Technical Analyst

System One; Merrifield (VA); Remote; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits (as part of System One

Job summary

System One is seeking a Technical Analyst for a contract, remote–offsite role focused on secret management and identity governance. You will review findings from secret-scanning tools, validate ownership, and drive remediation in collaboration with engineering teams.

The role emphasizes rigorous rotation policies, metrics delivery, and collaboration with IAM stakeholders to strengthen enterprise security posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in information technology, cybersecurity, or related field.
• Knowledge of IT security policies and identity governance.
• Understanding of AAA and authentication fundamentals.
• Experience with secret-scanning and automated discovery tech (TruffleHog, Clutch).
• Familiarity with IAM, incident response, and secure access management.

Responsibilities

• Discover, review, validate, and analyze findings from secret-scanning platforms to identify risks.
• Support NHI governance, lifecycle oversight, and account alignment with security policies.
• Monitor and enforce secret rotation compliance per policy.
• Coordinate remediation with application and system owners for secure rotation workflows.

Skills

Secret-scanning tools & discovery

IAM concepts

Zero Trust concepts

Security metrics & reporting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT/Cybersecurity

Tools

TruffleHog

Clutch

CyberArk

Job description

Job Title: Technical Analyst
Type: Contract
Work Model: Remote – offsite

Responsibilities

• Discover, review, validate, and analyze findings generated by secret-scanning and discovery platforms, including TruffleHog and Clutch, to identify exposed secrets, stale identities, and other credential-related security risks.
• Support Non-Human Identity (NHI) management, including governance, lifecycle oversight, and alignment of system/service accounts with enterprise security policies.
• Monitor and enforce secret rotation compliance, ensuring credentials are rotated according to policy and assisting teams in meeting regulatory and internal rotation requirements.
• Coordinate with application teams, business owners, system owners, and engineering partners to remediate compromised credentials and enforce secure rotation workflows.
• Collaborate with security engineers to validate findings, confirm ownership, and assess the impact of policy or process changes.
• Track findings end-to-end, ensuring timely resolution and accurate attribution of ownership.
• Assist in improving scanning accuracy and optimizing discovery and remediation pipelines in partnership with engineering teams.
• Serve as liaison between IAM and business partners to ensure cohesive remediation and secure credential usage practices.
• Prepare and deliver metrics and dashboards related to exposed secrets, mean-time-to-detect/remediate, repeat offenders, and security posture trends.
• Maintain procedural documentation and create automation runbooks.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or other related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training or experience
• Knowledge of IT policies, security procedures, and identity governance frameworks.
• Understanding of foundational security concepts (AAA, authentication fundamentals, Zero Trust).
• Experience with secret-scanning and automated discovery technologies, preferably including TruffleHog and Clutch, and familiarity with credential discovery and remediation workflow.
• Familiarity with IAM concepts, incident response processes, and secure access management for Enterprise Security Product & Services.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience generating security metrics, supporting risk mitigation, or assembling audit evidence.
• Exposure to Privileged Access Management (PAM) tools such as CyberArk.
• Ability to translate technical findings into clear, actionable business recommendations.
• Process improvement mindset with a focus on security, quality, and operational efficiency.
• Ability to serve as a trusted advisor to development, infrastructure, and business teams.
• Experience with secret management on the Multicloud (AWS, OCI, Azure).
• Experience with secret-scanning and discovery platforms, including TruffleHog and Clutch, to identify exposed secrets, stale identities, and other credential-related security risks.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.