Data Analyst II

Data Analyst II

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Participate in recurring program forums, including Weekly Project Status Reporting, coordination meetings, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) development sessions
• Track, document, and manage action items, team recommendations, and deliverables across multiple cybersecurity workstreams
• Support performance reporting activities, including operational metrics tracking, data validation, and report preparation
• Maintain situational awareness of ongoing cybersecurity operations through daily staff check-ins and coordination activities
• Serve as a central coordination point for communication between Security Operations Center (SOC), engineering teams, and leadership stakeholders
• Facilitate cross-team alignment by ensuring timely communication of priorities, dependencies, and operational updates
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, workflow optimization, and operational efficiencies across cybersecurity activities
• Support implementation of automation initiatives and modernization efforts to enhance program execution and efficiency
• Assist in the development, refinement, and maintenance of SOPs and operational documentation
• Provide coordination support for cybersecurity tools and workflows, ensuring visibility into tool effectiveness and operational performance
• Enhance accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of program reporting deliverables provided to stakeholders
• Reduce administrative burden on program leadership by managing coordination, tracking, and reporting activities
• Support integration and alignment of cybersecurity operations with engineering and tool management teams
• Conduct quality assurance reviews of GRC platform record sets to identify duplicates, gaps, or inconsistencies in use case entries across environments.
• Perform cross-system data comparisons between the GRC platform, application, and external systems (e.g., HSDW, CyberScope), ensuring alignment with compliance reporting requirements.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports for FISMA CIO metrics, GRC platform and application inventory health, and POA&M status updates.
• Support data validation and cleanup projects during OpDiv onboarding or use case enhancements.
• Coordinate with developers, business analysts, and federal stakeholders to interpret data needs and support continuous reporting improvements.
• Assist in defining business rules and logic for data mapping, reporting fields, and export templates.
• Use SQL, Excel, Power BI, or Archer-native reporting tools to design and deliver metrics reports.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of data used in FISMA audits, ATO reviews, and senior leadership briefings.
• Maintain documentation of data integrity processes, reporting logic, and validation checklists.
• Can investigate and comprehend complex calculated fields, iViews, sub-forms, dashboards, and advanced reports to determine corrective actions.
• Performs basic API diagnostics and supports GRC platform and application data integrations for pre-defined feeds (e.g., HSDW, EANow, Active Directory) under developer guidance.
• Supports data mapping and metrics exports aligned with OSCAL structure for audit and reporting automation.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Data Science, or related discipline.
• Possesses at least 5 years of experience in data analysis and reporting.
• At least 2 years working with an Enterprise Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform, including RSA Archer, data related to system inventory, POA&M tracking, and FISMA compliance.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow ticketing system to track data-related issues and user-reported discrepancies.
• Understanding of system inventory and POA&M standards, including OMB and FISMA reporting requirements.
• Preferred certifications include CompTIA Data+, Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate, or equivalent.
• US Citizen