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Lead Security Analyst - Governance, Risk, and Compliance

About the Job:


Software powers the world, and LaunchDarkly empowers all teams to deliver and control the best software. We serve trillions of feature flags daily to help teams ship better software faster and eliminate risk for companies big and small. We're based in downtown Oakland and growing quickly.We're looking to hire a Lead Security Analyst to join the Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance function of our security team and help us secure our company and product. This role will report to the Director of Security and participate in initiatives to reduce security risk and achieve compliance with frameworks including ISO 27001, SOC 2, and FedRAMP.

Responsibilities:


  • Collaborate with stakeholders to design and operate security controls that comprise the LaunchDarkly GRC program
  • Use technology to automate compliance activities like gathering evidence and verifying controls
  • Operationalize the health and maturity of the program by tracking metrics based on quantitative and qualitative data
  • Drive progress towards results for GRC-related continuous improvement projects
  • Contribute to documentation for security standards, policies, and processes
  • Support audits and assessments with internal and external stakeholders
  • Work with product and infrastructure delivery teams on engineering projects related to GRC requirements

Qualifications:


  • Deep cybersecurity, privacy, and risk management knowledge and skill
  • Excellent communication skills - written and verbal
  • Experience working on collaborative projects
  • Depth with modern cloud-based SaaS organizations - specifically AWS control environments
  • Considerable knowledge of software development and architecture
  • Information security experience at an organization with significant compliance requirements
  • Strong familiarity with security standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, FedRAMP) as well as privacy laws (CCPA and GDPR)
  • CCSP, PCIQSA, CISSP, or CISA / CISM certifications
  • Familiarity with LaunchDarkly’s collaboration tools like Confluence, Slack, and Github

Pay:


Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones* for Level 4:

  • Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area: $149,000 - $204,000**
  • Zone 2: Boston, DC, Irvine, LA, Monterey, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Seattle: $134,000 - $184,000**
  • Zone 3: All other US locations: $126,000 - $174,000**

LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.*Within the United States, our geographic pay zones are defined by counties surrounding major metropolitan areas.**Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), health, vision, and dental insurance, and mental health benefits in addition to salary.

About LaunchDarkly:


Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise. Slow, inefficient development cycles, costly outages, and fragmented customer experiences are preventing developers from building their best software. The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster while protecting them with a safety valve to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize the business impact of every feature.

And by gradually rolling out new application components, they escape nightmare "big-bang" technology migrations. The LaunchDarkly platform was built to guide engineers to the next frontier of DevOps by:

  • Improving the velocity and stability of software releases, without the fear of end customer outages
  • Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts
  • Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize
  • Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types
  • Improving the effectiveness and productivity of engineering teams, by providing insights into engineering cadence and stability

At LaunchDarkly, we believe in the power of teams. We're building a team that is humble, open, collaborative, respectful and kind. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. LD invites any applicant to review our written Affirmative Action Plan. To do so, contact People Ops at hr@launchdarkly.com. 

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Fill out this accommodations request form and someone from our People Operations team will contact you for assistance. 

Life at LaunchDarkly

LaunchDarkly is a Feature Management Platform that serves over 25 billion feature flags daily to help software teams build better software, faster. Feature flagging is an industry best practice of wrapping a new or risky section of code or infrastructure change with a flag. Each flag can easily be turned off independent of code deployment (aka dark launching). Our vision is to eliminate risk for developers and operations teams from the software development cycle. As companies transition to a world built on software, there is an increasing requirement to move quickly, balanced with the desire to maintain control. LaunchDarkly is the feature management platform to control the whole feature lifecycle from Concept - Launch - Value. LaunchDarkly has SDKs for all major web and mobile platforms. We are building a diverse team so that we can offer robust products and services. Our team culture is fast-paced, friendly, and supportive.
Thrive Here & What We Value . * Believes in the power of teams. * Values diversity at our company. * Seeks out diversity of perspectives for better results. * Encourages applications regardless of full qualification match
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