Senior Security Analyst at Carta

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Venture Capital, Private Equity, FinTech, SoftwareIndustries

Requirements

  • Deep experience in triaging, investigating, and remediating security events and incidents across multiple technology stacks
  • Strong experience with SIEM (e.g., Splunk, Panther, Sentinel), EDR (e.g. SentinelOne, CrowdStrike), and other security tooling (e.g., CASB, SSE, SWG)
  • Working knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code principles to secure and scale detection/response infrastructure
  • Solid understanding and a proven ability to apply detection engineering and threat modeling concepts using MITRE ATT&CK framework

Responsibilities

  • Lead investigation and response efforts for security incidents, and coordinate with internal stakeholders and external partners when necessary
  • Own detection use-case development and write and tune alerts to improve signal-to-noise ratio across our environments
  • Maintain and continually improve security incident response plans, playbooks, and related documentation
  • Apply Terraform to ensure consistent, secure, and scalable infrastructure deployment and detection pipelines
  • Develop and maintain internal tooling and automations to improve analyst efficiency for alert triage, IOC enrichment, and evidence collection
  • Elevate the Security team by coaching peers, mentoring junior analysts, and setting high standards for detection quality and incident handling
  • Own and execute technical security projects, including scoping, building, testing, deploying, and iterating
  • Conduct threat hunting and utilize threat intelligence to proactively identify and mitigate emerging risks
  • Participate in on-call rotation and continuously improve readiness and handovers

Skills

Security Operations
Incident Response
Threat Detection
Automation
Playbooks
SIEM
Security Tools

Carta

Financial platform for fundraising and equity management

About Carta

Carta provides a platform that helps businesses, particularly startups and investment firms, manage their fundraising processes more efficiently. The platform offers a variety of tools and services that assist in asset management, back office automation, and portfolio insights. One of its standout features is the use of machine learning to provide real-time market intelligence, which helps businesses make informed decisions about employee compensation. Additionally, Carta simplifies the process of equity sales for employees and investors, making it easier to navigate what can often be a complicated area. Unlike many competitors, Carta focuses on providing a comprehensive suite of services that not only streamline fundraising but also support audit, tax, and valuation needs. The goal of Carta is to make the fundraising journey faster, easier, and more cost-effective for its clients.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2012Year Founded
$1,097MTotal Funding
SERIES_GCompany Stage
Fintech, AI & Machine Learning, Financial ServicesIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Free lunch and snacks
Equity
Employee liquidity every 12-18 months

Risks

Increased competition from startups like Slice threatens Carta's market share.
Recent data breach raises concerns about Carta's data security.
Decline in venture deal count on Carta's platform indicates potential business slowdown.

Differentiation

Carta offers a comprehensive platform for managing equity electronically.
Carta provides real-time market intelligence powered by machine learning.
Carta simplifies equity sales for employees, stakeholders, and investors.

Upsides

Increased demand for digital equity management solutions benefits Carta.
Corporate Transparency Act creates a new market for Carta's compliance solutions.
Rising Series A valuations boost demand for Carta's services.

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