Lead Cyber Defense Data Analyst, ITC

About the role

Nike is hiring a Lead Cyber Defense Data Analyst for its Corporate Information Security team, reporting to the Cyber Defense team. The role sits in the Cyber Incident Response, Analysis and Management team and works with Privacy, Legal, Incident Response and the Nike Cyber Defense Center teams, as well as business stakeholders. It focuses on understanding the data impact of incidents through analysis and reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain PySpark pipelines and shared Python libraries for extraction, validation, entity resolution and analyst-facing views
• Analyse source data, investigate unfamiliar schemas and patterns, and explain anomalies and insights
• Build visualizations, dashboards and in-app methodology guides usable by non-technical users
• Operate production jobs on Databricks: deploy, monitor, triage failures and optimise for speed without sacrificing correctness
• Enforce data quality, traceability and auditability with QC gates, versioned logic, run logs and documented waivers
• Use AI coding tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot) daily while reviewing, testing and owning the output

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Five years of IT experience, preferably three in cyber incident management or business continuity
• Strong project coordination and ability to manage multiple complex workstreams
• Comfortable in fast-moving, high-stakes environments and with cross-functional, distributed teams
• Proven track record in fast-moving organisations with complex technology applications

Required skills

• PySpark and Databricks (Unity Catalog, jobs, notebooks, volumes)
• Python engineering with pytest and debugging distributed Spark jobs
• Data pipelines, job orchestration, CI/CD for data assets, data quality, lineage and auditability
• Dashboards and reports for non-technical audiences
• SIEM and SOAR experience, plus knowledge of legal privacy concepts and global regulations, are a plus
• Certifications such as CISSP, CBCP or GIAC are a plus