Security Analyst
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The Security Analyst II is a senior cybersecurity role focused primarily on governance, risk, and compliance, with a smaller security operations component. The analyst builds and matures security programs, manages risk and compliance initiatives, develops policies and controls aligned with NIST frameworks, and supports automation, AI governance, continuity planning, audits, and security operations across cloud and on-premises environments.
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Job Description
Security Analyst II Senior cybersecurity role focused 75% on GRC and 25% on security operations. Looking for someone who can build and mature security programs, not just support existing processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and manage cyber risk, vulnerability management, and compliance programs.
- Develop security policies, standards, controls, and procedures aligned with NIST frameworks.
- Configure/administer GRC tools such as ServiceNow GRC/IRM, Archer, or OneTrust.
- Automate GRC workflows, reporting, evidence collection, and control monitoring.
- Support AI governance, business continuity/disaster recovery, and audits.
- Assist with incident response, threat detection, and security monitoring across cloud and on-prem environments.
Skills and Requirements
Must-Haves
- 10+ years cybersecurity/IT experience
- 5+ years cybersecurity GRC
- 4+ years Security Analyst experience
- 3+ years Systems Engineer/Administrator experience
- Strong knowledge of NIST 800-53, NIST CSF, risk management, vulnerability management, and compliance
- Hands-on experience with GRC platforms and workflow automation
- Experience with incident response/security operations
- CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGRC, GIAC, or similar certification
- Knowledge of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, IAM/PAM, DLP, MITRE ATT&CK, cloud security, and vulnerability management
- PowerShell, Python, or JavaScript experience
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 960 open Security Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Virginia median$101–165K/yr67 salary ranges
- US median$27–35/hr74 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 97 open Security Analyst jobs in Virginia and 960 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Security Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 706 postings).
- Education
- 163 of the 960 open Security Analyst jobs (17%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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