Sr Cyber Security Analyst

Textron•Towson, MD

About The Position

The Senior Cybersecurity Analyst is responsible for safeguarding information systems and assets to ensure mission success of our company, products, and customers. The successful candidate will play a critical role in the Textron Systems’ and Textron’s Information Technology strategic roadmaps and adherence to comply with regulatory requirements such as Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). The candidate should be a highly motivated, self-driven team player that can perform in a fast-changing business environment and acquire new skills quickly. This individual will act independently as a technical expert, mentor team members, and collaborate with cross-functional teams within Textron Systems and across Textron to implement security architecture, policies, compliance and to achieve business outcomes.

Requirements

Minimum 5-7 years of security architecture, compliance, and risk management experience.
B.S. degree in a technical area such as Computer Science, Cybersecurity or Information Systems.
Possess a foundational cybersecurity certification such as Security+.
Ability to lead, motivate and manage to accomplish project objectives on-schedule and within budget.
Results oriented and fact-based risk decision making.
Excellent communication (verbal/written) and presentation skills to enable clear delivery of security and risk-related concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Must be a U.S. Citizen capable of obtaining and maintaining a government Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

M.S. degree in a technical area such as Computer Science, Cybersecurity or Information Systems.
Possess advanced and/or specialty (Cyber, AI, Auditing, or Cloud) certifications.
Past experience successfully leading cyber audits or certifications.
Understanding of cyber threat intelligence (CTI) frameworks and attack methodologies (MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain) and/or threat modeling.

Responsibilities

Perform as the Lead Security Analyst on advanced projects across the full lifecycle from concept development to production cut-in on the enterprise’s Zero Trust and Textron Systems’ strategic roadmap efforts.
Serve as the technical expert shaping the security architecture, conducting risk assessments, developing risk-based recommendations for business and technical leaders, implementing, testing, and deploying diverse technologies.
Ability to work across technologies including, but not limited to, cloud environments such as Azure and OCI, and on-premises technologies.
Strong compliance mindset with ability to apply and ensure adherence to security frameworks such as NIST SP 800-171, SOX, and PCI-DSS leading to successful audits. This may include automating compliance controls.
Self-learner with the ability to be or become a technical expert on emerging technologies including applying and assessing Generative AI (GenAI) solutions.
Perform IT security incident response, and remediation activities, to include working with Textron enterprise and other business unit IT security teams, as necessary.
Conduct security testing to understand and mitigate organizational risk.
Apply strong communication and interpersonal skills to drive business outcomes across diverse stakeholders including business leaders, technical leaders, vendors, and customers.
Solid understanding of business processes in manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain environments.