Cybersecurity Analyst

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Job Title: Cybersecurity Analyst- Cloud Security (CNAPP / Wiz)

Contract Length: 12-month contract

Location: Charlotte, NC

Job ref# 244890

Role Overview

The Cybersecurity Analyst is responsible for managing, securing, and monitoring cloud environments to identify and remediate risks, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. This role leverages Wiz CNAPP to analyze toxic combinations of risk, ensure compliance, and accelerate remediation across multi-cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Wiz Operations

• Configure, maintain, and optimize Wiz CNAPP security policies, rules, and alerting
• Reduce alert noise while maintaining effective risk visibility

Risk Analysis & Remediation

• Monitor and prioritize Wiz findings related to:


• Vulnerabilities
• Misconfigurations
• Identity and access risks


• Support and accelerate remediation efforts across cloud workloads

Cloud & CI/CD Security

• Understand cloud deployments using Infrastructure as Code
• Demonstrate familiarity with security stacks supporting:


• Code repositories
• CI/CD pipelines
• Container orchestration platforms

Incident Response & Threat Hunting

• Investigate real-world cloud attacks
• Perform threat hunting within cloud environments
• Assist in the development and refinement of incident response playbooks
• Apply knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework to cloud workloads

Collaboration & Compliance

• Partner with engineering teams to implement secure and compliant cloud configurations
• Align security controls with:


• NIST
• CIS Benchmarks
• Cloud-native security standards

Tooling, Automation & Metrics

• Develop automated solutions, detection mechanisms, and custom scripts as needed
• Work with:


• CNAPP queries
• JSON-based data


• Create customized metrics and reporting to track:


• Risk trends
• Remediation progress
• Cloud security posture over time

Cloud Platforms Supported

• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)