Early Careers: Junior Cyber Risk Analyst

Aon; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 82,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Employee stock purchase plan

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Aon is seeking a Junior Cyber Risk Analyst to join the Cyber Threat Intelligence team within Cyber Reinsurance Solutions in the United States. This entry-level program offers hands-on work with cyber risk data, mentorship, and professional development to build your analytics career.

You will analyze data, develop insights, and support projects that help clients understand cyber risk, while learning across analytics, technology, and insurance domains.

Qualifications

• GPA 3.0 minimum required for graduating seniors.
• BA/BS in Data Science, Statistics, CS, Engineering, Math, Economics or related field preferred.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Analyze data to support cyber risk insights and analytics projects.
• Create reports, dashboards and data visualizations for stakeholders.
• Support data cleaning, matching, quality checks and automation efforts.
• Contribute to documentation and process improvements.

Skills

Data analysis

Cybersecurity interest

Communication

Education

BA/BS in quantitative field

Job description

Early Careers: Junior Cyber Risk Analyst

Launch Your Career in Cyber Risk Analytics

Are you interested in cybersecurity, data, and solving complex business challenges? Aon is looking for a Junior Cyber Risk Analyst to join our Cyber Threat Intelligence team within Cyber Reinsurance Solutions. This is an opportunity for recent graduates to build analytical, technical, and business skills while working with experienced professionals in a growing area of risk.

In this role, you'll work with data, technology, and cyber risk insights to help organizations make informed decisions. Through hands-on experience, mentorship, and professional development, you'll build a strong foundation for a career in cyber risk analytics.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What is Cyber Threat Intelligence and Cyber Reinsurance Solutions?

As a Junior Cyber Risk Analyst, you will work with experienced team members to analyze data, develop insights, and support projects that help clients better understand cyber risk.

What You Will Do

As a Junior Cyber Risk Analyst, you will gain hands-on experience working with cyber and insurance data while developing an understanding of how analytics can support real-world risk and business decisions.

Support Data and Analytical Workflows

• Clean, organize, and validate data from multiple sources.
• Support analytical workflows and reporting processes.
• Assist with data matching, quality checks, and automation initiatives.
• Contribute to process documentation and continuous improvement efforts.

Build Cyber and Threat Intelligence Knowledge

• Analyze cyber-related data, including vulnerabilities, incidents, and technology dependencies.
• Support research on emerging cyber threats and trends.
• Help develop insights that support cyber risk assessments and scenario analysis.
• Collaborate with cyber threat intelligence specialists and analytics professionals.

Support Insurance and Reinsurance Analytics

• Create reports, dashboards, and data visualizations.
• Support portfolio and risk analyses.
• Help prepare materials for internal and client presentations.
• Work with colleagues across analytics, cybersecurity, and reinsurance teams.

Develop Communication and Stakeholder Skills

• Communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Participate in team discussions and cross-functional projects.
• Build relationships across Aon's global organization.
• Gain exposure to client-facing work and business strategy.

Qualifications

• College Seniors graduating between Spring 2026 to Spring 2027 with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, or another quantitative, technical, or related field is preferred.
• Please Note: For this role you must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

The Launch Development Program

Launch is a structured 10-month Early Career development program that combines meaningful work, business learning, professional development and relationship-building across Aon. The program helps you build a strong foundation for a long-term broking and advisory career through:

• On-the-job learning with brokers, client teams, account managers and solution line specialists.
• Business and professional development in Commercial Risk, Reinsurance, client service, communication, collaboration, problem solving and commercial awareness.
• Exposure to data, analytics and technology that support risk assessment, market analysis, workflow coordination and client-ready recommendations.
• Networking, mentorship and coaching opportunities to build relationships across Aon and develop your career path.

What Will Help You Succeed and Grow

We are looking for candidates who are curious, collaborative, and excited to learn. Additional experiences that may help you succeed include:

• Curious and eager to learn.
• Interested in cybersecurity, data, analytics, or technology.
• Strong problem-solvers who enjoy working with data.
• Effective communicators and collaborative team members.
• Adaptable and comfortable learning new tools and concepts.
• Detail-oriented and committed to producing high-quality work.
• Motivated to build a career in cyber risk and analytics.

Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Pay Transparency Laws

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $82,000 to $89,500 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant’s geographic location.

Benefits

• a 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions
• an employee stock purchase plan
• consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion
• medical, dental and vision insurance, various types of leaves of absence, paid time off, including 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, 15 days of paid vacation per year, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts, employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
• optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions

Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.