Security Analyst II

Work Location Type: Hybrid
Req Number 322788
About Grainger:
W.W. Grainger, Inc., is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. At Grainger, We Keep the World Working® by serving more than 4.5 million customers worldwide with products and solutions delivered through innovative technology and deep customer relationships. Known for its commitment to service and award-winning culture, the Company had 2024 revenue of $17.2 billion across its two business models. In the High-Touch Solutions segment, Grainger offers approximately 2 million maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products and services, including technical support and inventory management. In the Endless Assortment segment, Zoro.com offers customers access to more than 14 million products, and MonotaRO.com offers more than 24 million products. For more information, visit www.grainger.com.
Compensation
The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $79,000.00 to $131,600.00.
"This position is not eligible for any form of sponsorship now or in the future. Individuals requiring sponsorship (e.g. OPT or H1B visa status) should not apply. Only individuals authorized to work in the United States now and for the foreseeable future will be considered for this position."
Rewards and Benefits:
With benefits starting on day one, our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet team members' individual needs, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans with coverage starting on day one of employment and 6 free sessions each year with a licensed therapist to support your emotional wellbeing.
• 18 paid time off (PTO) days annually for full-time employees (accrual prorated based on employment start date) and 6 company holidays per year.
• 6% company contribution to a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan each pay period, no employee contribution required.
• Employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, student loan refinancing and free access to financial counseling, education, and tools.
• Maternity support programs, nursing benefits, and up to 14 weeks paid leave for birth parents and up to 4 weeks paid leave for non-birth parents.

For additional information and details regarding Grainger's benefits, please click on the link below:
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The pay range provided above is not a guarantee of compensation. The range reflects the potential base pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual base pay compensation will depend, in part, on factors such as geographic work location and relevant experience and skills.
The anticipated compensation range described above is subject to change and the compensation ultimately paid may be higher or lower than the range described above.
Grainger reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate its compensation and benefit programs in its sole discretion at any time, consistent with applicable law.
Position Detail:
Security Analyst II protects Grainger information assets by supporting the development and deployment sustainable vulnerability management processes, analyzing external threat intelligence and making it available to the right teams at the right time, effectively collaborating across the organization.
You will:

• Assist in the development and continuous improvement of Grainger's vulnerability and threat management program.
• Support the creation and operation of repeatable vulnerability management processes that enable "security by default."
• Participate in the management and execution of vulnerability and threat management processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve current processes through automation and workflow optimization.
• Collaborate in the implementation of automation and improved organizational workflows to achieve greater accuracy and reduce time to action.
• Analyze threat intelligence sources and escalate relevant information to Security Operations, Legal, and other relevant Grainger teams.
• Assist in the creation and tracking of SLA workflows to assure accurate escalation of SLA notifications.
• Ensure accurate reporting of key threat and vulnerability management metrics to Grainger leadership and other stakeholders
• Support the creation and tracking of metrics and workflows for Application, Cloud, and Server and Endpoint vulnerability management.
• Collaborate with partner teams in establishing scalable processes for vulnerability and asset prioritization based on available risk and threat data.
• Collaborate with partner engineering teams to identify and remediate blind spots in Grainger's vulnerability management process.
• Contribute to systems hardening efforts at Grainger by providing effective security best practices recommendations.
• Contribute to the development of security and threat management briefings to Grainger partner teams.
• An ideal candidate will have experience working with large datasets, building Splunk queries, working with API Keys, coding, Power BI and automating procedures.

You have:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related degree, or equivalent job experience.
• 2+ years of experience or training in security fundamentals design, implementation and troubleshooting across all computer platforms.
• 3+ years required of combined IT and security work experience with a broad exposure to infrastructure/network and multi-platform environments.
• Demonstrates a solid understanding of information security concepts.
• Ability to quickly learn, become competent in, and effectively apply new skills.
• Ability to prioritize and execute tasks in a complex environment for self and team members independently and effectively.

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