Cybersecurity Analyst

Nicely Co.; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicely Co. Cybersecurity Analyst role to strengthen risk-based security, threat detection, incident readiness, vulnerability reduction, identity, controls, and secure-by-design practices.

You will turn company priorities into clear, dependable work while partnering directly with colleagues across functions. As an early-stage company, this role helps build the processes and internal systems behind the work, not merely inherit a mature playbook.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk-based security and threat detection.
• Ability to organize ambiguous work and document decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication with cross-functional partners.
• Ownership and autonomy in an early-stage environment.
• Commitment to confidentiality and security.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day security across risk-based security, threat detection, incident readiness, vulnerability reduction, identity, controls, and secure-by-design practices.
• Translate priorities into documented plans, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Build lightweight, repeatable processes for an early-stage company that can mature over time.
• Collaborate across functions to resolve dependencies and deliver complete outcomes.
• Identify risks early, recommend proportionate solutions, and escalate consequential decisions.
• Maintain accurate documentation and handle company, customer, and employee information responsibly.
• Use evidence and feedback to improve quality, efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Communicate progress, constraints, priorities, and results clearly to affected teammates.

Skills

Risk-based security

Threat detection

Incident readiness

Vulnerability reduction

Identity management

Controls implementation

Secure-by-design

Communication

Job description

Cybersecurity Analyst

Help build Nicely Co.'s risk-based security, threat detection, incident readiness, vulnerability reduction, identity, controls, and secure-by-design practices as Cybersecurity Analyst, with meaningful ownership in an early-stage company.

Position overview

Nicely Co. is seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to strengthen risk-based security, threat detection, incident readiness, vulnerability reduction, identity, controls, and secure-by-design practices. This role will turn company priorities into clear, dependable work while partnering directly with colleagues across functions.Nicely Co. is an early-stage company, so this position will help create the processes and internal systems behind the work, not merely inherit a mature playbook. The successful candidate will use sound judgment, communicate tradeoffs, and operate with appropriate autonomy.Responsibilities may evolve as the company grows. This is an opportunity to influence how the Cybersecurity function develops, establish useful standards, and leave behind systems that scale responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day work across risk-based security, threat detection, incident readiness, vulnerability reduction, identity, controls, and secure-by-design practices.
• Translate the priorities of the Cybersecurity Analyst role into documented plans, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
• Build lightweight, repeatable processes that fit an early-stage company and can mature over time.
• Collaborate across functions to resolve dependencies and deliver complete outcomes.
• Identify risks early, recommend proportionate solutions, and escalate consequential decisions.
• Maintain accurate documentation and handle company, customer, and employee information responsibly.
• Use relevant evidence and feedback to improve quality, efficiency, and stakeholder experience.
• Communicate progress, constraints, priorities, and results clearly to affected teammates.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capability relevant to risk-based security, threat detection, incident readiness, vulnerability reduction, identity, controls, and secure-by-design practices.
• Judgment and ownership appropriate for the Cybersecurity Analyst scope.
• Strong written and verbal communication with both specialists and cross-functional partners.
• Ability to organize ambiguous work, make progress independently, and document decisions.
• Comfort building systems in an early-stage environment where priorities may evolve.
• Commitment to ethical conduct, confidentiality, security, accessibility, and inclusive collaboration.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with modern methods and tools used in Cybersecurity.
• Experience in a startup, small business, or other resource-conscious environment.
• Evidence of improving a workflow, standard, product, service, or measurable outcome.
• Relevant education, certification, portfolio, or equivalent practical experience.
• Flexible work arrangements where applicable.
• Opportunity to help build an early-stage company.
• Direct impact on company growth and operating quality.
• Cross-functional collaboration and professional development opportunities.
• Significant ownership over assigned responsibilities.
• Opportunity for responsibilities to expand as the company grows.