Staff Security Analyst, Governance and Trust

The role

You will lead the compliance and trust side of the Governance & Trust team. You will run external examinations, own customer security diligence, and manage third-party risk operations.

What you will do

• Run the execution of external examinations end to end
• Build and keep working relationships with People, IT, Infrastructure, Engineering, Legal, and Sales
• Own customer security diligence including questionnaires, audits, and Trust Center content
• Own the third-party risk management program
• Act as product owner for the customer-facing side of the agent platform
• Turn recurring patterns into standing artifacts and control improvements
• Work from a single unified controls catalog across frameworks
• Produce findings and remediation evidence
• Guide the public-sector compliance analyst's work
• Mentor the analysts on the team

Required qualifications

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Nice to have

• Lead on the auditee side of a combined SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 examination
• Fluent in regulated-industry customer diligence (SIG, CAIQ, DORA-style, etc)
• Run vendor risk assessments at volume
• Comfortable with populations defined by query and evidence drawn from identity, HR, and cloud systems
• Worked inside a management system with a functioning corrective-action loop
• Directed or mentored junior practitioners
• Build cross-functional relationships deliberately
• Comfortable working in an international environment
• Exercise judgment under examination pressure
• Write clearly for auditors, customers, and executives

Benefits

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture
• Team meetup opportunities
• Bi-annual destination summits
• Monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs
• Stock options upon hire and promotion
• Participation in secondary offerings
• 10 years to exercise options
• 100% Covered Health Insurance for employees and dependents
• ∞ Flexible Time Off
• 18 weeks paid parental leave for birthing parents
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for non-birthing parents

About the company

Chainguard is the trusted source for open source, delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds. Their customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders.