Business Impact Analyst/Security Analyst

Join a dynamic enterprise risk team in a role that blends business continuity planning with cybersecurity analysis. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys connecting operational resilience, security controls, and risk insights to help protect critical business functions.
Responsibilities

• Lead interviews and workshops with stakeholders to identify essential business functions, dependencies, and risk exposure.
• Map workflows, technical dependencies, and key control points across the organization.
• Assess disruption scenarios from system outages, supply chain issues, and security incidents, then determine potential operational, financial, legal, and reputational impact.
• Build and maintain integrated risk matrices and impact frameworks that support both continuity and security planning.
• Research emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attack patterns and connect findings to business impact scenarios.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of security controls and countermeasures using recognized frameworks and standards.
• Review system and cloud configurations against security baseline and hardening expectations.
• Support recovery planning by helping define RTO and RPO targets and sequencing recovery steps with security validation in mind.
• Assist with audits, evidence collection, and documentation of controls, procedures, and business impact profiles.
• Prepare clear reports, dashboards, and presentations for leadership and cross-functional teams.

Skills

• 3 to 5 years of combined experience in business continuity, risk management, and/or information security.
• Demonstrated experience conducting business impact analyses.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity principles, common threats, and mitigation approaches.
• Working knowledge of security incident response and investigation practices.
• Experience facilitating workshops and communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze complex information, identify dependencies, and translate findings into practical recommendations.
• Familiarity with business continuity frameworks, risk assessment methods, and supply chain dependency analysis.
• Comfort working with network concepts, system architecture, and security technologies.
• Strong attention to detail, problem-solving ability, and documentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as business, IT, cybersecurity, risk management, or data science.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with enterprise continuity software such as ServiceNow BCM or similar tools.
• Knowledge of SQL, relational databases, advanced spreadsheets, and data collection tools.
• Exposure to firewall, IDS/IPS, and network security tools.
• Cloud security experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience supporting security or continuity audits in regulated environments such as finance, healthcare, or government.
• Professional certifications such as CBCP, CBCI, MBCI, CISSP, GSEC, CISM, or cloud security credentials.
• Prior consulting or contractor experience.
• Master's degree or additional relevant certifications.

Horizontal is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where different perspectives are valued and everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive. We encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply and help build a culture of respect, collaboration, and belonging.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.

Please apply through this online posting or by visiting our Job Board at Applications will be accepted for 4 weeks. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $23 - $53 per hour based on qualifications and experience.