Security Analyst

About the team: 

Sift is a highly collaborative environment committed to driving Digital Trust & Safety solutions that protect customers from fraudulent abuse, costing them time, money, and risk to brand reputation. That same drive is applied to securing the Sift platform; our customers trust with their data and we strive to continuously evolve and adapt our platform by constantly learning, applying the latest technologies, and most importantly, carefully listening to feedback. 

What we’re looking for: 

As a Security Analyst at Sift, you’ll be a key contributor in helping protect Sift and our Customers by using a wide variety of tools to help detect and investigate alerts, perform log analysis, evaluate and mitigate vulnerabilities, and contribute to Incident Response.. This high impact role will be part of the Security organization and will be accountable for delivering the security confidence that allows Sift to aggressively move forward, applying the highest standards to protect our customers. 

This is that rare opportunity to step in and immediately make an impact with your energy and passion for finding the bad and protecting the good. You will have the opportunity to build both breadth and depth by working across security functions and helping mature the Detection and Response functions.  

What you’ll do:

• Conduct daily operational tasks including monitoring logs for unusual or malicious activity, manage the detection framework (develop, investigate, evolve), assess and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Drive cross-functional efforts to drive security awareness and remediate security findings
• Develop and mature runbooks and security best practices 
• Increase effectiveness and efficiency of the Sift security framework through process automation and reporting
• Provide an escalation point to for active security events by coordinating investigations, developing incident mitigation plans, forensics and post-mortem incident reviews with leadership
• Contribute to Sift’s compliance and regulatory by driving tabletop exercises, collecting evidence, and participating in the audit process.

What we’re looking for:

• 2+ years in an Security Operations Center, Analyst, or IT support role, preferably in a cloud environment.
• Hands-on experience identifying, monitoring, communicating, and mitigating risk across the organization
• Knowledge in developing, managing, and investigating security alerts through a SIEM platform including identifying data gaps and establishing new data pipelines
• Knowledge in cybersecurity standards and privacy regulations: SOC2, PCI, NIST, GPDR, CCPA
• Demonstrated solid communication skills to effectively manage security concepts across varying level of technical backgrounds and management
• Proven experience developing automated solution

Bonus points:

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience, specifically around adopting and adapting out of box security controls
• Bug bounty program development or participation 
• Experience in helping drive compliance programs (SOC2, PCI, etc), risk assessments and developing privacy & security engineering principles and best practices
• BS in Computer Science or related field

A little about us:

Sift is the leading innovator in Digital Trust & Safety.  Hundreds of disruptive, forward-thinking companies like Airbnb, Zillow, and Twitter trust Sift to deliver outstanding customer experience while preventing fraud and abuse.

The Sift engine powers Digital Trust & Safety by helping companies stop fraud before it happens. But it’s not just another anti-fraud platform: Sift enables businesses to tailor experiences to each customer according to the risk they pose. That means fraudsters experience friction, but honest users do not. By drawing on insights from our global network of customers, Sift allows businesses to scale, win, and thrive in the digital era.

Benefits and Perks:

• Competitive total compensation package
• 401k plan
• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Wellness reimbursement
• Education reimbursement
• Flexible time off
• Catered meals

Sift is an equal opportunity employer. We make better decisions as a business when we can harness diversity in thought, experience, data, and background. Sift is working toward building a team that represents the worldwide customers that we serve, inclusive of people from all walks of life who can bring their full selves to work every day, so we can Win as One Team.