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Senior Security Risk Analyst

Muon Space· Information Systems
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Hybrid (Remote / San Jose (San Jose office may be on-site))$154k - $207kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior Security Risk Engineer responsible for identifying, assessing, and addressing security risks across Muon’s environment and company functions, with a focus on risk posture, compliance (NIST 800-171 and ITAR/EAR), and remediation leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Lead security risk assessments across the company — identify, analyze, and prioritize risks across engineering, IT, operations, and business functions
  • Maintain a risk register and a clear, current view of Muon's risk posture for leadership
  • Partner with teams across the company to drive remediation of identified risks and track them to closure
  • Assess the security risk of new tools, vendors, third parties, and architectural or process changes before adoption
  • Define and apply a consistent risk framework and methodology — likelihood and impact scoring, risk acceptance, and exceptions
  • Map risks and controls to compliance requirements such as NIST 800-171 and CMMC, and support audits and assessments
  • Report risk trends and metrics to leadership and recommend where to invest to reduce the most risk
  • Help teams build risk-aware processes and take ownership of the risks they hold

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in information security, security engineering, or security risk/GRC roles
  • Hands-on experience running security risk assessments and managing a risk register
  • Strong understanding of security risk frameworks and methodologies (e.g., NIST RMF / 800-30, FAIR, or similar)
  • Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-171, CMMC, SOC 2, or ISO 27001
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills — able to convey risk and priorities to both engineers and leadership

Skills

Required:Security risk assessmentsRisk management frameworkCompliance awarenessCommunication

Benefits

  • competitive equity grant
  • comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
  • short & long term disability and life insurance
  • three weeks paid vacation, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, paid parental leave
Last updated Sep 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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