Senior Security Analyst

Carta connects founders, investors, and limited partners through world‑class software, purpose‑built for everyone in venture capital, private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65,000+ companies in 160+ countries, Carta’s platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build, invest, and scale with confidence.

Carta’s Fund Administration platform supports 9,000+ funds and SPVs, representing nearly $185B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.

Together, Carta is creating the end‑to‑end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions don’t work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Carta’s software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - it’s a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital.

At Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow.

As a Senior Security Analyst, you’ll directly shape and strengthen our detection and response capabilities, help mature our security operations, and ultimately protect the organization from evolving threats. You’ll play a critical role in leading incidents, developing internal tools and playbooks, and reducing response times through automation and continuous improvement. You’ll serve as a point‑of‑contact for incidents and collaborate with stakeholders to shape the future of Carta’s security posture.

Here are some problems we’d love for you to help us solve :

• Lead investigation and response efforts for security incidents, and coordinate with internal stakeholders and external partners when necessary.
• Own detection use‑case development and write and tune alerts to improve signal‑to‑noise ratio across our environments.
• Maintain and continually improve security incident response plans, playbooks, and related documentation.
• Apply Terraform to ensure consistent, secure, and scalable infrastructure deployment and detection pipelines.
• Develop and maintain internal tooling and automations to improve analyst efficiency for alert triage, IOC enrichment, and evidence collection.
• Elevate the Security team by coaching peers, mentoring junior analysts, and setting high standards for detection quality and incident handling.
• Own and execute technical security projects, including scoping, building, testing, deploying, and iterating.
• Conduct threat hunting and utilize threat intelligence to proactively identify and mitigate emerging risks.
• Participate in on‑call rotation and continuously improve readiness and handovers.

The Team You'll Work With

You will be part of a security‑mindful team that believes in progress over perfection and where security culture and mindset is key. Our team is rethinking how detection and response activities can be accomplished in innovative ways. We focus on solving business problems while minimizing and managing risk exposure for Carta.

About You

We’re looking for candidates who have :

Compensation

Carta’s compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full‑time roles, exceptional benefits, and, for applicable roles, commission plans. Our expected cash compensation (salary + commission if applicable) range for this role is :

We are hiring for multiple levels and locations, so final offers may vary from the amounts listed based on geography, experience and expertise, and other factors.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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