Principal Technology Risk Analyst

Job Description:

Position Description :

Documents and communicates risk findings, while building data drive dashboards and trend reports to support leadership decision-making, using NIST, SOC, and COSO frameworks for governance, risk management, and compliance. Supports enterprise risk management by partnering with technology domains to assess the effectiveness of controls, implements automated monitoring and data analysis solutions to identify emerging risks, and informs proactive mitigation strategies. Identifies, assesses, and quantifies risks via data analytics, using MS Excel, SQL, Python, PowerBI and Tableau, and technical assessments (penetration testing, risk assessments, audits and vendor security assessments), enabling teams to proactively self-identify and remediate issues. Analyzes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to assess technology performance and optimize delivery models to improve scalability and operational efficiency. Develops plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure, and to meet emergency data processing needs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborates across cross-functional teams to break down complex solutions, drive consensus, and align enterprise-wide strategies.
• Monitors and reports security compliance on computing platforms including end user devices, critical enterprise APIs, server, and database systems to strengthen their protection against computer virus and other cyberattacks.
• Conducts risk assessments and tests data processing systems to ensure the operational integrity and security measures.
• Enables audit readiness and risk alignment by guiding technical teams through internal audits and risk assessments, to ensure control effectiveness and audit-ready documentation.
• Builds risk monitoring solutions to detect emerging risk patterns, track control performance, and provide actionable insights for continuous improvement.
• Collaborates with architects and engineering leads to define scalable, secure, and resilient controls across business units, embedding risk awareness into delivery practices.
• Support strategic risk initiatives by communicating complex technical issues to leadership, fostering trust and a strong risk control culture.
• Support operating model optimization by analyzing performance and risk metrics to identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements aligned with strategic goals.

Education and Experience :

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Principal Technology Risk Analyst (or closely related occupation) performing IT audits, penetration testing, and risk assessments using Cloud security, operating system technologies, SecDevOps, networking and cybersecurity tools, and scripting and data analytics, in an Enterprise Technology domain.

Or, alternatively, Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and three (3) years of experience as a Principal Technology Risk Analyst (or closely related occupation) performing IT audits, penetration testing, and risk assessments using Cloud security, operating system technologies, SecDevOps, networking and cybersecurity tools, and scripting and data analytics, in an Enterprise Technology domain.

Skills and Knowledge :

Candidate must also possess:

• Demonstrated Expertise ("DE") performing cybersecurity technology audit and risk analysis of applications within Cloud infrastructure environments (AWS and Azure services), using DivvyCloud, CloudDiscovery, Datadog, Snowflake, and SecureTrak; and performing cybersecurity assessments -- including system hardening, identity management, and data protection of server platforms (Linux, Unix, and Windows), databases (SQL, NoSQL, and Cloud-native), Mainframe TSS Z/OS, and IBM MQs -- using Microsoft Defender, Unix Shell scripting, Powershell Scripting, Splunk, and JSonar.
• DE planning and executing data-driven risk identification and mitigation engagements for large-scale digital platforms, using Splunk Logging, PowerShell scripting, Python Scripting, MS Excel, PowerBI for data analytics and visualization, and AWS Cloudtrail.
• DE evaluating end-to-end security of platforms and Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines (including penetration testing), using GitHub, Jenkins, CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault, and Artifactory.

Salary: $129,600.00 - $137,000.00/year.

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Information Technology
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