Security Analyst

Security Analyst

Position Summary

As a Security Analyst you will be part of our growing Security & Compliance team building security automations creating baselines for on-premises and cloud environments assisting teams with vulnerability scans and management supporting our compliance team with evidence gathering and audits and more. This is an opportunity to be part of a small team with increasing importance and responsibility.

Primary Responsibilities

• Review and triage findings from vulnerability scans penetration tests and configuration assessments to identify potential security risks.
• Work with DevOps engineers and system owners to remediate vulnerabilities across multi-cloud and on-prem assets.
• Support secure configuration baselines for AWS Azure and Oracle Cloud resources.
• Monitor cloud environments for misconfigurations and suspicious activity.
• Assist with IAM policy reviews and privilege audits.
• Write scripts (Python PowerShell or Bash) to automate detection reporting or remediation of security issues.
• Integrate security tools and data into dashboards or workflow systems (e.g. Jira SIEM or ticketing).
• Provide technical evidence and control implementation support for SOC 2 ISO 27001 or customer security assessments.
• Partner with the compliance team to map technical controls to framework requirements.
• Assist with incident triage response and root cause analysis.
• Support endpoint protection log monitoring and threat intelligence initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related field or equivalent related experience
• Minimum of two years of experience with security exposure in information security systems administration or DevOps.
• Proficient in at least one scripting language (Python PowerShell or Bash).
• Strong understanding of operating systems networking and cloud fundamentals.
• Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST
• Familiarity with vulnerability management tools (e.g. Tenable Qualys Rapid7 AWS Inspector or Microsoft Defender).
• Working knowledge of AWS Azure and/or Oracle Cloud security controls and services.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering IT and other teams as needed.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Ability to travel up to 15% to assist in team building and planning exercises.
• Strong professional communication skills both verbal and written including the skill in articulating and translating technical language to non-technical customers.
• Ability to plan for contingencies and anticipate problems.
• Ability to ask critical questions to assess needs and requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SIEM or SOAR platforms (e.g. Splunk Microsoft Sentinel).
• Familiarity with infrastructure such as code (Terraform CloudFormation).
• Exposure to compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 ISO 27001 or NIST 800-53.
• Security certifications (Security GSEC AWS Security Specialty or similar).
• Endpoint Security/Patching/Inventory experience

Compensation Range

$175000 - $200000

Equal Opportunity Statement: QuEra is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit hire and promote without regard to legally protected characteristics. Where project work requires access to controlled information or facilities employment is contingent on the ability to obtain and maintain appropriate authorizations. All hiring complies with applicable federal and state laws.