Associate Cybersecurity Threat Analyst

Summary

Join ARC Group as an Associate Cybersecurity Threat Analyst in a fully remote position, initially a contract role through February 2026 with potential extension or conversion to full-time employment. This is an excellent opportunity to grow your career within a well-respected organization. The role involves monitoring and responding to cybersecurity threats, analyzing security events, and creating detailed reports. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience in a cybersecurity role, a related Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, and a relevant certification. The position offers a chance to contribute to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in a cybersecurity role, preferably in a Security Operations Center (SOC) environment
• Basic understanding of security concepts and controls for network, application, and operating systems
• Experience troubleshooting and investigating security related issues and having experience or knowledge with vulnerability and patch management
• Strong technical, analytical, and documenting and reviewing skills
• Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure and security tools, DevOps concepts, cloud security principles, risk management, and security best practices
• Familiarity with industry data security, privacy standards, and regulatory requirements
• Related Bachelor's degree or additional related equivalent work experience - Computer Information Systems / Cybersecurity
• Certified in one of the following, or the ability to successfully obtain certification within 180 days of FTE conversion: Security+, GCIH*, CEH**, or GCFE (Forensics Analyst Only)

Responsibilities

• Continuously monitor security event logs, network traffic, and system logs to identify potential security threats
• Performs comprehensive threat analysis of cyber alerts and events. Applies the appropriate mitigations and remediations in response to cybersecurity events and trends
• Respond to reports and alerts from cybersecurity detective and protective systems and tools
• Correlate and analyze threat data from various sources to establish the identity of malicious users or actors active in the computing environment
• Create detailed security reports to fulfill audit, management, or business requirements
• Conducts industry research and technical evaluation of threat intelligence from multiple sources with specific emphasis on actor Techniques, Tactics and Procedures (TTPs)
• Participates in assessments and development of cyber threat profiles of current events based on collection, research, and analysis of open-source information
• Assist with implementation or tuning of appropriate security controls and solutions to mitigate risk and vulnerabilities, as well as safeguard our systems and data
• Creates and coordinates completion of detailed security reports to fulfill audit, management or business owner requirements
• Contributes to the design, configuration, documentation, and implementation of security monitoring program

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of TCP/IP networking
• Experience or knowledge of scripting and automating information security systems