Security Operations Analyst

Business Intelligence Junior Full-Time, Exempt

About The Role

ACPWB is seeking a Security Operations Analyst to help the Business Intelligence team scale the internal authentication and access management systems to meet growing demand from the advisory practice. You will work in Node.js and PostgreSQL, contribute to compensation analytics platform development initiatives, and collaborate with a team of 10 who take engineering craft seriously and treat technical debt as a real liability.

ACPWB's Business Intelligence team is looking for a Security Operations Analyst who takes genuine ownership of the internal authentication and access management systems. This is not a break-fix role or a ticket queue. You will work in Node.js and PostgreSQL, contribute to the compensation analytics platform development agenda, and collaborate closely with analysts and advisors who need technology that simply works. We have a small, excellent team. We are looking for someone who fits.

The Security Operations Analyst role in ACPWB's Business Intelligence group is for someone who finds real satisfaction in making complex systems work well. You will take responsibility for compensation analytics platform development using Node.js and PostgreSQL on Azure and on-premise hybrid environment, and your work will have immediate, visible impact on the quality and efficiency of ACPWB's analytical operations. We have 10 people on this team. Every contribution matters.

Key Responsibilities

• ◆ Develop APIs and integrations connecting the internal authentication and access management systems with third-party data sources and internal tools
• ◆ Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and engineering standards for the Business Intelligence team
• ◆ Support the migration of legacy systems to modern platforms including Azure and on-premise hybrid environment
• ◆ Design and enforce access controls, authentication policies, and data security protocols
• ◆ Build internal tooling to improve analyst productivity and data access across the firm
• ◆ Build and maintain automated data pipelines and ETL processes supporting the internal authentication and access management systems
• ◆ Partner with analytical and advisory teams to understand data requirements and translate them into technical solutions

Qualifications

Required

• ◆ Experience with ETL or data pipeline development and maintenance
• ◆ Familiarity with information security fundamentals including authentication, encryption, and access control
• ◆ Experience with version control (Git), code review practices, and CI/CD pipelines
• ◆ 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering, data engineering, or a closely related technical discipline
• ◆ Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills with the ability to diagnose issues under time pressure

Preferred

• ◆ Background in application security including OWASP principles and secure development practices
• ◆ Familiarity with API design and RESTful service development
• ◆ Experience with PostgreSQL, Snowflake, or other enterprise relational or analytical databases

WHY ACPWB

We are a firm that puts 'work-life balance' in job postings and actually has it. Our utilization targets are rational. Our deadline culture is intense but not pathological. Our PTO is taken. We mention this because we know what you have read about professional services firms, and we want to be direct about the ways we differ.

ACPWB was founded in Milwaukee in 2006 with a simple mandate: help working Americans understand and advocate for the compensation they deserve. Eighteen years later, that mandate has grown into a full-service research and advisory practice serving clients from early-stage employers to Fortune 50 enterprises — and we are still based in Milwaukee, because Milwaukee is genuinely underrated.

INTERVIEW PROCESS

We use a structured, competency-based interview format with a standardized scoring rubric applied consistently across all candidates. This approach is less exciting than an unstructured conversation but more predictive and considerably fairer. Interviewers are trained on the rubric before they use it.

What Success Looks Like In Year One

• ◆ Complete a successful deployment to production with no unplanned rollbacks or escalations
• ◆ Establish a reliable on-call rotation and demonstrate competent incident response
• ◆ Complete any required compliance training modules and system access certifications
• ◆ Establish your own development environment, testing practices, and review standards consistent with team norms

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Applications for this position are being accepted through September 15, 2026. Submit your materials using the form below.

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