Cybersecurity Staff Analyst – Human Risk

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. Lead the Training and Awareness Team with day-to-day direction, prioritization, and technical leadership .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeRemote • Georgia • United StatesLead💰 $120,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates deep expertise in cyber threat intelligence and social engineering tactics, with a strong ability to lead training initiatives and manage risk through simulations and awareness campaigns. Proven capability in analyzing threat actor behavior and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance cybersecurity awareness and response.

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Cyber Threat Intelligence ExpertiseSocial Engineering TTP AnalysisSecurity Awareness CampaignsLeadership ExperienceRisk Management

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Hard Skills

Threat Actor Behavior AnalysisSocial Engineering SimulationsDLP ImplementationMITRE ATT&CK MappingHuman Risk ManagementCybersecurity MetricsThreat Intelligence CollectionSimulation DesignData-Backed Case BuildingEmerging Threats Advisement

Soft Skills

Technical LeadershipMentoringIndependent JudgmentCollaborationCommunication

Tools & Technologies

Simulation PlatformsCybersecurity ToolsThreat Detection SystemsIncident Response FrameworksDLP Solutions

Industry Keywords

CybersecurityHuman Risk ManagementThreat Landscape BriefingsOSINTCompliance Training

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the Training and Awareness Team with day-to-day direction, prioritization, and technical leadership
Act as a strategic thought partner to the Cybersecurity Manager and help translate strategy into prioritized initiatives
Drive the Human Risk Management transformation, platform roadmap adoption, and capability rollouts
Serve as acting manager when the Manager is unavailable
Collect, evaluate, and track cyber threat intelligence from multiple sources
Analyze threat actor behavior and social engineering TTPs, including spear-phishing, pretexting, MFA fatigue, vishing, AI-driven impersonation, and deepfakes
Deliver recurring threat-landscape briefings
Own applied threat intelligence and translate it into simulation themes, awareness content, and training recommendations
Identify high-risk populations using simulation, malicious email, DLP, and insider-risk signals
Build data-backed cases for adaptive learning, real-time triggers, and deepfake/vishing capabilities
Manage the day-to-day relationship with the simulation platform managed-service resource and vendor
Design realistic, threat-informed social engineering simulations
Recommend content for broad, targeted, seasonal, and high-risk-period awareness campaigns
Collaborate with SOC, CTI, Incident Response, Threat Detection, DLP, Communications, and other stakeholder teams
Deliver threat-informed briefings, trend metrics, risk insights, and KPIs to cybersecurity leadership
Improve team processes, tools, handoffs, and documentation
Advise Training on emerging threats and evolving compliance and role-based training content
Informally mentor Analyst I/II and Senior Analyst team members

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be eighteen years of age or older
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
Bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job
Minimum 8 years of work experience
Deep cyber threat intelligence expertise
Experience analyzing threat actor behavior and social engineering TTPs mapped to MITRE ATT&CK
Experience with OSINT, internal, vendor, commercial, and technical intelligence sources
Experience with security awareness, human risk management, simulations, and awareness campaigns
Experience with DLP, insider-risk signals, and policy-violation indicators
Preferred: 2+ years of previous leadership experience
Ability to lead, mentor, and provide technical guidance without formal people-management authority
Must be able to work independently and exercise sound judgment on ambiguous problems

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote/Virtual work arrangement
No travel required