Security Assurance Senior Analyst
At Qualtrics, we create software the world’s best brands use to deliver exceptional frontline experiences, build high-performing teams, and design products people love. But we are more than a platform—we are the creators and stewards of the Experience Management category serving over 20K clients globally. Building a category takes grit, determination, and a disdain for convention—but most of all it requires close-knit, high-functioning teams with an unwavering dedication to serving our customers.
When you join one of our teams, you’ll be part of a nimble group that’s empowered to set aggressive goals and move fast to achieve them. Strategic risks are encouraged and complex problems are solved together, by passing the mic and iterating until the best solution comes to light. You won’t have to look to find growth opportunities—ready or not, they’ll find you. From retail to government to healthcare, we’re on a mission to bring humanity, connection, and empathy back to business. Join over 6,000 people across the globe who think that’s work worth doing. Security Assurance Senior Analyst Why We Have This Role Our information security team is growing as Qualtrics continues to evolve. We are looking for a Senior Analyst who is fearless, loves the challenges that come with scaling rapidly, holds a high bar for quality and has an obsession to deliver that quality to his/her users. This role will help Qualtrics analyze and obtain potential new security certifications or maintain existing programs. This will be an individual contributor role. In order to facilitate compliance with some of our requirements, this role is open only to United States citizens. How You’ll Find Success- Become a critical member of the Qualtrics Security and Privacy Assurance Team
- Work closely with external auditors / assessors to perform security audits and assessments
- Leverage your experience auditing IT general controls and other security compliance programs to the use cases relevant for Qualtrics
- Willingness to apply strong analytical and critical thinking skills to solve complex remediation scenarios
- Ability to work under tight deadlines while executing multiple projects
- Continually develop and train existing and new employees
- You will have an opportunity to learn about new security frameworks or programs and how those apply to Qualtrics
- You will be positioned as a key business enabler to ensure we are taking on and completing programs that have an impact on the company
- You will develop strong project management skills to ensure successful and timely completion of key projects
- Develop strong relationships with a cross-functional cohort of stakeholders across the organization
- Analyze and internally assess requirements across various government security frameworks, including FedRAMP, U.S. Department of Defense Cloud Computing Security Requirements, IRAP, Protected B, and others
- Successfully usher Qualtrics through external audits and assessments
- Regularly monitor and report progress on remediation in monthly continuous monitoring meetings
- Work closely with key customers to usher them through their unique security assessment processes
- Bachelor's Degree in IT, Information Systems, or related discipline
- 4+ years of relevant experience in the following areas
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- IT Security Assessments
- Control Testing
- Compliance programs: FedRAMP Moderate, FedRAMP High, IL4, IRAP, Protected B
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- Bonus: ISO27001, HITRUST, SSAE18, SOX, TISAX, etc.
- Experience leading and developing staff
- Above-average written and verbal communication skills
- Project management skills - managing partner expectations, building work programs / schedules
- CISSP, CISM, CIPP, CISA or other meaningful security certifications
- This role sits in our Reston, VA
- This role would interact with teams located across the world
- We strive to be a highly collaborative team that works together to accomplish great things
- Work/life integration is deeply important to us - we have frequent office events, team outings, and happy hours.
- We take pride in our offices' design, aiming at cultivating creativity - from our rooftop views to an open and collaborative work space.
- On top of standard benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance, etc), we provide snacks, drinks, and free lunches in our office.
- We believe in sharing Qualtrics' success, which is part of the compensation for all employees.