Insider Risk Investigator
Anthropic- Compensation
- $245k–$305k Published range
- Location
- Hybrid - Boston, MA; New York City, NY; Washington, DC, at least 25% in office Remote eligibility
- Employment
- Full-time Mid-level
About the job
About the Role
We are seeking an exceptional Insider Risk Investigator with expertise in both human and technical investigations to support and protect Anthropic's mission. The Insider Risk Team works cross-functionally to deter, identify, investigate and mitigate risks to Anthropic's most critical assets — our people, our data, and our infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Triage custom technical detection alerts
- Independently conduct end-to-end insider risk investigations while working closely with IT, Detection and Response, Legal, HR and other cross-functional teams
- Monitor and triage external threats targeting employees
- Conduct sensitive interviews of employees or other involved parties
- Perform technical analysis of logs from SIEM, DLP, UEBA systems
- Leverage AI tools (Claude, Claude Code) to accelerate investigation workflows and data analysis
- Build and maintain investigation documentation
- Assist in iterating and improving on processes, procedures and systems to detect, mitigate and investigate insider risks
- Work cross-functionally to develop, refine and operationalize insider risk indicators, scenarios and mitigation strategies
- Provide rapid-turnaround security assessments to support business operations
- Support education and awareness programs to promote a robust security culture
- Serve as the subject matter expert for insider risk and provide training to team members as needed
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and/or higher education in a related field; 5-8 years of experience in insider risk, corporate investigations or a related domain; 3-5 years experience in conducting investigative interviews; at least 1-2 years of private sector experience; experience conducting OSINT for threat assessment, or counterintelligence; experience leveraging DLP, UEBA, SIEM, SOAR and other insider risk security tooling; knowledge of open source research techniques and tooling; broad understanding of internal and external investigations, cybersecurity, interview techniques, risk assessment and managing strong cross-functional relationships; ability to communicate complex security findings clearly and concisely to non-technical stakeholders; track record of rapid response to time-sensitive security requests; comfort operating across organizational boundaries; exceptional communication, collaboration skills and the ability to lead projects with little guidance; demonstrated ability to operate independently with minimal oversight while managing sensitive cases.
Compensation
Annual Salary: $245,000—$305,000 USD
Location and Hybrid Policy
Location: Boston, MA; New York City, NY; Washington, DC. Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.
Visa Sponsorship
We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
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