Cyber Security Analyst Senior

Date Opened:
Thursday, February 19, 2026 12:00 AM

Close Date:
Thursday, March 05, 2026 12:00 AM

Department:
Innovation and Technology Department

Salary: $ – $ Commensurate with Experience

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family‑oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

Responsible for protecting information systems by managing compliance, coordinating response to cyber security incidents, and researching and maintaining awareness of the latest cyber threats and vulnerabilities. This position will work with all City technology teams to ensure that necessary technical security requirements are met. As a member of the Innovation and Technology Cyber Security team, this individual will focus on operational‑related security initiatives to support technology infrastructure, and/or enterprise applications and services while also facilitating the use of technology to ward off attempts by attackers who are targeting sensitive consumer and corporate information.

This individual will work with the Cyber Security team to automate cyber security processes and plan, develop, and coordinate cyber security projects as needed. May interface with external entities including law enforcement, intelligence and other government organizations and agencies.

• Coordinate and execute security tasks related to technology projects or initiatives.
• Configure and install cyber security systems to include scheduling and attendance of after hours maintenance windows.
• Produce cyber security architectures and documentation.
• Conduct maintenance and monitoring of cyber security systems.
• Provide advanced support in response to cyber security incidents.
• Develop remediation plans for any gaps reported in audits or recommended process improvements.
• Collaborate with City departments to manage security vulnerabilities or investigations.
• Conduct security research in keeping abreast of latest security issues.
• Coordinate with managed security services to implement security initiatives.
• Coordinate and execute security tasks related to Innovation and Technology security requests.
• Provide advanced support in evaluation and implementation of cyber security requirements for technology systems.
• Develop scripts and software to automate cyber security processes.
• Must be able to work efficiently, expeditiously and independently with limited supervision.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• English grammar, spelling, and punctuation
• Experience with combining AI and ML models with broader system architectures, including cloud‑based infrastructure, software applications, and APIs.
• Experience with cloud security concepts, including the ability to assess existing cloud implementations for security issues, engineering and implementing new cloud security tools, and providing security expertise for Dev Ops teams.
• Experience with Splunk Enterprise Security, including Search and Reporting, adding new log sources, developing custom parsing rules, administrating forwarders, and deployment servers.
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technologies, including building, administering, operating, and tuning such systems.
• Experience with IT system security review processes, including threat modeling, and other risk identification techniques.
• Experience with IT system auditing processes for compliance with applicable policies, standards, and regulations.
• Experience with security product evaluation, including…