[Hiring] Cybersecurity Staff Analyst @The Home Depot

Role Description

The Cybersecurity Staff Analyst is the team lead and most senior individual-contributor role on the Training and Awareness Team — the primary driver behind evolving our program from a traditional security awareness model into a mature Human Risk Management program.

• Operates with minimal oversight and exercises independent judgment.
• Acts as a strong team lead and thought partner to the Manager.
• Applies deep cyber threat intelligence (CTI) expertise to close the gap between simulations and real-world compromise.
• Independently collects, analyzes, and translates threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Responsible for process and operational improvement, training advisory work, and team mentoring.

Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• 2+ years of previous leadership experience (preferred).
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field (minimum education).
• 8 years of work experience (minimum).

Requirements

• None specified.

Benefits

• None specified.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple projects simultaneously and align solutions to customer expectations.
• Communicate to various levels of business partners.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Lead, mentor, and provide guidance to team members.
• Serve as SME and perform research/analysis within assigned projects.

Human Risk Management Program Evolution

• Support the shift to an adaptive, targeted, and intelligence-driven Human Risk Management program.
• Identify high-risk populations using simulated and real-world behavioral signals.
• Build data-backed cases for new capabilities like adaptive learning.
• Own applied threat intelligence for simulation themes and training recommendations.
• Partner with DLP to incorporate real-world signals into the program.

Threat Intelligence & Landscape Analysis

• Collect and analyze cyber threat intelligence from various sources.
• Deliver recurring threat-landscape briefings to team members.
• Partner closely with the CTI team.

Vendor & Platform Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for the simulation platform.
• Coordinate technical support requests with the simulation vendor.
• Maintain knowledge of the platform roadmap and flag opportunities for enhancements.

Simulation & Awareness Integration

• Design realistic, threat-informed social engineering simulation scenarios.
• Translate threat intelligence into actionable content recommendations.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Reporting

• Partner with various teams to align threat intelligence with enterprise risk.
• Deliver threat-informed briefings and metrics to cybersecurity leadership.

Growth Responsibilities (Expected by ~6 Months in Role)

• Identify and implement process improvements.
• Advise on emerging threats and recommend training content evolution.
• Informally mentor Analyst I/II and Sr. Analyst team members.

Direct Manager/Direct Reports

• This position typically reports to Manager or Sr. Manager.
• This position has 0 Direct Reports.

Travel Requirements

• No travel required.

Physical Requirements

• Most time spent sitting with frequent opportunities to move about.
• Occasional need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions

• Located in a comfortable indoor area.
• Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of previous leadership experience.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.

Preferred Education

• No additional education.

Minimum Years of Work Experience

• 8 years.

Preferred Years of Work Experience

• No additional years of experience.

Minimum Leadership Experience

• None.

Preferred Leadership Experience

• None.

Certifications

• None.

Competencies

• Action Oriented
• Collaborates
• Drives Engagement
• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Drives Results
• Manages Conflict

Compensation

• The pay range for this position is between $120,000.00 - $160,000.00.