Cyber and Information Security Analyst

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About the Opportunity. We are a forward-thinking electric utility powered by a diverse team of employees committed to making customers' lives brighter, the environment better and our communities stronger. First Energy (NYSE: FE) is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, First Energy includes one of the nation's largest investor‑owned electric systems, more than 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid‑Atlantic regions, and a regulated generating fleet with a total capacity of more than 3,500 megawatts.

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Position may be filled at Akron, OH or Wadsworth, OH. Position is currently remote but may work at or visit a facility based on business need. This position is within First Energy Service Company, a subsidiary of First Energy Corp. The Cyber and Information Security Analyst works across all First Energy subsidiaries and business units to protect the cyber assets of First Energy.

The role reports to the Manager of Cyber Security Policy within First Energy's Cyber Security Governance department.

• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) between cybersecurity and the business units in the development of appropriate policies, standards, and frameworks.
• Continuously monitor trends to anticipate and plan for future impact of cyber risk on a specific business unit (BU) or function.
• Follow all risk remediation protocols to ensure issues are mitigated, risks are accounted for, and exceptions are tracked in accordance with frameworks, policies and standards set by the organization.
• Educate stakeholders on cybersecurity‑related matters to increase awareness and improve culture.
• Perform focused information risk assessments of existing or new services and technologies, along with business counterparts.
• Identify and facilitate implementation of appropriate controls to effectively manage cyber and information risks as needed.
• Understand software and system vulnerability processes, manage vulnerability patches through a process lifecycle, and perform vulnerability assessments on systems and services.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or similar discipline is preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years professional‑level experience and subject matter expert knowledge in at least one major cyber security discipline required.
• Ability to identify and assess the severity and potential impact of risks. Communicate risk assessment findings to risk owners outside the cybersecurity program in a way that consistently drives objective, fact‑based decisions about risk that optimize the trade‑off between risk mitigation and business performance.
• Familiarity with common cyber security related tools such as vulnerability scanners (Tenable preferred), Service Now IRM and GRC, Microsoft Power Automate, Microsoft Power BI, and other similar tool chains.
• Strong decision‑making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one.
• Ability to work on several tasks simultaneously and pay attention to sources of information from inside and outside one's network within an organization.
• Ability to effectively influence others by informing their opinions, plans or behaviors.
• Ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily understood, authoritative and actionable manner.
• Infrequent business travel to Akron, OH may be required.
• Ability to participate in an on‑call rotation (cycling daily; on‑call once every ~6‑8 days) responding to out‑of‑hours calls and alerts in support of security response.

At First Energy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company‑sponsored pension plan, 401(k) savings plan with matching…