Cybersecurity Analyst

Cybersecurity Jobs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CompQsoft, Inc. in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to proactively monitor, detect, and respond to threats across networks, systems, and cloud environments.

You will conduct threat triage, incident investigations, and risk analyses, review security alerts for IOCs, and correlate data across on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments to inform risk prioritization. You will ensure compliance with federal standards such as NIST and FISMA, document incidents and lessons learned, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant cybersecurity experience.
• Certifications: CISSP, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, CEH, GCIA, CISA, GCIH, CCSP.
• Onsite in Brooklyn, NY preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct threat triage, incident investigation, and risk analysis to safeguard DOE systems and data assets.
• Review security alerts and events to identify IOCs and attack patterns across on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Correlate security data from multiple sources to produce a unified view of organizational cyber risk.
• Identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations; assess business impact.
• Ensure alignment with federal standards (NIST, FISMA) and internal policies.
• Document incident findings, trends, and lessons learned for SOC improvements.
• Monitor threats across SOC, Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security, Information Protection, and Data Protection domains.

Skills

Threat analysis

Incident response

Risk assessment

Security monitoring

CISSP

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA CySA+

CEH

GCIA

CISA

GCIH

CCSP

Tools

SIEM Devo

SIEM Splunk

Vulnerability Scanners Rapid7

Vulnerability Scanners Armis

Cloud security AWS

Cloud security Azure

Wireshark

SQL

Python

Power BI

MS Office

Job description

CompQsoft, Inc. is hiring a Cybersecurity Analyst to proactively monitor, detect, and respond to threats across networks, systems, and cloud environments in Brooklyn, NY.

Responsibilities

• Conduct threat triage, incident investigation, and risk analysis to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Department of Education (DOE) systems, applications, and data assets.
• Review and analyze security alerts and events to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs), attack patterns, and emerging threats across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Correlate security data from multiple sources to produce a unified view of organizational cyber risk for decision‑making and prioritization.
• Identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and protection gaps across infrastructure, cloud platforms, and data‑centric environments; validate findings and assess potential business impact.
• Ensure alignment with federal and regulatory security standards (including NIST and FISMA) as well as internal cybersecurity policies and control frameworks.
• Support continuous improvement of security operations by documenting incident findings, trends, and lessons learned from risk assessments.
• Monitor, analyze, and detect threats across multiple security domains, including:
  • Security Operations (SOC)
  • Cloud Security
  • Infrastructure Security
  • Information Protection
  • Data Protection

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Certifications: CISSP, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, CEH, GCIA, CISA, GCIH, CCSP.

Technologies

• SIEM: Devo, Splunk
• Vulnerability scanners: Rapid7, Armis
• Cloud security platforms: AWS, Azure
• Wireshark
• SQL
• Python
• MS Power BI
• Microsoft Office Suite

Location: Brooklyn, NY (onsite)

Compensation: USD 125,000 - 130,000 per year