Senior Cyber Risk Analyst - Remote (US)

PAE Government Services Inc.; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Risk Analyst to join the Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance team. This US remote senior role focuses on enterprise cyber risk assessment, articulating risk to leadership, and guiding risk decisions across the organization.

Requirements include 8+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience (4+ years with a Master’s), US citizenship, and travel up to 25%. Strong knowledge of NIST, cloud, identity architectures, and excellent communication are

Qualifications

• Typically 8 years of hands-on cybersecurity experience, or 4 years with a Master’s degree.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to work remotely within the United States.
• Experience in enterprise risk management and third-party risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cyber risk assessments across the enterprise and identify risk to C I A.
• Articulate cyber risk to business and technical leadership in decision-ready terms.
• Lead cyber risk reviews including third-party risk and software risk reviews.
• Collaborate with Compliance to ensure coherent risk treatment across frameworks.
• Stay current on risk, threat, and regulatory landscapes; travel up to 25%.

Skills

Cyber risk assessment

Communicate risk to leadership

NIST frameworks knowledge

Networking, cloud, endpoint, IAM

Risk management

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science / Information Systems or related field

Master’s degree (optional with 4 years experience)

Tools

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft 365

Entra ID

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Risk Analyst to join the Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance team. This US remote senior role focuses on enterprise cyber risk assessment, articulating risk to leadership, and guiding risk decisions across the organization.

Requirements include 8+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience (4+ years with a Master’s), US citizenship, and travel up to 25%. Strong knowledge of NIST, cloud, identity architectures, and excellent communication are