GRC Analyst: Security & Compliance Lead for SaaS

Fireworks AI; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fireworks AI is seeking a GRC Analyst to mature our security and compliance program across SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001/27701/42001, GDPR, and other frameworks. You will support audits, manage risk, and partner with engineering and operations to keep controls effective as we scale.

From day one you’ll engage in user access reviews, security awareness, and third‑party risk management, with opportunities to grow into broader ownership, audit leadership, and program strategy over time.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in GRC, IT audit, information security, or a closely related field.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and maintaining risk registers.
• Familiarity with major security and privacy frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001/27701/42001, HIPAA, GDPR, NIST CSF).
• Ability to coordinate audits and work with cross-functional teams to implement controls.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day GRC operations: user access reviews, certifications, security awareness, phishing/deepfake simulations, JML tracking, and policy/control exception triage.
• Assist risk management: perform annual and ad-hoc risk assessments, maintain risk register, remediate with risk owners, track issues to closure.
• Lead third-party risk assessments and ongoing monitoring of critical vendors and subprocessors.
• Coordinate internal audits and support external audit cycles with evidence collection and remediation.
• Maintain continuous control monitoring and evidence automation, ensuring audit readiness year-round.
• Collaborate with engineering, IT, operations, legal, and sales to integrate controls and avoid gatekeeping.
• Help keep policy library current with updates to security policies, standards, and procedures.

Skills

Cloud platforms

AWS

GCP

Azure

IAM concepts

RBAC

least privilege

Segregation of duties

JML processes

Security awareness

KnowBe4

Hoxhunt

Proofpoint

SOC 2

ISO 27001

ISO 27701

ISO 42001

HIPAA

GDPR

NIST CSF

CCPAA

cross-functional collaboration

security & compliance

Tools

Anecdotes

Vanta

Drata

Secureframe

OneTrust

ServiceNow GRC

Job description

Fireworks AI is seeking a GRC Analyst to mature our security and compliance program across SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001/27701/42001, GDPR, and other frameworks. You will support audits, manage risk, and partner with engineering and operations to keep controls effective as we scale.

From day one you’ll engage in user access reviews, security awareness, and third‑party risk management, with opportunities to grow into broader ownership, audit leadership, and program strategy over time.