Sr. Security Assurance Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Vālenz® Health is the platform to simplify healthcare – the destination for employers, payers, providers and members to reduce costs, improve quality, and elevate the healthcare experience. The Valenz mindset and culture of innovation combine to create a distinctly different approach to an inefficient, uninspired health system. With fully integrated solutions, Valenz engages early and often to execute across the entire patient journey – from care navigation and management to payment integrity, plan performance and provider verification. With a 99% client retention rate, we elevate expectations to a new level of efficiency, effectiveness and transparency where smarter, better, faster healthcare is possible.

About This Opportunity :

As a Sr. Security Analyst, you will lead the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of enterprise information security controls and compliance programs. You will ensure the effectiveness of IT and security controls through continuous monitoring, automation, and strong governance oversight. In this role, you will drive organizational readiness for external audits, oversee evidence collection and validation, and promote security awareness across the organization. You will also partner closely with business and IT leaders to maintain alignment with frameworks such as SOC 2, HITRUST, and NIST, while leveraging tools to streamline compliance and reporting.

Things You’ll Do Here :

• Lead and maintain SOC 2 and HITRUST compliance programs, ensuring evidence is current and aligned with control requirements.
• Utilize Vanta to automate evidence collection, track remediation tasks, and maintain real-time compliance visibility across systems.
• Act as the primary liaison with auditors and assessors during certification reviews.
• Oversee enterprise compliance with NIST, SOC 2, and HITRUST frameworks, ensuring consistent control implementation and documentation.
• Continuously improve audit readiness processes and coordinate internal control testing.
• Lead the information security risk assessment program, including periodic evaluation of internal systems, business processes, and third-party vendors.
• Manage and track client and third-party security risk assessment requests; coordinate internal teams to ensure accurate and timely responses.
• Log all requests in a centralized system with requester details, completion date, and response metrics.
• Support the development and tracking of mitigation plans for identified vulnerabilities or compliance gaps.
• Design, implement, and oversee the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC / DR) program.
• Conduct tabletop exercises and live failover tests with IT and business leaders to validate operational resilience.
• Ensure recovery documentation and communication protocols align with corporate and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with IT Service Operations and third-party providers to manage security and privacy awareness programs.
• Measure training effectiveness and engagement metrics; drive continuous improvement.
• Promote a security-first culture across all business units.
• Mentor Security Assurance Analysts, providing guidance on audit preparation, control validation, and risk mitigation activities.
• Review and advise on security design for IT projects to ensure alignment with established policies and standards.
• Foster collaboration between IT, Legal, Compliance, and business teams to maintain enterprise-wide alignment on security priorities.
• Perform additional Security Assurance duties as assigned by leadership.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

What You’ll Bring to the Team :

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Where You’ll Work :

This is a fully remote position, and we’ll provide all the necessary equipment!

Why You'll Love Working Here

Valenz is proud to be recognized by Inc. 5000 as one of America’s fastest-growing private companies. Our team is committed to delivering on our promise to engage early and often for smarter, better, faster healthcare . With this commitment, you’ll find an engaged culture – one that stands strong, vigorous, and healthy in all we do.

Benefits

At Valenz, we celebrate, support, and thrive on inclusion, for the benefit of our associates, our partners, and our products. Valenz is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all associates and to providing associates with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Valenz are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

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