Senior Security Analyst

Join a fully remote security team dedicated to protecting sensitive payment data and maintaining the integrity of modern payment processing systems. As Senior Security Analyst, you will take ownership of day-to-day security operations and compliance activities across a payment gateway and switching environment, including a PCI DSS 4.0.1 cardholder data environment. You will monitor security events, manage identities and access, investigate incidents, and ensure recurring PCI DSS and SOC 2 controls are executed and documented effectively. Working closely with engineering, infrastructure, network, and compliance stakeholders, you will strengthen security controls and improve threat detection capabilities. This hands-on role offers significant autonomy, with responsibility for operational execution, incident escalation, audit readiness, and continuous improvement. You will play a critical part in safeguarding payment information while supporting the reliability and growth of essential financial technology services.

The ideal candidate combines practical security operations experience with strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and a disciplined approach to compliance documentation. You should be comfortable investigating alerts independently, managing recurring control requirements, and coordinating security activities across technical teams.

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in security operations or a related IT security discipline, including independent alert investigation, incident triage, and identity administration.

• Practical experience with AWS services, particularly GuardDuty and Cognito, alongside SIEM queries, XDR tools, Windows and Linux logs, and network security technologies. Experience with comparable products is also accepted.

• Working knowledge of PCI DSS and SOC 2 control execution, audit evidence management, least-privilege access, change control, and incident response procedures.

• Ability to work independently, manage recurring compliance deadlines, prioritize competing demands, and maintain consistent operational execution.

• Strong documentation skills, including the ability to maintain clear tickets, incident timelines, audit evidence, procedures, and root cause analyses.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with application, infrastructure, network, and compliance teams.

• Availability to participate in after-hours incident response, including a weekend and holiday backup rotation.

• • Competitive annual salary: USD $125,000–$150,000.

  • Fully remote work: Work remotely from the United States.

  • Meaningful security ownership: Take responsibility for day-to-day security operations and compliance controls in a payment processing environment.

  • Senior-level autonomy: Independently manage operational priorities, investigate incidents, and serve as an escalation point for security issues.

  • Professional development: Opportunities to strengthen expertise in cloud security, threat detection, incident response, payment security, and regulatory compliance.

  • Cross-functional collaboration: Work alongside application, infrastructure, network, engineering, and compliance stakeholders.

  • Continuous improvement: Contribute to strengthening security controls, improving monitoring coverage, and enhancing operational processes as the business grows.