Cybersecurity Analyst

CompQsoft, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

CompQsoft, Inc. is seeking an experienced cybersecurity professional in the United States to monitor, detect, and respond to threats across networks, systems, and cloud environments.

The role emphasizes risk-based decision making and collaboration with cross-functional teams to strengthen security posture. The candidate should possess 5+ years of experience, a suite of certifications, and hands-on expertise with SIEM, vulnerability management, cloud security, and data analysis tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cybersecurity experience and hands-on threat detection.
• Certifications listed: CISSP, Security+, CySA+, CEH, GCIA, CISA, GCIH, CCSP.
• Proficient with SIEM, vulnerability scanning, cloud security, and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Perform threat triage, incident investigation, and risk analysis for DOE systems and data.
• Analyze security alerts to identify IOCs and attack patterns across environments.
• Correlate security data to form a unified view of cyber risk for prioritization.
• Identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations; assess business impact.
• Ensure alignment with NIST, FISMA, and internal policies and controls.
• Document findings, trends, and lessons learned to improve SOC processes.
• Monitor security across SOC, Cloud, Infrastructure, and Data Protection domains.

Skills

Threat triage

Incident investigation

Risk analysis

IOCs analysis

Security policy & controls

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SIEM Devo/Splunk

Vulnerability scanners

Cloud security (AWS/Azure)

Wireshark

SQL

Python

Power BI

MS Office Suite

Job description

Description

Proactively monitors, detects, and responds to security threats across networks, systems, and cloud environments to ensure the protection of sensitive data and maintain enterprise resilience. Drives risk reduction by analyzing incidents, implementing controls, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to strengthen the organization’s security posture.

Key Requirements

• Perform threat triage, incident investigation, and risk analysis to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Department of Education (DOE) systems, applications, and data assets.
• 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 disparate sources to develop a unified view of organizational cyber risk, enabling informed 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 (e.g., NIST, FISMA) and internal cybersecurity policies and control frameworks.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of security operations by documenting findings, trends, and lessons learned from incidents and risk assessments.
• Monitor, analyze, and detect cybersecurity threats across multiple security domains, including Security Operations (SOC), Cloud Security, Infrastructure Security, Information Protection, and Data Protection.

Requirements

Experience: 5+ years

Certifications: CISSP, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, CEH, GCIA, CISA, GCIH, CCSP, CCSP

Technologies: SIEM (Devo/Splunk), Vulnerability Scanners (Rapid7/Armis), Cloud Security Platforms (AWS/Azure), Wireshark, SQL, Python, MS Power BI, and Microsoft Office Suite.

CompQsoft provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and in the working environment to all employees and applicants. CompQsoft does not take any non-merit factors like race, color, religion, sex (gender), mental/physical disability, and age into account for purposes of recruitment, hiring and development