Vanta is hiring a
Senior Security Engineer, Remote - United States

Summary

The job is for a Senior Security Engineer at Vanta, a company that secures the internet and protects consumer data. The role involves owning projects to help run an efficient security team, participating in threat modeling and tabletop scenarios, contributing to complex prioritization discussions, planning and executing projects to address identified risks, collaborating with engineers on code reviews, building and customizing tools for the security program, supporting ongoing bug bounty and penetration testing programs, establishing a network of security champions, understanding security knowledge gaps in the development organization, and providing input into architectural discussions. Benefits include industry-competitive salary and equity, 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage, 16 weeks fully paid parental leave for all new parents, health & wellness stipend, remote workspace stipend, 401(k) matching plan, flexible work hours and location, open & encouraged PTO policy, 9 company-paid holidays, free memberships to online wellness platforms, virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events, offices in SF and NYC with hubs of Vantans forming across the US, and a base pay range of $198,000 - $233,000.

Requirements

• A track record of independent ownership of areas of responsibility
• Experience with threat modeling, red teaming, penetration testing, or other means of identifying security issues
• Experience writing code, and an ability to read code to find security flaws
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with deep developer empathy
• Highly organized project management skills

Responsibilities

• Participate in team exercises to identify potential security risks, including threat modeling and tabletop scenarios
• Contribute to complex prioritization discussions around which risks are the most important to solve next
• Plan projects to address the risks we prioritize, and coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders across the company to execute those projects
• Build maintainable programs to implement operational excellence where ongoing work is needed to achieve our goals (e.g. vulnerability management)
• Collaborate with engineers to review project plans and pull requests for potential security concerns and improvements
• Build, customize, and run tools to increase the maturity of our security program without adding undue friction to the company’s operations
• Support ongoing bug bounty and penetration testing programs
• Establish and maintain a network of security champions
• Understand security knowledge gaps of the development organization and help to deliver training to address gaps
• Provide input into architectural discussions to enable teams to innovate in a secure and repeatable manner

Benefits

• Industry-Competitive Salary and Equity
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits with Dependents Coverage
• 16 Weeks Fully Paid Parental Leave for All New Parents (Moms, Dads, Adoptive, Foster)
• Health & Wellness Stipend
• Remote Workspace Stipend
• 401(k) Matching Plan
• Flexible Work Hours and Location
• Open & Encouraged PTO Policy
• 9 Company Paid Holidays
• Free Memberships to Online Wellness Platforms (One Medical, Headspace, and more!)
• Virtual Team Building Activities, Lunch and Learns, and other Company-Wide Events
• Offices in SF and NYC with Hubs of Vantans forming across the US, including but not limited to, Seattle, Austin, Indianapolis, LA, Boston, and more!