Tech firm announces Pocatello expansion
Buchanan and Edwards, a national cyber security and data management company, has announced plans to expand in Pocatello.
The technology company said it hoped to fill 50 positions initially and up to 80 jobs as the company gets established.
“We are happy to be in the Pocatello-Chubbuck community where we have received great support getting established,” said Global Operations Vice President Mohamed Elansary. “Buchanan & Edwards planted a flag here two years ago with Bannock Development Corporation’s assistance and we see the region as a growth center for our company.”
The Pocatello site will be the company’s largest.
Idaho State University has formed a recruiting partnership with Buchanan and Edwards to help IT students land internships or permanent jobs in computer science and software development fields.
According to Bannock Development Corporation Executive Director John Regetz, “Buchanan & Edwards is looking to fill high tech jobs that pay $80,000 to $140,000 per year, which will have a major positive impact on our community’s economy and talent base.”
On its website, Buchanan and Edwards describes its work as “applying big data analytics to protect Americans at home or abroad, engineering cloud solutions that dramatically improve the delivery of citizen services, or employing the latest cyber intelligence to increase network security.”
