Cybersecurity Analyst jobs near you
Security analysts watch what's happening on the network and decide what matters. Half the job is detection, half is explaining risk to people who don't think in packets.
Typical pay: $35–$60 an hour, more in regulated and defense environments.
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What the day actually looks like
- Triage alerts, separate real signal from tuning problems.
- Investigate an incident end to end and write it up.
- Review access, run vulnerability scans, chase remediation.
- Keep evidence and timelines clean enough to stand up to audit.
How people get in
- Most analysts arrive from support or admin work, not straight from school.
- Security+ is the common floor; SOC roles teach the rest on shift.
- Defense and healthcare work adds background and clearance requirements.
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