Senior Attack Readiness Analytics Lead

Vanguard; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking an Attack Readiness Insights, Senior Analyst to transform security and risk data into actionable reports, dashboards, and visualizations for executive and technical audiences.

You will partner with stakeholders, develop dashboards, ensure data quality, and drive standardized reporting practices across security and risk domains. Hybrid work model supported; strong analytics and communication skills required.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in reporting, analytics, data visualization, BI, or related field.
• Experience developing dashboards, reports, and visualizations using enterprise tools.
• Experience with structured and unstructured data sources.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to gather requirements and translate business questions into reporting and analytical solutions.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Experience supporting cybersecurity, vulnerability management, security operations, risk management, or technical control reporting.
• Experience with Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent platforms.
• Familiarity with SQL, cloud-based data platforms, APIs, semantic models, and data governance practices.
• Experience developing executive-facing dashboards and reporting solutions.
• Experience supporting reporting automation and dashboard modernization.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cybersecurity, technology, risk, and business stakeholders to understand reporting needs and objectives.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into analytical approaches and dashboard enhancements.
• Support reporting projects from requirements through deployment and maintenance.
• Present results and trends through dashboards, visuals, and executive summaries tailored to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance dashboards, scorecards, and reports using enterprise platforms.
• Apply best practices to improve stakeholder understanding and support decision‑making.
• Create prototypes and mockups to validate requirements and user needs.
• Develop standardized reporting components and visualization patterns.
• Acquire, join, and analyze structured and unstructured data from approved sources.
• Verify data quality and investigate discrepancies with partners.
• Perform trend and descriptive analytics to identify insights and risks.
• Support testing, validation, reconciliation, and quality-review activities.
• Develop and maintain reporting documentation, metric definitions, and user guides.
• Share best practices with peers and junior analysts; support onboarding and training.
• Continuously develop expertise in cybersecurity reporting and BI.
• Participate in reporting community forums and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data visualization

Business intelligence

Requirements gathering

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

Cloud data platforms

APIs

Job description

Vanguard is seeking an Attack Readiness Insights, Senior Analyst to transform security and risk data into actionable reports, dashboards, and visualizations for executive and technical audiences.

You will partner with stakeholders, develop dashboards, ensure data quality, and drive standardized reporting practices across security and risk domains. Hybrid work model supported; strong analytics and communication skills required.