Security Specialist - Security Ops Analyst

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

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant discipline and 10 years of directly relevant experience; or a bachelor’s 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.

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is committed to pay transparency for our applicants and employee-owners. The salary range for this position is USD $132,500.00/Yr. - USD $221,300.00/Yr. Actual compensation will be determined based on several factors permitted by law. AMERICAN SYSTEMS provides for the welfare of its employees and their dependents through a comprehensive benefits program by offering healthcare benefits, paid leave, retirement plans, insurance programs, and education and training assistance.