Senior Security Operations Analyst, Vanta
$131-154k
Plus equity
AI trust management platform
Job no longer available
AI trust management platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$131-154k
Plus equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help businesses earn and prove trust.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- Relevant security certifications and/or formal education preferred, but not required
What the job involves
- As a Senior Security Ops Analyst at Vanta, you will be responsible for helping us protect consumer data and Vanta—and continue to earn the trust of our customers
- You’ll help configure, maintain, and monitor security tools and infrastructure, and partner with Security Engineers to implement preventative measures
- You’ll be responsible for the triage, analysis, and investigation of security alerts, and escalate and support potential security incidents from detection to resolution
- In addition, you’ll work cross-functionally to ensure our security and compliance requirements are reflected in our approach as we continue to mature our security operations program
- Lastly, you’ll help ensure Vanta’ns have the information they need by partnering to respond to internal security-related questions and requests
- You’ll join Vanta’s Security organization, which provides essential security operational services, is directly involved in the software development process and building tools to make it easy for developers to ship products securely, sets policies and standards regarding enterprise-wide security requirements, and offers advisory services to enable our business to thrive while effectively managing risk
- If you’re someone who has high initiative and enjoys problem solving while having impact at a high-growth company, we would love to hear from you
- 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
Our take
The security auditing process is usually very time-consuming, taking hours to complete, and it is often difficult for startups to invest time into such a process. Yet, the benefits of security accreditation are enormous, mainly as many such businesses are working globally and need ways to demonstrate security compliance to one another. Vanta works specifically with startups to help them complete and pass security audits such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
The company is a compliance portal and security monitoring platform that businesses use to assess their risk levels. Vanta carries out a pre-audit of a company's digital security and highlights areas that need to be worked on before a full analysis of all threats is carried out. Other businesses such as Datadog or PagerDuty offer similar security monitoring services, but Vanta monitors its customers throughout the year, allowing any issues to be identified and addressed early on.
Vanta's latest $150M raise, boosting its valuation to $4.15B, highlights the company's rapid growth and strong market position. With AI-driven automation, expanding government partnerships, and strategic acquisitions on the horizon, Vanta is scaling quickly while solving real customer problems. Backed by a talented leadership team and a growing customer base, the company looks set to continue its upward trajectory and build a lasting, sustainable business.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2025
$150m
SERIES D
Jul 2024
$150m
SERIES C
Total funding: $500.2m
Company benefits
- Health & Wellness: Vanta values the health and well-being of our teammates and offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for teammates and dependents. Vanta is excited to provide an additional range of benefits that holistically support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
- Work Your Way: Enjoy a remote-first setup if you're in the US, or go hybrid at our international offices
- Paid Parental Leave: Industry competitive paid parental leave for all parents
- Time Away: Industry competitive and generous PTO policy
- 401K Plan: 401k matching contribution plan
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Christina Cacioppo
(Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Vanta in 2017, Christina worked in Product Management for Dropbox. She was also a Professor at the School of Visual Arts and worked on the Investment Team at Union Square Ventures.
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