IT Cybersecurity Analyst

Peco Foods, Inc. is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst to help protect a multi-site, production-driven environment. This role is responsible for monitoring security systems, investigating threats, and responding to cybersecurity incidents across corporate and plant operations. The ideal candidate has hands-on incident response experience and understands the importance of maintaining security without disrupting critical manufacturing systems.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Monitor and investigate security alerts from platforms including Cisco security tools, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft O365 Security, Proofpoint, Rapid7, and SolarWinds.

• Triage and respond to security incidents, assisting with containment, remediation, and recovery efforts.

• Analyze logs and system activity to detect threats such as phishing, credential compromise, ransomware indicators, and unauthorized access.

• Support identity and access security initiatives, including monitoring MFA, privileged accounts, and conditional access policies.

• Investigate phishing attempts and support email and cloud security monitoring.

• Assist with vulnerability management, risk prioritization, and patch compliance efforts.

• Support network and infrastructure security monitoring and collaborate with IT and plant teams on operational technology (OT) security concerns.

• Document investigations, prepare incident reports, and contribute to security metrics and reporting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience).

• 3+ years of cybersecurity operations or incident response experience.

• Experience with security tools such as Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft O365 Security, Proofpoint, Rapid7, Cisco security solutions, or SolarWinds.

• Strong understanding of phishing detection, ransomware indicators, identity-based threats, and network traffic analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting cybersecurity in manufacturing or other uptime-sensitive environments.

• Familiarity with Cisco XDR, Secure Endpoint, or firewall/NAC investigations.

• Knowledge of Zero Trust security architecture.

• Security certifications such as CompTIA Security+ or CySA+.