Cyber Security Metrics & Automation Analyst

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AES is seeking a Cyber Security Metrics & Automation Analyst to join our Cyber Threat Management Team. This role combines data-driven security metrics development with hands-on automation engineering to enhance the effectiveness, visibility, and operational efficiency of our global Cyber Security organization.

The ideal candidate is a technically skilled professional who understands business processes and can translate complex security data into actionable insights for leadership. You will design and build dashboards, define key performance indicators, and develop automation workflows that streamline operations across multiple cyber security domains.

• Design, develop, and maintain security metrics dashboards using Python and Power BI to provide real-time visibility into the organization’s cyber security posture.
• Partner with cyber security leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to identify, define, and recommend key performance indicators (KPIs) and key risk indicators (KRIs) that align with business objectives.
• Build automated data pipelines using Python to collect, transform, and aggregate data from multiple security tools and platforms via API calls.
• Develop executive-level reports and visualizations that communicate security program maturity, risk trends, and operational performance to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Continuously evaluate and refine metrics to ensure they provide meaningful, actionable insights that drive decision-making and resource allocation.

• Design and implement automation workflows across the Cyber Security organization to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• SOAR Automation: Develop and maintain playbooks and automated response workflows within our Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platform to accelerate incident response and threat remediation.
• Power Automate: Build and manage Power Automate flows to streamline administrative and operational processes, notifications, approvals, and cross-team coordination.
• Data Protection & Insider Threat: Develop automation for data loss prevention (DLP) policy enforcement, insider threat alert triage, and case management workflows.
• Identity & Access Management (IAM): Create automated workflows for access reviews, provisioning/deprovisioning, privilege escalation monitoring, and compliance reporting.
• Vulnerability Management Automation: Create templated, context-aware remediation guidance that is automatically generated and delivered to system owners based on vulnerability severity, asset criticality, and business context.
• Collaborate with team members across all cyber security functions to identify automation opportunities, gather requirements, and deliver solutions that meet operational needs.
• Document all automation workflows, maintain version control, and ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with security best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Data Analytics, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• 5+ years of experience in cyber security operations, security engineering, or a related technical role.
• Strong proficiency in Python for data analysis, scripting, API integrations, and automation development.
• Hands-on experience building dashboards and reports in Power BI, including DAX queries and data modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into meaningful security metrics and actionable…