Cyber Security Analyst III
Principal Financial · Des Moines, IA · Engineering & Technology
About this role
Principal Financial is hiring a mid-level Security Analyst based in Des Moines, IA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Security, SIEM, Incident Response. Compensation is listed at $110,000–$132,000 per year.
- Role
- Security Analyst
- Function
- security
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Location
- Des Moines, IA
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- Apr 10, 2026
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Job description
from Principal Financial careersWhat You'll Do We’re looking for an experienced Cyber Security Analyst to join our Threat Intelligence Security team. In this role, you’ll have the chance to help mature our threat intelligence service to support operational and tactical decision-making across the organization. Members of this team are highly motivated, dedicated, and passionate about cyber defense. You'll have the opportunity to: Perform day-to-day threat intelligence operations, including source collection/management of threat intel, analysis and production of intelligence, dissemination of intelligence, and threat hunting Contribute to the strategy and design of the threat intelligence service Provide intelligence support during incident response activities, and directly assist with significant incidents Produce threat analysis reports, briefings, and actionable insights for the security operation center Develop and maintain methodology to track adversaries targeting our organization and industry Prepare and deliver internal threat intelligence reports, briefings about threat actors, TTPs, and external threats to internal teams and leadership on changes to the cyber threat landscape Collect information on threats to the organization through communication with other partner institutions, mailing lists, open-source news, and industry partnerships Leverage an intrusion framework, such as Kill Chain or Diamond, to develop a rich portfolio of threat actors’ tactics and activity that will…