Information Security Analyst III
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 20, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 15, 2026. Westinghouse Electric Company scores A on the Alion truth index.
Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.
About the role:
As an Information Security Analyst III you will identify, investigate, contain, and help resolve security incidents while developing and improving enterprise detection capabilities. You will translate threat intelligence, attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures into applicable monitoring, analytics, and response workflows across security platforms. The analyst serves as a senior technical resource between IT, Information Security, Legal, Data Privacy, HR, and business partners, providing clear findings, risk context, and recommendations.
You will report to the Global Incident Response Supervisor and be located at Cranberry Township, PA. Hybrid work schedule.
Key Responsibilities:
Respond to and investigate computer security incidents observing established incident response policies, plans, and procedures, including evaluation, scoping, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident analysis.
Analyze problematic activity reported by security technologies and partners, including IT, HR, Legal, and Data Privacy, and maintain complete, accurate investigation case records.
Develop, validate, implement, and maintain detection use cases, analytics, alerts, reports, and dashboards in security monitoring platforms to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities.
Translate current threat intelligence and attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures into threat models, detection logic, investigation guidance, and response actions.
Plan, test, tune, and refine detection content to improve accuracy, coverage, and operational value while reducing false positives and unnecessary analyst workload.
Provide technical guidance to first responders and other security operations personnel during investigations and major incidents, including on-call support.
Provide relevant, and audience-appropriate incident updates, investigation findings, risk assessments, metrics, and recommendations to partners and decision makers.
Maintain the operational effectiveness and configuration of assigned security solutions, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, SIEM, SOAR, forensic, and threat intelligence technologies.
Collaborate with security operations, threat intelligence, engineering, architecture, and teams to define requirements and improve detection and response capabilities.
Perform other responsibilities and special projects as assigned.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information security, a related technical discipline, or equivalent education and relevant experience.
4+ years of relevant cybersecurity experience, including substantial experience in security operations, incident response, threat detection, detection engineering, threat intelligence, forensics, security automation, or related functions.
Experience of incident response frameworks and methodologies, including NIST SP 800-61 and MITRE ATT&CK.
Advanced experience with SIEM and SOAR platforms, security analytics, forensics, threat intelligence, and endpoint or cloud security technologies.
Practical expertise with Microsoft security tools and applications, including Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel.
Create efficient, complex queries and analytics in large security data platforms and to build alerts, reports, dashboards, and automated response actions.
Experience maturing threat detection capabilities, translating threat intelligence into applicable detection logic, and developing detections as code using formats such as Sigma or YARA.
Proficiency with one or more high-level programming or scripting languages, such as Python or PowerShell.
We are committed to transparency and equity in all of our people practices. The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $85,200 to $106,500 per year.
Why Westinghouse?
Our benefits package is tailored to meet the diverse needs of our employees, while also promoting wellness and career growth. The following are representative of what we offer:
Comprehensive Medical benefits which could include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions options
Wellness Programs designed to support employees in maintaining their health and well-being including Employee Assistance Program providing support for our employees and their household members
401(k) with Company Match Contributions to support employees' retirement
Paid Vacations and Company Holidays
Opportunities for Flexible Work Arrangements to promote work-life balance
Educational Reimbursement and Comprehensive Career Programs to help employees grow in their careers
Global Recognition and Service Programs to celebrate employee accomplishments and service
Employee Referral Program
Westinghouse Electric Company is the global nuclear energy industry's first choice for safe, clean, and efficient energy solutions. We enable our delivery of this vision by living our value system:
Safety and Quality
Integrity and Trust
Customer Focus and Innovation
Speed and Passion to Win
Teamwork and Accountability
While our Global Headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, PA, we have over 11,000 employees working at locations in 19 different countries. You can learn more by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com.
Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities
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