TJX — IT Security Analyst – Junior
Job Type: Contract, 880 hours
Location: Fully Remote
Extension: Potential to extend
Interview: One-round panel interview
Work Authorization: Must work on client’s W2
Other Requirements: Updated LinkedIn profile and excellent communication skills
Role Overview
The IT Security Analyst – Junior will join the Cyber Engagement team and focus on understanding and improving employee security behavior through social-engineering simulations, security awareness campaigns, data analysis, reinforcement, and actionable recommendations.
Required Skills & Experience
- 2–5 years of cybersecurity awareness, social engineering simulation, or related security experience
- Experience with:
- Social-engineering simulations
- Phishing/vishing campaigns
- Security awareness campaigns
- Behavior-change initiatives
- Remediation efforts
- Ability to analyze security and user-behavior data
- Experience creating metrics, dashboards, and executive-level reports
- Power BI or similar analytics/reporting tools
- Advanced Excel data analysis
- Ability to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights
- SQL — ability to write and execute queries
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Strong stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities
- Ability to collaborate with technical and business teams
Preferred Skills
- KnowBe4
- Proofpoint
- Security awareness and training platforms
- Experience working with external security vendors
Key Responsibilities
- Research the social-engineering threat landscape
- Develop risk-based priorities for phishing and other simulations
- Plan, coordinate, execute, and evaluate:
- Phishing simulations
- Vishing simulations
- Other social-engineering tests
- Campaign performance
- User trends
- Reporting behavior
- Root causes
- Identify opportunities for targeted and role-based training
- Convert simulation results into practical security-awareness recommendations
- Support urgent/event-driven security communications
- Build Power BI dashboards and KPIs
- Prepare leadership-ready summaries and reports
- Improve and automate reporting processes
- Centralize Cyber Engagement metrics
- Partner with Awareness & Training, Cyber Resiliency, and business stakeholders
- Support vendor management and continuous improvement
Most Important Keywords for Resume
Cybersecurity Awareness | Social Engineering | Phishing | Vishing | Security Awareness | Behavioral Analytics | Power BI | Excel | SQL | Dashboards | KPI | Metrics | Data Analysis | Risk Analysis | User Behavior | Security Training | KnowBe4 | Proofpoint | Stakeholder Management | Executive Reporting | Remediation
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