Job Specifications
Date: Feb 6, 2026
Location:
AUSTIN, TX
Join the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and be part of a team committed to creating a positive impact in the lives of fellow Texans. At HHSC, your contributions matter, and we support you at each stage of your life and work journey. Our comprehensive benefits package includes 100% paid employee health insurance for full-time eligible employees, a defined benefit pension plan, generous time off benefits, numerous opportunities for career advancement and more. Explore more details on the Benefits of Working at HHS webpage.
Functional Title: Senior SOC/Cloud Security Analyst
Job Title: Cybersecurity Analyst III
Agency: Health & Human Services Comm
Department: CHIEF INFO SECURITY OFFICE
Posting Number: 13651
Closing Date: 04/07/2026
Posting Audience: Internal and External
Occupational Category: Computer and Mathematical
Salary Group: TEXAS-B-27
Salary Range: $7,015.16 - $10,333.33
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Shift: Day
Additional Shift: Days (First)
Telework
Travel:
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full Time/Part Time: Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Exempt
Facility Location:
Job Location City: AUSTIN
Job Location Address: 701 W 51ST ST
Other Locations:
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Brief Job Description
This position is open to permanent residents or U.S. citizens only.
The Senior SOC / Cloud Security Analyst serves as a critical member of the HHSC Cybersecurity Operations team and is responsible for protecting enterprise systems, cloud environments, and sensitive data from evolving cyber threats. This role operates at an advanced technical level and functions as a subject matter expert in Security Operations, SIEM engineering, vulnerability management, threat detection, and incident response.
The analyst will lead to proactive threat monitoring across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, leveraging enterprise security platforms such as SIEM, EDR, vulnerability scanners (e.g., Qualys), and cloud-native security tools. This position plays a key role in strengthening HHSC’s cyber defense posture by identifying control gaps, reducing attack surface, and driving rapid remediation of vulnerabilities.
This role partners closely with infrastructure, cloud engineering, application teams, risk management, and incident response stakeholders to ensure security is embedded into enterprise technology deployments. The position also supports regulatory compliance efforts aligned with TAC 202, HIPAA, IRS 1075, NIST 800-53, and other state and federal cybersecurity requirements.
The Cybersecurity Analyst III operates with considerable independence, provides technical leadership during cyber incidents, mentors junior analysts, and contributes to the continuous maturation of HHSC’s Security Operations Center (SOC).
Essential Job Functions (EJFs)
Attends work on a regular and predictable schedule in accordance with agency leave policy and performs other duties as assigned.
(30%) Security Operations Monitoring & Incident Response
Serve as a senior analyst within the Security Operations Center (SOC) responsible for advanced threat detection, triage, investigation, and response.
Monitor and analyze security events using SIEM platforms (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel) to identify malicious or anomalous activity.
Lead incident investigations, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate containment, eradication, and recovery efforts.
Develop and refine detection use cases, correlation rules, and behavioral analytics to improve threat visibility.
Provide technical leadership during high-severity cyber incidents.
Conduct threat hunting activities across network, endpoint, identity, and cloud telemetry.
(25%) Vulnerability Management & Attack Surface Reduction
Serve as the technical lead for vulnerability management using enterprise scanning platforms such as Qualys.
Analyze vulnerability data, prioritize risks based on exploitability and business impact, and drive remediation with system owners.
Validate patching effectiveness and oversee closure of critical and high-risk findings.
Identify systemic weaknesses and recommend compensating controls.
Produce executive-ready risk metrics and dashboards to support leadership decision-making.
(20%) Cloud Security Operations
Secure AWS, Azure, and other cloud platforms through continuous monitoring and configuration assessment.
Investigate cloud-native threats including identity compromise, misconfigurations, exposed services, and lateral movement.
Implement and tune cloud security tooling such as CSPM, CWPP, and identity threat detection capabilities.
Partner with DevOps and cloud teams to