Staff Security Analyst – Business Technology
Company | Okta |
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Location | Washington, DC, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, New York, NY, USA, Bellevue, WA, USA |
Salary | $151000 – $227000 |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | |
Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in a product management or analyst role, ideally with a focus on security.
- Strong understanding of security fundamentals and frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, CIS).
- Experience with modern DevOps practices and toolchains.
- Prior involvement in driving security transformation initiatives and sustainability programs.
- Demonstrated ability to create meaningful metrics and dashboards using business intelligence tools (e.g., Splunk, Grafana, or equivalent).
- Ability to translate technical insights into actionable business recommendations.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements, and identify areas for improvement.
- Define technical, business, and security requirements for projects and systems.
- Translate complex technical requirements into functional specifications and user stories.
- Help teams maintain focus and alignment with project goals, ensuring adherence to agreed deliverables and minimizing deviations from scope.
- Educate teams on security practices and ensure adherence to security policies.
- Identify and track key metrics to measure the success of security programs.
- Help develop and maintain incident response playbooks and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
- Develop runbooks, procedure manuals, and other documentation to support cross-training and operational readiness.
- Translate business requirements into actionable technical milestones, ensuring security initiatives align with organizational objectives and timelines.
- Lead and manage the rollout of secure infrastructure projects, including networking deployments, ensuring best practices in security sustainability.
- Provide continuous oversight and a clear line of sight for DevOps or SRE teams regarding infrastructure changes and security posture updates.
- Deploy and maintain infrastructure and code scanning tools across environments, integrating security controls within CI/CD pipelines to ensure automated vulnerability assessments and compliance.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure the seamless integration of security tools that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the development process.
- Act as a key coordinator for security incident response, ensuring rapid, practical remediation actions and clear communication with internal teams.
- Participate in the security champion programs and tabletop exercises to test team readiness.
- Design, develop, and maintain dashboards and key performance metrics to measure business outcomes and track security posture improvements.
- Ensure that SDL processes are fully covered (100%) and continuously monitored, providing actionable insights to leadership and stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for automation within security workflows, leading initiatives to streamline processes and improve systematic risk management.
- Collaborate across teams to implement scalable and repeatable security measures that drive operational excellence.
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.