
Cyber Risk Management Analyst
Leesburg, VAJob$120–128K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
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The Cyber Risk Management Analyst drives enterprise cybersecurity risk management by assessing risks, evaluating control effectiveness, and aligning compliance with NIST and FISMA frameworks. The role maintains risk registers and POA&M lifecycles, conducts audits and security impact analyses, and develops awareness programs. It partners with cybersecurity engineers and business analysts to prioritize remediation and uses GRC platforms and analytics tools to report risk metrics and security posture.
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Requirements ::: {bind="html: Job.Requirements"} Drive enterprise cybersecurity risk management by transforming compliance into a strategic advantage. Quantify risks, assess control effectiveness, and ensure alignment with NIST 800-53 and FISMA frameworks. Collaborate with Cybersecurity Engineers and Business Analysts to define compliance guardrails, prioritize remediation, and track key cyber risks. Conduct enterprise-wide risk assessments, audits, and user awareness programs to reduce risk and continuously improve the organizations security posture. Key Requirements Expertise in GRC methodologies, third-party risk management (TPRM), and federal compliance (NIST SP 800-53, 800-37). Skilled in Risk Register tracking and maintenance, performing Security Impact Analyses, managing the POAandM lifecycle, and developing security awareness content to mitigate human-centric risks. Risk Identification and Quantification: Lead enterprise-wide risk assessments using GRC methodologies to identify, evaluate, and prioritize risks, translating technical vulnerabilities into business impact for stakeholders. 17 Regulatory and Framework Alignment: Ensure ongoing compliance with federal frameworks, including NIST SP 800-53 and 800-37 (RMF), through periodic audits and Security Impact Analyses for new and existing system interconnections. Strategic POAandM and Risk Register Oversight: Maintain and manage the enterprise Risk Register, tracking key cyber risks and overseeing the full lifecycle of Plans of Action and Milestones (POAandM), ensuring findings are documented, validated, and remediated within defined SLAs. Key Cyber Risk Tracking: Continuously monitor and report critical cyber risks, using risk dashboards and metrics to provide actionable insights to leadership and maintain enterprise risk posture. Human-Centric Risk and Awareness: Design and implement security awareness programs and phishing simulations (e.g., KnowBe4, Proofpoint) to reduce social engineering risks and strengthen organizational security culture. Technical Remediation Partnership: Collaborate with Cybersecurity Engineers and Business Analysts to define compliance guardrails and prioritize remediation activities based on risk impact. Advanced Risk Analytics and Visualization: Leverage GRC platforms (Archer, ServiceNow) and tools like Power BI and Excel to generate automated risk metrics, heat maps, and executive-level security posture reports. Technologies: GRC Platforms (Archer/ServiceNow), TPRM Tools (OneTrust/Prevalent), Awareness Platforms (KnowBe4/Proofpoint), MS Power BI, Excel (Advanced), and JIRA. CompQsoft provides equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and in the working environment to all employees and applicants. CompQsoft does not take any non-merit factors like race, color, religion, sex (gender), mental/physical disability, and age into account for purposes of recruitment, hiring and development. ::: Salary Description $120000- $128000
How this job compares
Set against the 1,188 open Cybersecurity Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$120–128K/yr
- Virginia median$99–166K/yr105 salary ranges
- US median$102–179K/yr915 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $124K, is 8% below the Virginia median midpoint ($134K) — in the middle half of Cybersecurity Analyst salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 144 open Cybersecurity Analyst jobs in Virginia and 1,188 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- ARSIEM13 open
- CACI International10 open
- General Dynamics Information Technology10 open
- Experience
- Cybersecurity Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 6 years (998 postings).
- Education
- 208 of the 1,188 open Cybersecurity Analyst jobs (18%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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