Security Specialist Security Ops Analyst

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology Test & Evaluation Program Mission Support Engineering & Analysis and Training.

As The Security Specialist Security Operations Analyst you will:

• Apply structured analysis business modeling and process evaluation to improve security operations and leadership decision-making.
• Examine workflows workloads performance data trends dependencies and recurring issues across multiple security areas.
• Develop analytical products that strengthen situational awareness identify opportunities for improvement and support planning prioritization and resource decisions.
• By combining security-domain knowledge with quantitative and qualitative analysis the Security Specialist Security Operations Analyst helps leaders understand operational conditions and evaluate potential courses of action.
• Maintain defensible methods communicates findings clearly and tracks whether recommended changes produce the intended operational results.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Analyze security workflows workload data performance indicators trends and recurring operational issues.
• Develop business models simulations scenarios and other structured analyses to support security planning and decisions.
• Evaluate process effectiveness and identify bottlenecks control gaps resource constraints and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare analytical reports visual summaries briefings decision papers and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Maintain data sets assumptions methodologies and supporting documentation used in recurring security analysis.
• Coordinate with security specialists and operational teams to validate data interpret findings and assess practical effects.
• Monitor implementation outcomes and measure whether approved process changes improve performance or reduce risk.
• Provide timely analytical support for emerging requirements leadership data calls and operational planning activities

• Masters degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience; or a bachelors degree in a relevant discipline plus 14 years of directly related work experience.
• Specialized experience with business modeling and simulation
• Specialized experience with flag-officer level briefings and senior-level interface
• Three years general security experience
• Experience must include support to Special Access Program and Sensitive Compartmented Information environments
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively across Government contractor and external stakeholders; prepare briefings reports standard operating procedures and official correspondence; and lead a team in fast paced classified environments.
• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility; must be able to meet any applicable Special Access Program eligibility requirements identified by the Government.