Cybersecurity Metrics & Analytics Lead

Jobtailor; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is hiring for a senior cybersecurity metrics and reporting leader to develop and automate dashboards and metrics across multiple domains, ensuring data accuracy and governance. You will partner with cross-functional teams to drive strategic insights for leadership and auditors in a regulated environment.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in cybersecurity/IT risk, with 3+ years in metrics and data analytics leadership, and strong experience with Power BI/Tableau/Qlik.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or related field.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CISA are advantageous.
• 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity or IT risk functions, with 3+ years in metrics, reporting, data architecture and data analytics leadership.
• Proven experience with dashboard/reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, Qlik).
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, frameworks (NIST, MITRE ATT&CK), and metrics (MTTD, MTTR, patching SLAs).
• Familiarity with security tools and platforms (SIEMs, vulnerability scanners, EDR, GRC platforms).
• Proficient in Excel, SQL, Python or Power Query for data manipulation and automation.
• Strong communication skills, ability to explain complex technical data to non-technical audiences.
• Experience with compliance and audit reporting is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate security metrics and dashboards to provide insights into threat trends, risk posture, compliance status, and program effectiveness.
• Design and maintain cybersecurity metrics and KPIs to measure control effectiveness, risk exposure, and compliance status.
• Develop and automate dashboards and reports using Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent BI tools.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and consistent data reporting across multiple cybersecurity domains.
• Design and manage the data model for reporting across multiple sources.
• Leverage Federal Data Lake and related platforms for secure, scalable data integration.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and traceability across dashboards and reports.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to aggregate, standardize, and validate data from multiple cybersecurity tools.
• Deliver regular and ad-hoc reports to leadership, auditors, and stakeholders to support strategic decisions and regulatory requirements.
• Present findings in executive-friendly formats that translate technical data into business-relevant insights.
• Establish governance processes for metric definitions, data quality, and reporting cadence.
• Identify data gaps or quality issues and coordinate remediation with technical teams.
• Support compliance and audit reporting needs for standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, and others.

Skills

Leadership in data analytics

Strong communication

Data storytelling

Data quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Cybersecurity/Data Analytics/Information Systems or related field

Certifications such as CISSP/CISM/CISA

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Qlik

SQL

Excel

Python

Job description

Jobtailor is hiring for a senior cybersecurity metrics and reporting leader to develop and automate dashboards and metrics across multiple domains, ensuring data accuracy and governance. You will partner with cross-functional teams to drive strategic insights for leadership and auditors in a regulated environment.

Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in cybersecurity/IT risk, with 3+ years in metrics and data analytics leadership, and strong experience with Power BI/Tableau/Qlik.