Senior InfoSec Analyst
Rise8
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $115,688 - $144,611 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityFirewallsGoogle Cloud Platform
About the role
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to apply cybersecurity best practices across systems, applications, and cloud environments.
- Lead portions of cybersecurity assessments across the technology stack, identifying vulnerabilities and recommending remediation strategies.
- Assist in shaping cybersecurity risk management activities, helping prioritize and guide security initiatives to protect critical assets.
- Engage with external cybersecurity and compliance organizations to support alignment with Continuous RMF (cRMF) and DoD frameworks.
- Lead incident response investigations for medium-complexity events, conducting root cause analyses and proposing resilience improvements.
- Provide cybersecurity education and regular reporting on risks, metrics, and issues to technical and leadership audiences.
- Mentor junior team members, supporting skills development and fostering a culture of proactive security practices.
Requirements
- 6–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, information assurance, security operations, or related fields.
- BA/BS degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
- Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles, including risk management, vulnerability management, encryption, boundary defense, auditing, and authentication.
- Proficient with cloud, application, and platform security practices, including CIS benchmarks, container security, and cloud-native security tools.
- Experience implementing and managing security technologies such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, anti-malware solutions, vulnerability scanners, encryption technologies, and IAM platforms.
- Strong familiarity with DoD security frameworks (e.g., DoD RMF, NIST 800-53) and exposure to Impact Level (IL4, IL5, IL6) requirements.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP (or Associate CISSP), CISM, CySA+, or equivalent.
- Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP) or security-related certifications (e.g., Security+, CCSK) are a plus.
Benefits
- Flexible schedule in a 100% distributed workforce
- Premium Insurance: We cover up to 100% of the employee premium and up to 80% of the combined dependent premium on our base health plan, depending on pay band. We also cover 100% of the premium for employee and dependent Dental and Vision as well as employee premiums for Life and Disability coverage.
- Retirement: 401k match at 10% gross pay.
- Paid time off (PTO): 4 weeks combined accrued vacation and sick leave, 11 Federal holidays, your birthday, jury duty, and bereavement.
- Education & Training: Accrued budget of up to $3,500 per year for classes, travel, events, and materials.
- Home Office and Merch: We offer $750 per year for home office technology and equipment as well as $100 per year for Rise8 merch from our Swag Store.
- Wellness Budget: To encourage and support a well-rounded healthy lifestyle, we cover 100% reimbursement on a variety of wellness activities and products, up to $500 per calendar year.
- Rise8 is part of the Life Time Corporate Partner program. In lieu of your $500 annual wellness benefit, you can instead get a $75 monthly credit towards a Life Time membership ($900 annual benefit).
- Equipment: We offer a MacBook Pro
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Hard skills
cybersecurityinformation assurancesecurity operationsrisk managementvulnerability managementencryptionboundary defenseauditingauthenticationcloud security
Soft skills
collaborationmentoringcommunicationreportingproactive security practices
Certifications
CISSPCISMCySA+Security+CCSK