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This role analyzes security findings, coordinates corrective actions with technical teams, validates remediation, and supports the investigation and resolution of security incidents.\nThe analyst works independently on routine and moderately complex assignments, maintains accurate ticket documentation, and escalates significant risks or complex investigations. This position requires technical troubleshooting skills, sound judgment, and consistent follow-through from initial assignment through verified closure.\nPosition Responsibilities\nVulnerability Analysis and Remediation\nReview vulnerability scan results and security configuration findings to determine affected assets, exposure, and required corrective actions.\nPrioritize assigned findings using exploitability, asset criticality, external exposure, threat activity, and established remediation requirements.\nValidate findings, investigate potential false positives, and identify asset owners responsible for corrective action.\nCreate and maintain remediation tickets with clear technical details, recommended actions, ownership, and due dates.\nCoordinate patching, configuration changes, software upgrades, and removal of unsupported technologies with infrastructure, endpoint, network, and application teams.\nPerform approved remediation activities within assigned access and change 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account containment actions, within delegated authority.\nEscalate high-severity incidents, suspected compromise, and investigations requiring advanced analysis to senior analysts or incident response personnel.\nCoordinate with users, service desk personnel, and technical teams to resolve security issues and restore normal operations.\nFollow established evidence handling, communication, and incident response procedures.\nIdentify vulnerabilities or configuration weaknesses contributing to incidents and create follow-up remediation tasks.\nOperational Support and Process Improvement\nMaintain accurate ticket status, ownership, supporting evidence, and closure notes.\nMeet established response and remediation timelines and communicate delays or dependencies promptly.\nContribute to remediation dashboards, ticket metrics, and recurring operational reports.\nDevelop and update troubleshooting guides, remediation instructions, and investigation playbooks.\nIdentify recurring issues and recommend changes that reduce repeat vulnerabilities and security incidents.\nUse scripts and approved automation to streamline evidence collection, ticket updates, and remediation validation.\nProvide supporting evidence for security assessments, audits, and compliance activities.\nBasic Qualifications (Required Skills & Experience)\nAssociate’s or bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional or military experience.\nThree or more years of relevant cybersecurity or IT experience, including hands-on work with vulnerability remediation and security alert or incident triage.\nExperience using vulnerability assessment tools and interpreting findings to determine corrective actions.\nWorking knowledge of Windows administration, endpoint security, patch management, networking, and identity and access controls.\nExperience investigating security events using endpoint telemetry, logs, or a security information and event management platform.\nExperience managing work through an enterprise ticketing platform.\nAbility to distinguish routine security issues from conditions requiring urgent escalation.\nStrong technical documentation, troubleshooting, communication, and organizational skills.\nAbility to manage multiple assigned tickets and coordinate effectively with technical teams and end users.\nOther Qualifications & Desired Competencies\nExperience with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Microsoft Sentinel, Tanium, Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7, or comparable tools.\nFamiliarity with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Azure, and GCC High environments.\nExperience with Jira Service Management, ServiceNow, or comparable ticketing platforms.\nWorking knowledge of Linux systems and common cloud security configurations.\nExperience using PowerShell, Python, or Kusto Query Language to support security operations.\nFamiliarity with CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, and CIS 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In order to comply with the requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction. Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements. A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee. See 22 CFR § 120.15. Some positions will require current U.S. Citizenship due to contract requirements.\nBenefits: AV offers an excellent benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown. For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits.\nWe also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us.\nPrincipals only need apply. NO agencies please.\nAbout AV:\nAV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.\nWe don’t just build defense technology-we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber. From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.\nFounded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the boundaries of what unmanned systems can do. 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