Senior Security Analyst

Aptos Labs; United States; On-site; USD 117,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Aptos Labs is seeking a Senior Security Analyst to lead security initiatives in a pioneering blockchain environment. This role involves managing security programs, coordinating incident responses, and ensuring compliance with security standards. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in security engineering and technical program management, contributing to the foundation of a decentralized internet.

Benefits

100% insurance premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision

Equipment of your choice

Flexible vacation time and holidays

Competitive Salary

Equity (RSUs)

Protocol Token Grants

401k matching

Fun and inclusive events

Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical program management experience in security-focused roles.
• Strong understanding of security engineering concepts and secure development practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive cross-functional security programs from design through execution.
• Manage and coordinate security incident response planning and execution.
• Facilitate threat modeling, risk assessments, and audit preparation.

Skills

Security engineering concepts

Secure development practices

Threat modeling

Excellent communication

Collaboration skills

Organizational skills

Education

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science

Job description

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Aptos is a people-first blockchain on a mission to help billions of people achieve universal and fair access to decentralized assets in a safe and scalable way.

Founded by some of the original creators and maintainers that researched, designed, and built the Diem blockchain to serve this purpose, we have dedicated several years toward this mission. We believe the open-source Diem technology we have developed is an important foundation of a safe and scalable web3 world where everyone has more equitable opportunities to grow and access financial assets with lower fees and fewer intermediaries.

Aptos (Ohlone for "The People") encompasses our mission and ethos for why we build.

About The Role

At Aptos Labs, we’re pioneering the future of web3 and looking for a Security Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive and scale security initiatives across the organization. In this role, you’ll coordinate and align efforts including compliance (e.g., ISO27001), software auditing validator software and applications, as well as security-oriented partnerships helping safe guard both Aptos Labs and the broader Aptos network. This is an opportunity to help secure the foundation of the next-generation decentralized internet.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Drive cross-functional security programs from design through execution, ensuring low operative overhead.
• Manage and coordinate security incident response planning and execution.
• Build and maintain project roadmaps, metrics, and documentation to support visibility and accountability across security initiatives.
• Facilitate threat modeling, risk assessments, and audit preparation across all stacks.
• Partner with security, product, and engineering leaders to define measures that demonstrate the security health of the team's products and services.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of technical program management experience in security-focused roles.
• Strong understanding of security engineering concepts, secure development practices, and threat modeling.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience coordinating compliance, audit, or privacy-related programs.
• Understanding of smart contracts and blockchain security risks.
• Experience working with organizations that have or maintain open source or source available products along with closed source offerings.
  
  

Our Benefits

• 100% insurance premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents (US Employees)
• Equipment of your choice
• Flexible vacation time, 11 holidays, and floating company days off
• Competitive Salary
• Equity (RSUs) (US employees)
• Protocol Token Grants
• 401k matching (US Employees)
• Fun and inclusive in-person and digital events
  
  

Aptos is committed to diversity in the workplace, and we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not hire on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by local, state or federal law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

We are committed to providing a safe and secure hiring process for all applicants. Unfortunately, there are individuals who may attempt to impersonate Aptos or our employees for fraudulent purposes.

To Protect Yourself, Please Be Aware Of The Following

• We will never ask you for payment of any kind during the application or onboarding process, including fees for background checks, training, or equipment.
• We will always communicate with you using our official company email domain.
• We will never request your personal financial information, such as your social security number or bank account details, during the initial application stages or via email or a video/voice call when onboarding.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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