Cyber Security Analyst
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Cyber Security Analyst – Threat Detection, Vulnerability Management & IAM
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite Working Hours: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM MST
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Cyber Security Analyst with expertise in cybersecurity operations, threat detection, vulnerability management, identity and access management, and risk analysis. The ideal candidate will work closely with business, cybersecurity, operations, and technical teams to improve the organization's security posture and ensure the successful delivery of cybersecurity initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Business Engagement & Planning
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Establish trusted relationships with business stakeholders.
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Facilitate workshops to elicit business needs, objectives, and challenges.
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Support strategic planning, demand intake, and initiative prioritization.
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Develop business cases and value realization frameworks.
Business Analysis
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Analyze current business processes and identify improvement opportunities.
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Document current-state and future-state business processes.
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Conduct gap analysis, risk assessments, and feasibility assessments.
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Define business requirements, success criteria, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Solution Development
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Collaborate with technical teams to ensure business objectives are understood.
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Translate business requirements into user stories and functional requirements.
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Validate proposed solutions against business expectations.
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Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Project Delivery
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Track requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
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Support change management, training, and business readiness activities.
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Ensure delivered solutions align with business goals and expected outcomes.
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Assist with post-implementation reviews and benefits realization.
Required Skills
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Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, controls, frameworks, and operational practices.
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Knowledge of incident management, threat hunting, malware analysis, forensic investigation, and containment procedures.
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Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, risk analysis, remediation tracking, and reporting.
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Understanding of authentication, authorization, MFA, SSO, PAM, and identity governance.
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Ability to act as a liaison between business, cybersecurity, operations, and technical teams.
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Experience analyzing business and technical requirements and translating them into actionable outcomes.
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Expertise in developing and maintaining technical and operational documentation.
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Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.
Preferred Skills
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Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Proxy, WAF, and Zero Trust concepts.
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Ability to analyze security events, correlate logs, and identify threats.
Top 3 Must-Have Skills
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Knowledge of incident management, threat hunting, malware analysis, forensic investigation, and containment procedures.
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Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, risk analysis, remediation tracking, and reporting.
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Understanding of authentication, authorization, MFA, SSO, PAM, and identity governance.
Top 3 Preferred Skills
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Strong understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, VPNs, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, Proxy, WAF, and Zero Trust concepts.
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Ability to analyze security events, correlate logs, and identify threats.
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Strong cybersecurity operations and risk management experience.
Additional Skills
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Business Analysis
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Cyber Security
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Project Management
More about this job
Responsibilities
Build relationships with business stakeholders, assess processes and risks, define requirements, and translate business needs into actionable cybersecurity initiatives. Collaborate with technical and operational teams throughout delivery, support testing and change readiness, and track outcomes and benefits.
Requirements
Candidates should have cybersecurity operations experience covering incident management, threat detection, vulnerability assessment, risk analysis, and remediation, along with knowledge of identity and access management. They should also be able to analyze and document business and technical requirements, communicate effectively across teams, and manage stakeholders.
Skills
- Incident Management
- Threat Hunting
- Malware Analysis
- Forensic Investigation
- Containment Procedures
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Risk Analysis
- Remediation Tracking
- Identity and Access Management
- Authentication and Authorization
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Single Sign-On
- Privileged Access Management
- Security Event Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- Business Analysis
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Security & Safety
- Technology
- Consulting
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Cybersecurity Operations
- Threat Detection
- Threat Hunting
- Incident Management
- Malware Analysis
- Forensic Investigation
- Containment
- Vulnerability Management
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Risk Analysis
- Remediation Tracking
- Identity and Access Management
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Single Sign-On
- Privileged Access Management
- Identity Governance
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- VPN
- Firewalls
- IDS/IPS
- Proxy
- Web Application Firewall
- Zero Trust
- Security Event Analysis
- Log Correlation
- User Acceptance Testing
- Business Analysis