🛡️ Virtual Information Security Risk Analyst (Remote)

🌐 Role Overview

📍 Work Location

Fully Remote
Flexible across global time zones

📅 Employment Type

Full-time
Annual Salary: $123,577

🔍 About the Position

🚨 Key Mission

As a Virtual Information Security Risk Analyst, you will be a digital guardian by identifying and managing potential threats across networks, cloud systems, and organizational data environments. Your work will be pivotal in developing scalable cybersecurity protocols that protect the organization from vulnerabilities, safeguard information accuracy, and uphold adherence to advancing industry standards. You will act as a strategic advisor, enabling the business to confidently expand its digital operations while protecting against cyberattacks and data breaches. Working alongside global teams, you will influence security decisions that will directly impact thousands of end-users and stakeholders.

🧠 Culture of Innovation

We are a technology-first organization, placing high value on continuous innovation and strategic foresight. Our cybersecurity infrastructure is enhanced with automation, threat intelligence algorithms, and machine learning. You'll immerse yourself in an environment that promotes experimentation with new tools like AI-enhanced detection systems, blockchain for audit transparency, and behavior analytics to detect anomalies faster than traditional methods. We foster a collaborative culture where information security isn’t siloed—a shared responsibility supported by leadership and embraced across departments.

🛠️ Responsibilities

🔋 Risk Identification & Management

✅ Evaluate business applications and systems to detect weaknesses before they can be exploited
✅ Utilize advanced threat modeling techniques to anticipate potential attack vectors
✅ Perform regular cyber hygiene assessments and recommend improvements
✅ Investigate historical security incidents for pattern analysis and future prevention

🔒 Security Controls Implementation

✅ Map existing policies to industry standards, including NIST, ISO 27001, and SOC 2
✅ Design internal controls that align with HIPAA, PCI DSS, GDPR, and CCPA compliance frameworks
✅ Build zero-trust architecture principles into security strategies
✅ Collaborate with legal and compliance units to maintain regulatory readiness

🔍 Vulnerability Assessment

✅ Deploy scanners such as Nessus and OpenVAS to identify internal and external vulnerabilities
✅ Coordinate red team-blue team exercises to evaluate incident response efficiency
✅ Collaborate with DevSecOps to build secure code checkpoints into CI/CD pipelines
✅ Manage patch management cycles and software inventory tracking

📢 Incident Response Strategy

✅ Develop a well-documented IR plan, including an escalation matrix and communication protocols
✅ Conduct regular simulations and after-action reviews to refine response effectiveness
✅ Integrate SOAR platforms like Cortex XSOAR to automate incident triage and response workflows
✅ Provide detailed incident reports to leadership with remediation timelines

📊 Reporting and Communication

✅ Deliver insightful dashboards using Power BI and Tableau to communicate real-time risk postures
✅ Generate monthly and quarterly summaries to senior executives and board members
✅ Translate technical assessments into language accessible to non-technical stakeholders
✅ Track KPIs like time-to-detect (TTD) and mean-time-to-recover (MTTR) for process optimization

🔧 Required Skills

🔐 Core Competencies

✅ Deep knowledge of modern cyber threats, exploits, malware behaviors, and zero-day vulnerabilities
✅ Proficiency with endpoint protection systems, data loss prevention (DLP), and EDR solutions
✅ Familiarity with network security monitoring tools such as Zeek, Suricata, and Snort
✅ Hands-on experience with multifactor authentication (MFA), SSO, and public key infrastructure (PKI)

📄 Technical Expertise

✅ Advanced scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation and integration
✅ API integration for data collection, log correlation, and alerting mechanisms
✅ Competence with GRC platforms and risk assessment tools such as RSA Archer or LogicManager

📈 Framework & Compliance Knowledge

✅ Thorough understanding of COBIT, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and ITIL best practices
✅ Experience supporting SOC 1/2/3 audit cycles, HIPAA assessments, and vendor risk audits
✅ Knowledge of third-party risk management practices and supply chain cybersecurity protocols

🎓 Education & Certifications

🌟 Academic Requirements

✅ Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline
✅ A Master’s degree in a relevant field is a plus but not required

📚 Preferred Certifications

✅ Accredited Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
✅ Accredited Information Security Manager (CISM)
✅ Credentialed Risk and Information Systems Strategist (CRISS)
✅ Accredited Ethical Hacker (CEH)
✅ CompTIA Security+, CySA+ or equivalent

📊 Tools & Technology Stack

☁️ Cloud Ecosystems

AWS (IAM, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Inspector)
Azure Security Center, Azure AD
Google Chronicle, GCP Cloud Armor

📅 Monitoring & Response

Splunk, Elastic Stack (ELK), Rapid7 InsightIDR
Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR
CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne

📊 Data Visualization & Reporting

Power BI, Tableau, Grafana
SQL and data warehousing tools for trend forecasting

🚀 Automation & DevSecOps

Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible
Docker, Kubernetes with integrated security scanning tools

📊 Company Metrics

🔹 Achievements

98.9% containment rate for critical incidents within six hours
120% expansion of our security intelligence coverage in just 18 months
Zero major data breaches have been reported in the last three consecutive years
34% improvement in threat detection accuracy through automation and AI adoption
Over 10 million assets are scanned monthly for real-time risk analysis

👍 Why Join Us

📈 Career Development

Defined career path toward roles such as Cybersecurity Architect, GRC Lead, or SOC Manager
Annual training budget for certifications, conferences, and professional development
Internal mentorship programs and leadership tracks for security professionals

🛌 Lifestyle Benefits

Remote-first company with flexible work hours
Paid parental leave, mental health days, and home office stipends
Access to exclusive threat intelligence databases and zero-trust technology labs

✅ Eligibility Criteria

🌐 Location

Open to candidates globally with reliable, high-speed internet
Must be able to operate securely from a home-based environment

💬 Communication

Proficiency in English with strong technical writing and verbal presentation skills

🕘 Time Zone Flexibility

Willingness to accommodate international collaboration meetings and ad-hoc incident escalations

🚀 Call to Action

Are you ready to protect what matters and help lead the future of information security from wherever you are? We want to hear from you if you’re passionate about risk mitigation, compliance, and proactive threat detection in a rapidly evolving digital ecosystem. Step into a future-forward cybersecurity role that challenges you to do your best work every day from anywhere in the world.

Virtual Information Security Risk Analyst

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