Digital Risk Security Analyst

Salary Competitive

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to: - Build and enhance our proven security platform - Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture - Analyse new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel - Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges


The Role

As a Digital Risk Security Analyst you will have a diverse set of responsibilities. Some of the responsibilities you will have are investigate threats that originate on Social Media Platforms, Domains, Mobile App Stores, Dark Web, and other areas. You will also be responsible for running Risk Assessments and evaluations for customers using our products and services. This role also has a good portion of it involving development and automation. You must be aware of web development technologies and best practices.  

Your day-to-day

- Working with the other analysts on the team to collaborate on processes and workflows

- Review detections for customers who are our managed service customers

- Create Risk Assessment reports for prospects

- Work on internal portal development

- Work on automation scripts and processes

- Get on conference calls with customers to review results

What you bring to the team

- Development experience with Python (preferably), Ruby, Perl

- Knowledge of Web development frameworks like Flask, Django, Ruby on Rails, etc.

- Experience using 3rd party API’s especially RESTful API’s

Knowledge and experience using with various Social Media Platforms

- A great investigative mindset

- Ability to learn new things quickly

Why Proofpoint

As a customer focused and driven-to-win organisation with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and treating them well is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in 10 countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint’s amazing culture!

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Maternity / paternity leave
Maternity / paternity leave

Kids are the future, go spend time with them.

Pension plan
Pension plan

We take care of you, even when you are old and wrinkly.

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Social gatherings and games; hang out with your colleagues.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Working at
Proofpoint

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to: - Build and enhance our proven security platform - Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture - Analyse new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel - Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

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