Senior Information Security Analyst

Remote position (only candidates from Argentina or Uruguay will be considered).

Must be available to work in EST/PST time zones.

We are seeking a Senior Information Security Analyst to join one of our client's expanding

Information Security team. This role will report to the head of Information Security while leading

and continuing to build the Security and Incident Response function.

Key Responsibilities:

● Support the front-line responder by identifying, triaging, and remediating

security events, anomalies, and incidents.

● Assess newly published vulnerabilities and attacker Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

(TTPs) to identify possible defensive measures to locate and stop threat actors.

● Provide incident response support as a key stakeholder. Collaborate with the

security & engineering teams to proactively improve and secure systems from future

attacks.

● Operate and help mature playbooks to protect people, systems, and assets.

● Implement detective and protective security controls across infrastructure and

systems to improve security maturity

● Utilize Sumo Logic logging and monitoring platform to publish security metrics

● Contribute to creation of runbooks and write investigation reports

● Develop and maintain correlation rules, queries, dashboards, and reports within the

SIEM system.

● Participate in the Security Incident Response Team on-call rotation

● Contribute towards information security guidance documentation and training.

● Coordinate with external parties for Digital forensics & incident response (DFIR)

investigations

● Lead the identification, assessment, and prioritization of vulnerabilities across the company’s

systems and networks.

● Build automation & orchestration workflows to automate SOC processes.

● Improve our detective controls through the use of threat-hunting and cyber threat

intelligence.

● Lead the identification, assessment, and prioritization of vulnerabilities across the company’s

systems and networks.

● Communicate effectively at multiple levels of sensitivity, and multiple audiences

Qualifications:

● The ideal candidate will have experience across a range of cloud security technical

disciplines and may have had past jobs such as Detection & Response lead, Threat, &

Vulnerability Management (TVM) engineer, or other real-world Blue or Red team

responsibilities.

● Direct experience leading security incident teams, including monitoring, detection,

response, and threat-hunting functions across Enterprise and Product services.

● Someone who has led a roadmap for automation and orchestration to help scale and

mature security incident response activities.

● Ability to summarize events and incidents effectively to technical and non-technical

audiences including executives, legal counsel, compliance partners, and other

stakeholders.

● Customer service-oriented person with a problem-solving attitude.

Experience and Technical Skills:

● 5+ years of relevant experience working in IT or Information Security in a cloud-first

environment; with a minimum of 3 years of experience directly, working in a dedicated

incident response, threat & vulnerability management, or digital forensics role.

● Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Programming, or related field, or equivalent

combination of education and experience.

● Relevant Professional certifications such as CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, or similar are

highly desirable.

● Experience with the Mitre Att&ck Framework and associated tactics and techniques or

other threat modeling exposures.

● Proficient in Network and Security technologies.

● You have experience using log and data analysis platforms such as Splunk, Sumologic,

Datadog, Grafana etc.

● Familiarity with Crowdstrike and AWS security tooling in cloud environments or similar

products and services.

● Nice to Have: Programming skills, Experience with Kubernetes, AWS Certifications,

Static and/or Dynamic code analysis tooling, Experience writing SDLC-related policy.

About RYZ Labs:

RYZ Labs is a startup studio built in 2021 by two lifelong entrepreneurs. The founders of RYZ have worked at some of the world's largest tech companies and some of the most iconic consumer brands. They have lived and worked in Argentina for many years and have decades of experience in Latam. What brought them together is the passion for the early phases of company creation and the idea of attracting the brightest talents in order to build industry-defining companies in a post-pandemic world.

Our teams are remote and distributed throughout the US and Latam. They use the latest cutting edge technologies in cloud computing to create applications that are scalable and resilient. We aim to provide diverse product solutions for different industries, planning to build a large number of startups in the upcoming years.

At RYZ, you will find yourself working with autonomy and efficiency, owning every step of your development. We provide an environment of opportunities, learning, growth, expansion and challenging projects. You will deepen your experience while sharing and learning from a team of great professionals and specialists.

Our values and what to expect:

- Customer First Mentality - every decision we make should be made through the lens of the customer.

- Bias for Action - urgency is critical, expect that the timeline to get something done is accelerated.

- Ownership -  step up if you see an opportunity to help, even if not your core responsibility. 

- Humility and Respect - be willing to learn, be vulnerable, and treat everyone that interacts with RYZ with respect.

- Frugality - being frugal and cost conscious helps us do more with less.

- Deliver Impact - get things done in the most efficient way. 

- Raise our Standards - always be looking to improve our processes, our team, our expectations. Status quo is not good enough and never should be.