Senior Security Risk Management Analyst

Job Title: Senior Security Risk Management Analyst (Third-Party/ Vendor Risk Assessment) Location: Ireland or United Kingdom Position Type : Full-time Keystone AI is seeking an experienced professional to join our Third-Party/ Vendor Risk Assessment team. This team focuses on analyzing and managing risks associated with our vendors, service providers, and other third parties, ensuring our organization upholds the highest standards of compliance, security, and business resilience. While your primary responsibility will be Third-Party Risk Management, you will also collaborate on other cybersecurity risk management initiatives. Building strong cross-functional relationships across the company is a key component of this role. To excel, you must showcase exceptional leadership, communication, and decision-making skills, and have a proven track record in managing third-party risk, vendor governance, or related domains. Responsibilities: Lead and conduct comprehensive risk assessments of new and existing third-party vendors and service providers, focusing on cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance. Evaluate third-party security questionnaires, audit reports (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001), and risk documentation. Coordinate with vendors to request and verify security controls, remediation plans, and ongoing compliance. Oversee facilitation of risk remediation efforts agreed upon with suppliers, ensuring timely resolution. Collaborate during supplier contract development, reviewing deviations from security requirements and offering subject matter expertise on risk remediation. Classify vendors according to risk tiers and maintain a comprehensive database of vendor risk profiles. Participate in continuous security monitoring of existing suppliers to track changing risk profiles. Partner with Procurement, Legal, Privacy, and InfoSec teams to improve supplier security management processes. Identify opportunities to automate parts of the assessment process, thereby reducing manual work and enhancing efficiency. Keep abreast of emerging risks, industry standards, and regulatory requirements affecting third-party vendors. Manage and mentor contractors and junior team members, fostering professional growth and maintaining a collaborative team environment. Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, or a related field. 6-8 years of professional experience in third-party risk assessment within cybersecurity or information risk management. Understanding of relevant information security frameworks, including related regulatory compliance requirements, such as ISO 27001/2 (including ISO 27017 & 18), FedRAMP, SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, PCI DSS, NIST CSF. Solid understanding of risk assessment methodologies and best practices. Ability to synthesize and communicate complex risk findings to both technical and non-technical audiences. Detail-oriented, process-driven, and capable of managing multiple vendor assessments concurrently. Experience with tools such as Coupa, OneTrust, JIRA and Coverbase is a plus. Professional certifications in Information Security or Risk Management (e.g. CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC) is a plus. Company Description Keystone AI is one of the fastest growing companies in Silicon Valley, revolutionizing data protection and management in the emerging multi-cloud world. We are the leader in cloud data management, delivering a single platform to manage and protect data in the cloud, at the edge, and on-premises. Enterprises choose Keystone AI to simplify backup and recovery, accelerate cloud adoption, enable automation at scale, and secure against cyberthreats. Keystone AI has raised over $553 million in venture funding, most recently at a valuation of $3.3 billion. We’ve been recognized as a Forbes Cloud 100 Company five years in a row and as a LinkedIn Top 10 startup. About the team The Information Security organization advances the overall state of security at Keystone AI through critical initiatives and coordination of large security projects. Information Security builds technologies, tools, and processes to better enable teams at Keystone AI to develop secure software and protect data and systems with appropriate security controls. Information Security also develops systems to monitor and respond to attacks against our assets, provides awareness education to teams on security best practices for data protection, and ensures data governance and data sharing relationships with third parties in order to securely protect Keystone AI information. Join Us in Securing and Accelerating the World's AI Transformation Keystone AI (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Keystone AI Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Keystone AI Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes. Linkedin | X (formerly Twitter) | Instagram | Keystone AI.com Inclusion @ Keystone AI At Keystone AI, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data. Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. 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