Information Security Analyst - Equity & Space-Grade Ops

Vast; City of Long Beach (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

ClassPass credits

Spring Health

Free meals on site

Job summary

Vast is seeking an Information Security Analyst to join the Information Security team in Long Beach, CA. This full-time, exempt role covers triage, investigation, and response for security alerts across corporate and mission environments, including EDR, SIEM, DLP, and more.

You will own day-to-day security monitoring, investigate incidents, document findings, and develop playbooks to improve detections and reduce false positives. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of hands-on experience in security monitoring, incident response, or a related role.
• Equivalent internship, lab, or academic project experience will be considered.
• Experience monitoring and responding to security events on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and triage alerts from security tooling across corporate and mission environments.
• Investigate suspicious activity, determine scope and impact, and contain or escalate incidents according to the incident response process.
• Document incidents, and contribute to post-incident reviews and updates to response procedures.
• Tune detection rules and reduce false positives across monitoring tools.
• Develop playbooks and automate repetitive triage steps to speed up response.
• Carry out vulnerability and exposure checks, and coordinate remediation with system owners.
• Work with engineering, IT, and mission teams on security implementations and alert follow-ups.

Skills

Security monitoring

Incident response

Scripting

Cloud auditing

Endpoint security

IDS/IPS knowledge

Team collaboration

Tools

PowerShell

Bash

Python

SIEM

EDR

DLP

Windows

macOS

Linux

Job description

Vast is seeking an Information Security Analyst to join the Information Security team in Long Beach, CA. This full-time, exempt role covers triage, investigation, and response for security alerts across corporate and mission environments, including EDR, SIEM, DLP, and more.

You will own day-to-day security monitoring, investigate incidents, document findings, and develop playbooks to improve detections and reduce false positives. Travel up to 10% may be required.