, IT Professional, Project Leader, Communication

Open Date 06-Oct-2026

Close Date

Job type Contract

Duration 8 Months

Compensation DOE

Status requirement ---

Job interview type ---

Email Recruiter:Vikash KJ

Required Skills:

• IT Security – 5+ years
• IT Professional – 8+ years
• Project leadership experience – 4+ years
• Experience evaluating and implementing vendor security offerings – 4+ years
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)

Preferred:

• CISSP or equivalent – 1 year

Interview Process: 2 rounds via Microsoft Teams - N/A

Onsite or Remote: Candidates MUST be WI residents. This position can work 100% remote (within the state of WI).

Description:

Under the general guidance of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and in cooperation with the Security Technical Team Lead, this position is responsible for providing advanced security analysis to manage the design, implementation, and monitoring of security for ETFs computer platforms and systems, both at ETF and hosted by DET. The computer platforms include network, server/storage/backup, application platform (mainframe, client/server, web) and application architectures.

This position specializes in information and network security. It analyzes security risks and plans controls, develops policies and procedures to implement security practices, and coordinates implementation of security controls. This position may lead projects to implement new security controls. This position will also have daily, weekly, and monthly duties operating security control systems in place at ETF. It will monitor compliance with security policies and procedures.

Regular duties may include the following representative tasks:

• Research vendor offerings and conduct POCs.
• Coordinate with other teams to implement new technologies and remediate issues.
• Monitor asset inventory, installed agents, and status of devices.
• Review vulnerability dashboards and organizational impact of changing threat landscape.
• Monitor data inventories, policy violations. Produce reports and metrics.
• Monitor and process incident response queues.
• Monitor SIEM logs and investigate incidents.
• Monitor content filter dashboards and investigate anomalies as appropriate.
• Manage endpoint firewall operation and adjust as necessary.
• Work independently as well as within a team environment

EOE Protected Veterans/Disability