Senior Cybersecurity Analyst: Vulnerabilities & Incidents

VideoRay; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 91,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

401K with Company Matching

9/80 Schedule

Paid Holidays

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. seeks a Cybersecurity Analyst III to support enterprise cybersecurity operations, focusing on vulnerability remediation and security incident ticket management.

The role analyzes findings, coordinates corrective actions with technical teams, validates remediation, and supports investigations through closure. The analyst works independently on routine to moderately complex tasks, maintains precise ticket documentation, and escalates significant risks per established incident

Qualifications

• Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional or military experience.
• Three or more years of relevant cybersecurity or IT experience, including hands-on work with vulnerability remediation and security alert or incident triage.
• Experience using vulnerability assessment tools and interpreting findings to determine corrective actions.
• Working knowledge of Windows administration, endpoint security, patch management, networking, and identity and access controls.
• Experience investigating security events using endpoint telemetry, logs, or a security information and event management platform.
• Experience managing work through an enterprise ticketing platform.
• Ability to distinguish routine security issues from conditions requiring urgent escalation.
• Strong technical documentation, troubleshooting, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assigned tickets and coordinate effectively with technical teams and end users.

Responsibilities

• Triage and investigate assigned security tickets involving suspicious emails, endpoint alerts, potentially compromised accounts, unauthorized software, and other security concerns.
• Gather relevant evidence from endpoint security tools, security logs, identity platforms, and user reports.
• Document investigative actions, affected assets, findings, and disposition in the ticketing system.
• Execute approved response procedures, including endpoint isolation, malicious file quarantine, and account containment actions, within delegated authority.
• Escalate high-severity incidents, suspected compromise, and investigations requiring advanced analysis to senior analysts or incident response personnel.
• Coordinate with users, service desk personnel, and technical teams to resolve security issues and restore normal operations.
• Follow established evidence handling, communication, and incident response procedures.
• Identify vulnerabilities or configuration weaknesses contributing to incidents and create follow-up remediation tasks.

Skills

Vulnerability remediation

Incident triage

Endpoint security

Windows administration

Patch management

Security incident investigation

Ticketing systems

Scripting (PowerShell)

Python

Kusto Query Language

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity / IT

Tools

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management

Microsoft Sentinel

Tanium

Tenable

Qualys

Rapid7

Jira Service Management

ServiceNow

Linux

Azure

Intune

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. seeks a Cybersecurity Analyst III to support enterprise cybersecurity operations, focusing on vulnerability remediation and security incident ticket management.

The role analyzes findings, coordinates corrective actions with technical teams, validates remediation, and supports investigations through closure. The analyst works independently on routine to moderately complex tasks, maintains precise ticket documentation, and escalates significant risks per established incident