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Junior Cybersecurity Operations Analyst Jobs in Greater Boston at The Planet Group
Title: Junior Cybersecurity Operations Analyst
Company: The Planet Group
Location: Greater Boston
The Planet Group has partnered with a Boston area company to locate a Cybersecurity Analyst for a contract role.
We are seeking a Cybersecurity Analyst to support day-to-day security operations within a complex enterprise environment. This role will play a key part in identity and access management, vulnerability remediation efforts, operational security support, and incident response activities.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical troubleshooting skills with a customer-focused approach and enjoys working across multiple security technologies and business teams to help maintain a secure and compliant environment.
Responsibilities
- Support daily cybersecurity operations and security service requests across the organization.
- Review, investigate, and resolve security-related tickets, access requests, and user account issues.
- Assist with identity and access management activities, including account provisioning, access reviews, role validation, and governance initiatives.
- Monitor and support vulnerability management programs by reviewing findings, prioritizing remediation efforts, and coordinating with technical teams.
- Participate in security incident response activities, including investigation, documentation, escalation, and resolution support.
- Maintain accurate operational documentation, audit records, and process workflows.
- Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and compliance teams to strengthen security controls and operational processes.
- Support email security, phishing prevention, and related security operations activities.
- Help identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and operational efficiencies.
- Ensure adherence to established security policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in cybersecurity, information security operations, security administration, IT support, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience supporting identity and access management processes within enterprise environments.
- Familiarity with vulnerability management programs and remediation tracking.
- Experience working with IT service management or ticketing platforms.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Defender.
- Understanding of core cybersecurity principles, including access control, vulnerability management, phishing protection, and incident response.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working within highly regulated environments.
- Familiarity with cloud identity platforms and modern authentication technologies.
- Knowledge of email security technologies and Microsoft 365 security capabilities.
- Industry certifications such as Security+ preferred but not required
- Experience with Rapid7
