Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Security operations roles matter disproportionately in SaaS because uptime and trust are part of the product. This position sits close to the operational reality of a cloud-native environment, with monitoring and triage centered on Sumo Logic and an AWS, Scala, microservices stack. That combination signals day-to-day exposure to the kinds of distributed systems and telemetry-heavy workflows that define modern SaaS delivery.
From a SaaS career perspective, the scope spans incident response, vulnerability management, and secure configuration practices, which are foundational across subscription software businesses. Working across alerts, logs, scanning, and reporting builds fluency in how SaaS companies operationalize risk, prioritize remediation, and communicate security posture to leadership. The emphasis on security analytics and metrics also develops a transferable ability to turn technical signals into operational decisions, a common requirement as SaaS organizations mature their security programs.
This role tends to suit professionals who enjoy structured investigation, pattern recognition, and clear documentation under operational constraints. It aligns well for someone who wants to deepen hands-on cloud security experience while also owning repeatable processes and tooling, rather than focusing purely on one-off assessments or advisory work.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
This position is responsible for security incident triage and analysis. The analyst will monitor various security tools and security logs and respond to security alerts generated by those tools or noted within the security logs. The analyst would also assist in periodic security tasks such as vulnerability scanning and secure configuration management.
Responsibilities
- Continuously monitor and triage alerts in the Sumo Logic platform while monitoring the health of a variety of AWS/Scala-based microservices and endpoints.
- Apply inquisitive logical problem-solving techniques to IT Security incidents and risks,
- Ownership and management of security processes and tools required to deliver operational security services.
- Lead the vulnerability management program and help prioritize patch management.
- Effective analysis, articulation, and presentation of security reporting to leadership.
- Perform periodic technical security reviews for Corporate and Cloud Infrastructure.
- To implement security analytics, reporting and metrics programs and to support security incidents and analysis with your technical expertise.
- Assess overall cloud security posture. Redesign or evolve the posture as necessary to meet all the needs of a modernization of security within the organization.
Required Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent industry experience
- 5 + years of experience in hands-on Security Analyst/Engineer role. The majority of this should have been within a Cloud Environment.
- Experience with concepts and technologies in the following areas of security: Endpoint Security, Email Security, Network Security, Cloud Security, Vulnerability Management, and Incident Response.
Desirable Skills
- Experience architecting, deploying, and managing a suite of security management tools, including WAF, NGFW, IDS/IPS, SIEM, DDOS protection, Pen-testing, vulnerability management, and anti-malware.
- Direct experience implementing AWS cloud security services.
About Us
Sumo Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUMO) empowers the people who power modern, digital business. Through its SaaS analytics platform, Sumo Logic enables customers to deliver reliable and secure cloud-native applications. The Sumo Logic Continuous Intelligence Platform™ helps practitioners and developers ensure application reliability, secure and protect against modern security threats, and gain insights into their cloud infrastructures. Customers around the world rely on Sumo Logic to get powerful real-time analytics and insights across observability and security solutions for their cloud-native applications. For more information, visit www.sumologic.com.
