Senior Cyber Security Analyst: Threat & Vulnerability Lead

Academy Sports + Outdoors; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Academy Sports + Outdoors is seeking an experienced IT security professional to protect enterprise systems through vulnerability management, threat analysis, and security controls across the organization. You will support remediation, perform application security reviews, and advise on cloud and on-premise security initiatives.

Day-to-day work includes remediation coordination, security testing, and providing expert guidance to IT and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field preferred.
• Experience conducting security assessments and analysis of applications and operating systems.
• Demonstrated expert-level experience with endpoint protection, vulnerability management tools, and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Protect enterprise technology by supporting vulnerability management, threat analysis, and security controls.
• Perform application security reviews for web and mobile applications and provide security recommendations.
• Collaborate with IT Security and Compliance to deliver holistic security solutions and communicate findings to management.

Skills

Information security

Threat analysis

Cloud security

IAM / SSO

Vulnerability management

Incident response

Windows / Linux / Mac

Networking fundamentals

Documentation & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field

Job description

Academy Sports + Outdoors is seeking an experienced IT security professional to protect enterprise systems through vulnerability management, threat analysis, and security controls across the organization. You will support remediation, perform application security reviews, and advise on cloud and on-premise security initiatives.

Day-to-day work includes remediation coordination, security testing, and providing expert guidance to IT and business teams.