Apetan Consulting LLC is seeking a Cybersecurity Business Partner Analyst to serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and cybersecurity teams. The role involves translating cybersecurity findings into business-relevant risks, managing vulnerabilities, and supporting cybersecurity efforts across operational environments.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and cybersecurity teams across operational environments
- Partner with business leaders, infrastructure teams, and OT teams to ensure projects and systems are designed and maintained securely
- Translate cybersecurity findings into business-relevant risks, recommendations, and action plans
- Help teams understand security priorities without creating unnecessary friction or roadblocks
- Review vulnerabilities identified by internal threat exposure teams and determine:
- What the vulnerabilities mean
- Potential attack paths and exposure risks
- Mitigation vs. remediation strategies
- Recommendations for business owners to reduce risk
- Support prioritization of remediation efforts based on operational impact and business risk
- Track remediation commitments, timelines, and follow-through
- Support cybersecurity efforts across OT environments, hybrid IT/OT systems, and gas infrastructure operations
- Help evaluate secure network design, segmentation, and Zero Trust strategies
- Assist with micro-segmentation initiatives and secure architecture reviews
- Serve as a business-side liaison during investigations, incidents, and escalations when cybersecurity events occur
- Support onboarding of new projects, acquisitions, vendors, and legacy systems from a cybersecurity perspective
- Create clear risk summaries, leadership updates, and actionable recommendations for stakeholders
- Develop repeatable templates, documentation, and workflows to improve operational efficiency
- Help identify recurring patterns and systemic issues across the cybersecurity landscape
- Maintain professionalism and strong communication in a highly visible, fully onsite business-facing role
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, OT security, infrastructure security, or related operational security environments
- Strong experience in OT / ICS cybersecurity (required)
- Experience supporting gas infrastructure, industrial environments, or critical infrastructure operations strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of vulnerability management, remediation planning, and operational risk reduction
- Networking and infrastructure security knowledge
- Ability to explain cybersecurity risks clearly to business stakeholders and operational teams
- Strong business-facing communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and operate in fast-paced enterprise environments
- Professionalism and willingness to work fully onsite in Houston, TX
- Experience with micro-segmentation and Zero Trust initiatives
- Cloud security experience
- Web implementation security experience
- Incident response support experience
- Hands-on cybersecurity background across multiple domains (not purely GRC)
- Experience with mergers & acquisitions security reviews
- Experience building home labs, personal cyber projects, or demonstrated self-driven technical learning
- Certifications such as CISSP, cloud security, or network security certifications (only if backed by strong applied experience)