Senior Security Operations Analyst

Summary

Join Vanta's Security organization as a Senior Security Ops Analyst and help protect consumer data and the company. You will configure, maintain, and monitor security tools and infrastructure, partnering with Security Engineers to implement preventative measures. Responsibilities include triaging, analyzing, and investigating security alerts, escalating and supporting security incidents, and working cross-functionally to ensure security and compliance requirements are met. You will also respond to internal security-related questions and requests. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in information security, proficiency in security tools, and excellent communication skills. Vanta offers competitive compensation and benefits, including 100% covered medical, dental, and vision, 16 weeks of parental leave, and flexible work arrangements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in an information security role
• You approach investigations with first principles and drive decisions with frameworks
• Experience writing and responding to detections in cloud-native and remote-first environments
• Proficiency in using security tools and technologies, such as SIEM, EDR, email security, and related tools
• Ability to properly prioritize response based on severity, risk, and other contextual data
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal, and teamwork skills
• Prior demonstration of high initiative and problem-solving skills, especially in a fast-paced environment
• Desire and willingness to learn
• Ability to work independently
• Helpful, resourceful and willing to help various teams succeed

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and monitor security alerts and escalations from different tools and platforms
• Monitor and distill global threat intelligence trends with potential impact on the business
• Lead and drive incident response from detection, remediation, to prevention
• Conduct incident root cause analysis and recommend actions to prevent future incidents
• Configure new alerts based on trends or the results of threat hunts or alert triage
• Identify, develop, and implement new processes in our security operations program
• Respond to internal security-related questions and requests from Vanta 'ns
• Provide security and/or privacy expertise to support multiple teams
• Support any function, team, or initiative that requires security expertise
• Update and maintain documentation, playbooks, and investigation write-ups

Preferred Qualifications

Relevant security certifications and/or formal education preferred, but not required

Benefits

• Industry-competitive compensation
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
• 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents
• Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends
• Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours and location
• Open PTO policy
• 11 paid holidays in the US