Senior Attack Surface Analyst: Lead Automation & Risk

Brobston Group; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Attack Surface Analyst at Brobston Group reduces enterprise risk by identifying, assessing, and prioritizing high-risk exposures across the technology landscape. This role leads improvements to attack surface management capabilities and collaborates with cybersecurity and technology teams to drive remediation, automation, and secure-by-design practices.

As a senior contributor, you will mentor teammates, partner with application security, DevOps, cloud, network, and offensive security

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience in security operations, vulnerability management, or offensive security, including senior or lead experience.
• Deep knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, threat actor tactics, offensive security, ethical hacking, and cybersecurity controls.
• Experience implementing cloud security controls in a multi-cloud environment and expertise in scripting for automation.
• Advanced knowledge of networking, system administration, cloud services, asset management, IT architecture, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in IT, computer science, cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Preferred: experience developing attack surface management capabilities, coaching analysts, applying emerging AI in cybersecurity, or holding advanced certifications.

Responsibilities

• Grow the attack surface management program and develop capabilities that improve exposure visibility.
• Improve processes, methodologies, and security tools, automating work where possible.
• Maintain cybersecurity standards, procedures, and runbooks.
• Partner with application security, DevOps, cloud, network, and offensive security teams to assess and reduce exposures.
• Lead risk-prioritized initiatives, identify opportunities for architectural improvements, and present operational and risk metrics.
• Lead compliance activities, validate evidence, and assess and address control gaps.
• Mentor teammates and maintain expertise through training and engagement with cybersecurity communities and threat intelligence.

Skills

Security operations

Vulnerability management

Offensive security

Scripting for automation

Leadership

Communication

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in IT, computer science, cybersecurity, or related field

Tools

MITRE ATT&CK

Job description

The Senior Attack Surface Analyst at Brobston Group reduces enterprise risk by identifying, assessing, and prioritizing high-risk exposures across the technology landscape. This role leads improvements to attack surface management capabilities and collaborates with cybersecurity and technology teams to drive remediation, automation, and secure-by-design practices.

As a senior contributor, you will mentor teammates, partner with application security, DevOps, cloud, network, and offensive security