Security Analyst

Title: System Analyst 6

Location: 530 West Allegan Street Lansing, MI 48933

Duration: 1 year with possible extension

Hybrid: Resource will be working a hybrid schedule. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. (Tuesday/Wednesday)

Interview Process: Interviews will be conducted in-person in Lansing, MI.

Local Candidate to Michigan

Minimum Qualifications

• Seven years of professional experience in security, compliance, risk management, or a closely related discipline within a government agency, public retirement system, or regulated financial environment.

• Demonstrated experience developing, documenting, and evaluating security controls, compliance requirements, and governance processes.

• Experience supporting security or compliance assessments, audit activities, policy reviews, and control validations.

• Working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks relevant to public sector environments, such as NIST CSF, NIST 800 53, and state IT security standards. – 5+ years of experience

• Experience participating in system or process changes with a focus on ensuring data protection, access controls, regulatory adherence, and secure implementation.

• Knowledge of Agile SDLC practices with an emphasis on integrating security and compliance into requirements, testing, and release processes.

• Ability to assess common vulnerabilities such as XSS, CSRF, SQL Injection, and authentication weaknesses.

• Proficiency in tools used to support security documentation, compliance tracking, and workflow management (e.g., Azure DevOps, GRC platforms). – 5+ years of experience

• Contribute to development, documentation, and testing of Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs) for critical systems.

• Assist in defining recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information security, cybersecurity, information systems, public administration, or a related field; or equivalent experience.

• Experience supporting security and compliance needs within public pension or retirement administration programs.

• Working knowledge of security capabilities and data protection requirements within pension administration platforms or enterprise benefits systems.

• Experience using SQL or analytics tools (Power BI, advanced Excel) to support compliance monitoring, security metrics, reporting, and data validation.

• Professional security or compliance certifications such as CGRC, CAP, Security+, CISA, or similar.

• Knowledge of state and federal regulations governing data security, privacy, and compliance within public sector retirement systems (IRS, SSA, state statutes, audit standards).

• Familiarity with Java or the .NET framework.

• High level understanding of how web applications function.