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Security Specialist - Security Ops AnalystAMERICAN SYSTEMS

  • Not-remote
  • Full-time
  • Total comp
    Expected total yearly pay with bonus and equity at target, including any base pay.
  • Salary
  • Arlington, VA

Job Summary

AMERICAN SYSTEMSis an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.



As The Security Specialist Security Operations Analyst, you will:

  • Apply structured analysis, business modeling, and process evaluation to improve security operations and leadership decision-making.
  • Examine workflows, workloads, performance data, trends, dependencies, and recurring issues across multiple security areas.
  • Develop analytical products that strengthen situational awareness, identify opportunities for improvement, and support planning, prioritization, and resource decisions.
  • By combining security-domain knowledge with quantitative and qualitative analysis, the Security Specialist Security Operations Analyst helps leaders understand operational conditions and evaluate potential courses of action.
  • Maintain defensible methods, communicates findings clearly, and tracks whether recommended changes produce the intended operational results.

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Analyze security workflows, workload data, performance indicators, trends, and recurring operational issues.
  • Develop business models, simulations, scenarios, and other structured analyses to support security planning and decisions.
  • Evaluate process effectiveness and identify bottlenecks, control gaps, resource constraints, and improvement opportunities.
  • Prepare analytical reports, visual summaries, briefings, decision papers, and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
  • Maintain data sets, assumptions, methodologies, and supporting documentation used in recurring security analysis.
  • Coordinate with security specialists and operational teams to validate data, interpret findings, and assess practical effects.
  • Monitor implementation outcomes and measure whether approved process changes improve performance or reduce risk.
  • Provide timely analytical support for emerging requirements, leadership data calls, and operational planning activities

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