IT Security Analyst

Company Overview Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables. Job Summary We are searching for an IT Security Analyst II to support and strengthen the security, monitoring, and compliance of our multi-site, hybrid corporate IT infrastructure, on-premises systems, and SaaS application platforms. This role will independently perform security monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, policy and control administration, and compliance activities within established cybersecurity programs and procedures. The role will collaborate with IT infrastructure, application owners, business teams, and external service providers to identify, assess, and remediate cybersecurity risks. The ideal candidate will have hands-on cybersecurity operations experience in a medium- or enterprise-scale environment, preferably within a highly regulated industry or an organization subject to NIST 800-171, CMMC, or similar security frameworks.

Responsibilities

Independently monitor and analyze activity across computer networks, systems, cloud platforms, and SaaS applications for suspicious activity and potential security incidents. Configure and onboard supported IT systems and appliances into the enterprise SIEM, including validating log collection and supporting detection and investigation capabilities. Analyze, investigate, and respond to SIEM, endpoint protection, firewall, identity, and access management alerts, escalating complex or high-risk events as appropriate. Investigate and document routine and moderately complex security incidents; coordinate containment and remediation activities and escalate as appropriate. Perform vulnerability management activities, including scanning, analysis, prioritization, reporting, and remediation tracking through closure. Work with IT infrastructure teams to identify, assess, prioritize, and resolve network, endpoint, cloud, and application security risks. Apply and support the maintenance and enforcement of internal IT security policies and procedures, including data handling, acceptable use, access control, and incident response. Perform assigned audit, compliance review, evidence collection, and control assessment activities against applicable regulatory frameworks. Administer and monitor assigned security controls for firewalls, endpoint protection, encryption, identity and access management, multi-factor authentication, and secure remote access. Review user access, permissions, and privileged accounts to enforce least-privilege and zero-trust principles. Support security awareness initiatives and reinforce cybersecurity best practices across the organization. Maintain accurate documentation of security incidents, risks, procedures, control evidence, and remediation activities. Coordinate assigned security activities with third-party cybersecurity vendors and managed service providers. Monitor developments in current cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, trends, and regulatory requirements. Develop and maintain metrics and reports on security alerts, vulnerabilities, incident response, compliance status, and remediation progress. Perform other duties as assigned.