Risk Analyst - Vendor Risk Assessment (VRA)

As a Risk Analyst, Vendor Risk Assessment (VRA), you will be tasked with bringing technically grounded expertise to SentinelOne's Information Security GRC team. You will go beyond compliance knowledge to understand how systems work, how threats materialize, and how to evaluate vendor security controls with a critical technical eye. You will operate with moderate guidance on assigned workstreams and apply hands-on IT and cybersecurity knowledge to assess risk accurately and credibly across a diverse vendor portfolio.

What Will You Do?

Primary responsibilities include:

• Conduct vendor assessments by reviewing questionnaire responses, evaluating SOC 2 reports, and examining supporting technical documentation including penetration test findings, vulnerability disclosures, encryption practices, and access control configurations; identify technical control gaps and contribute to risk-prioritized remediation plans.
• Review and interpret vendor-provided technical documentation including system architecture diagrams, data flow maps, hardening standards, patch management practices, and incident response capabilities with moderate oversight; apply growing knowledge of common IT environments (cloud, SaaS, on-prem, hybrid) to contextualize vendor risk.
• Map vendor technical controls to ISO 27001, SSAE 18/SOC 2, SOX ITGC, GDPR, NIST CSF/SP 800-53, and SentinelOne's internal security policies; deduce general gaps where technical implementation falls short of framework requirements and support closure efforts with vendors.
• Support Vendor Risk Assessment workstreams and project objectives; track remediation activities to completion, validate technical evidence of fixes, and escalate unresolved risk to senior analysts or management with clear business impact framing, with moderate oversight.
• Communicate with IT, Engineering, Legal, and Procurement teams to gather technical context and align on risk tolerance; communicate findings clearly to both technical teams using precise IT and security language and to non-technical stakeholders by translating risk into business impact.
• Stay current on the evolving threat landscape including cloud misconfigurations, supply chain attacks, and third-party data exposure risks, and apply this awareness to refine assessment criteria.
• Write and maintain scripts (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) to automate tasks, query APIs, process data (JSON/CSV), and manage code using Git; apply AI tools enthusiastically to automate workflows and be prepared to share concrete examples of how you have used scripting and AI to automate tasks.

What Skills and Knowledge Will You Bring?

Ideal candidates will have:

• 3 to 5 years of experience in information security, IT risk, vendor/third-party risk management, or GRC, with hands-on experience assessing vendors across a range of technical environments and approximately 75 to 100 vendor assessments completed; prior experience in an IT, systems, or security engineering role is a strong plus.
• Solid and developing understanding of core IT and security domains including network security (firewalls, segmentation, VPNs, DNS), cloud platforms and shared responsibility models (AWS, Azure, GCP), Identity and Access Management (SSO, MFA, privileged access), endpoint security and patch and vulnerability management, data protection and encryption (at rest and in transit) and DLP, logging and monitoring and SIEM concepts, and secure SDLC and application security fundamentals.
• Working knowledge of ISO 27001, SOC 2 (SSAE 18), NIST CSF/SP 800-53, SOX ITGC, GDPR, and CCPA.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field, or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Preferred certifications include CISA, CISM, CISSP, CompTIA Security+, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor/Implementer, CCSK, AWS/Azure Security Specialty, or equivalent.

Why SentinelOne?

AI is redefining how the world operates and rewriting the rules of security in real time, and SentinelOne was built for this moment. From day one, we architected an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed, not as an add-on to legacy systems but as the foundation itself. If you want to build where innovation and impact move together, this is that place.

We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive, competitive benefits designed to support you and your family:

Equity & Rewards

• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Time Off & Wellbeing

• Competitive leave benefits
• Gender-neutral parental leave

Insurance & Financial Security

• Private medical, dental, and vision insurance

Work Perks & Flexibility

• Global home office allowance
• Internet or mobile phone allowance
• Hybrid work model with flexible hours

Wellness & Lifestyle

• Wellness programs

Growth & Community

• In-office lunch program