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Cybersecurity Risk Analyst (Midlevel)
Location: Houston, Texas
Estimated Duration: 12 months with possible extensions
Mode of Interview :: Phone call followed by Final Client F2F
Required:
Availability to work 100% of the time at the Client's site in Houston, TX
Experience in OT, ICS, or industrial environments.
Experience in Gas, energy, utilities, or critical infrastructure operations.
Experience in IT infrastructure, networking, or systems administration.
Experience in Cybersecurity, risk management, or vulnerability management.
Experience translating cybersecurity risks and OT exposures into business-relevant impacts and options.
Experience with security reviews for OT environments and hybrid IT/OT architectures.
Responsibilities:
Act as a trusted partner to business units to align cybersecurity with reliability and business outcomes.
Translate technical vulnerabilities and security findings into clear, actionable insights for leaders and operators.
Support decision-making by framing risk tradeoffs and remediation paths rather than just identifying control gaps.
Assist with security reviews for Operational Technology (OT) and hybrid IT/OT architectures.
Partner with engineering and operations teams to understand real-world system usage versus theoretical design.
Help prioritize remediation efforts based on specific operational impact and calculated risk.
Gather and document security requirements in a format that is easily usable by non-security teams.