Senior Analyst - Cyber Security

Position Information:

Job Title: Senior Analyst - Cyber Security

Location: Orange, CT

Salary Range: $96,400 - $120,500

Schedule: On Site - Office

Job Summary 

This position provides operational leadership and support across the Avangrid Networks business to support the execution of the information security roadmap while ensuring a secure and stable production system environment.  This position will lead the efforts to balance real world risks with business drivers such as reliability, speed, agility, flexibility, and performance. The role assures maintenance, support, and system monitoring of infrastructure assets across Avangrid Networks.

Responsibilities 

• Support the Manager of Cyber Operations to assure a stable and secure production environment for Avangrid Networks.
• Evaluate monthly operating system patches for applicability and advising/assuring that patches are deployed to assets managed by the Protection Systems team.
• Review vulnerability scans and work with application subject matter experts and the infrastructure teams to remediate identified security vulnerabilities.
• Work as an SME to ensure the devices that the team manages are maintained, tracked and life cycled according to plan.
• Assure newly deployed systems are implemented following our documented policies and procedures including system hardening and baseline scanning.
• Define and compile data and metrics to provide reportable information to communicate the status of patching, vulnerability remediation, system monitoring, etc.
• Work with application subject matter experts and Infrastructure team to assure the system monitoring of infrastructure assets across Avangrid Networks.
• Develop and maintain system monitoring alert run books to provide first level response and escalation procedures.   
• Coordinate technical design/review activities with various segments and corporate groups; to engage Cybersecurity, Risk & Governance, Enterprise Architecture and Operational Compliance at appropriate stages in the project. 
• Continuous process improvement activities as required to align with corporate policies. 
• Complete assigned duties/task as needed. 

Education and Experience Required: 

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or technical related degree with a minimum of 4+ years’ of related equivalent work experience or 
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or technical related degree with a minimum of 7+ years’ of related equivalent work experience or 

• Associate Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or technical related degree with a minimum of 10+ years’ related equivalent work experience or
• 10+ years working in this capacity in a utility.
• Working knowledge of networks and networking equipment.
• Working knowledge of operating systems and server applications.
• Working knowledge of virtual environments (VMware & Others). 

Skills/ Abilities: 

• Strong communication and administration skills related to technology, both Informational Technology and Operational Technology. 
  • Strong understanding of system engineering and integration background for advanced systems and networking technologies. 
  • Strong understanding of current and future state of cyberspace.  Understanding with strong desire to learn. 
  • Intermediate to advanced expertise in MS Excel to correlate data and produce reports.
  • Intermediate to advanced expertise in scripting languages such as MS PowerShell, VMware PowerCLI, Python, Perl, etc. to automate repetitive tasks and improve reporting accuracy.

Desired Skills / Abilities: 

• Knowledge of federal government cybersecurity activities and practices 
• Experience in federal or state regulatory environments 
• Experience in federal cybersecurity agencies and environments 
• Experience in a utility environment 
• Experience with NERC-CIP, NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, and CIS Benchmarks
• Experience participating in regulatory audits

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) 
• Project Management
• Change Management 
• Incident / Issue Management
• Interpersonal Skills 

• Communications / Influencing 
• Negotiation / Dispute Resolution 
• Ability to develop self and learn new information quickly 

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance‑based bonuses
• 12% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways

For more information, please visit: Benefits - Avangrid

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At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions.  This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

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