Cybersecurity Analyst

Location: Denver, Colorado, United States. The role requires the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance and access to export-controlled information; applicants must be a U.S. Person under ITAR/EAR regulations.

Salary: $95,000–$125,000 USD base salary per year.

Company

hirify.global develops mission-critical technologies for space, defense, and national security applications.

What you will do

• Monitor and analyze security alerts, endpoint and identity events, email-security findings, and other signals.
• Investigate suspicious activity, document findings, recommend remediation, and escalate incidents.
• Analyze vulnerability scans, endpoint posture, configuration gaps, and control weaknesses.
• Partner with IT, networking, cloud, engineering, and system owners to prioritize and track remediation.
• Maintain security plans, POA&Ms, control evidence, risk registers, procedures, and remediation documentation.
• Support threat hunting, audits, tabletop exercises, user awareness, and secure handling of CUI and sensitive government information.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3–7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, cyber analysis, IT security, vulnerability management, security operations, IT compliance, GRC, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of security operations, endpoint security, identity security, vulnerability management, incident response, and risk analysis.
• Familiarity with NIST SP 800-171, CMMC, NIST 800-53, DFARS, ITAR/EAR, CUI, or similar regulated-environment controls.
• Experience creating or maintaining security findings, evidence, POA&Ms, procedures, control narratives, risk registers, or remediation trackers.
• Prior DoD, federal, aerospace, defense, or government-contractor experience, with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Nice to have

• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience with SIEM, EDR, vulnerability scanning, GRC, ticketing, or cloud-security tools such as Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Splunk, Tenable, Rapid7, ServiceNow GRC, Archer, or Drata.
• Experience with Microsoft GCC High, Azure Government, FedRAMP, GovCloud, or secure collaboration environments.
• Security certifications such as Security+, CySA+, GSEC, CISA, CISM, CRISC, or CMMC RP.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible Time Off and programs supporting physical and mental well-being.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families.
• 401(k) plan with a 50% company match on contributions up to 8%.
• Flexible gym memberships and additional voluntary benefits.
• Mission-driven work in an innovative space, defense, and national security environment.
• Travel to facilities, operational sites, and partner locations may be required; occasional work outside normal business hours may be necessary for incidents or urgent remediation.