[Remote] Analyst, Tech Controls

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Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coinbase is on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world and is seeking an Analyst, Tech Controls to support their technology compliance initiatives. The role involves designing, implementing, and monitoring a technology control framework while collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure effective control ownership and risk management.


Responsibilities

  • Lead IT process and gap assessments against industry standards and technology regulatory requirements to evaluate control design and operating effectiveness
  • Design, review and validate processes and configurations across technology systems, including cloud environments, operating systems, databases, and network infrastructure, to ensure alignment with established standards, compliance requirements, and best practices
  • Assist in maintaining and providing oversight over the technology controls inventory to mitigate technology risks and meet regulatory requirements, technology policies, and frameworks
  • Collaborate with stakeholder teams including Security, Engineering, Technology Governance, IT, and Operational Risk to support technology requirements and ensure control ownership
  • Developing technology requirements for new products, updating existing controls, and providing subject matter expertise to product teams
  • Support Security Compliance, Information Security, Platform, and Engineering stakeholders in identifying and executing on continuous control monitoring opportunities
  • Provide guidance and leverage technical expertise to determine effectiveness of change management processes, i.e. unit testing, CI/CD, etc.
  • Define, draft and communicate identified issues and technology process improvement opportunities and assist in developing creative solutions to mitigate risks and address regulatory challenges
  • Provide reporting to stakeholders and management on progress, escalations, and control initiatives
  • Drive the creation of procedural documentation, including training materials that support first line of defense risk management, in the form of runbooks and narratives
  • Validate remediation efforts for identified gaps and issues to ensure resolution effectively aligns with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and internal policies
  • Drive creation of clear and concise technical documentation for control monitoring

Skills

  • Minimum of 2+ years of experience in Security Engineering, Technology Compliance, IT audit, or equivalent roles
  • Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in technology frameworks such as COBIT, NIST, ISO 27001
  • Hands on experience in security engineering, implementing security frameworks, or designing and managing technical controls
  • Proven technical understanding and operation within cloud technologies, AWS preferred
  • Strong understanding of control monitoring processes
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to effectively and autonomously accomplish outcomes across cross-functional teams in ambiguous situations with limited supervision
  • Ability to multitask, prioritize work, and meet deadlines in a fast paced environment
  • Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to align on shared outcomes
  • Cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Security Specialty, or equivalent certifications
  • Security certifications e.g. CISA, CISSP, COBIT or other relevant certifications
  • Technical understanding of fintech services and/or crypto space

Education Requirements

  • BA or BS in a technical field or equivalent experience

Benefits

  • Target bonus
  • Target equity
  • Benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k))

Company Overview

  • Coinbase is a crypto exchange and wallet platform that allows merchants and consumers to buy, sell, and store digital currencies. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.coinbase.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Coinbase has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 154 in 2025, 92 in 2024, 96 in 2023, 284 in 2022, 183 in 2021, 66 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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