Job brief: Security Operations Analyst

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on Gusto's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-07 (1 day ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-08.
• The apply link opens job-boards.greenhouse.io, the address Gusto's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco, CA - Hybrid · San Francisco, CA - Hybrid
• Posted: 2026-11-06

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The posting asks for 5+ years of experience.

Must have

• We're looking for a Security Operations analyst with 5+ years of experience to own and deliver security operations projects, take an active role in incident response, and raise th…
• 5+ years of experience in security operations, incident response, SOC analysis, or a closely related field.
• When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required. This includes non-office days for hybrid emplo…

Conditions

• Participate in the on-call rotation.
• This is a business-hours role with a lightweight on-call rotation for rare after-hours escalations, not a 24/7 pager rotation.
• Willingness and ability to participate in a lightweight, business-hours-oriented on-call rotation.
• Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City.

Main duties

• Own security operations projects end to end.
• Lead and participate in incident response.
• Serve as a core responder, document root cause and remediation, write or contribute to post-mortems, and own the completion of post-mortem action items so le…
• Improve detection and monitoring.
• Monitor and triage alerts from tools like AWS GuardDuty/Security Hub/WAF, GCP Security Command Center, and our CSPM platform.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for data and analytics jobs across the U.S.: $130k a year (759 listings, 160 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across Gusto's 78 open listings, 42% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Gusto hires

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