Anthropic
Security Risk Analyst, Risk Engineering
$270K–$345K
San Francisco, CA +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
New York City, NY
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Years required correlate with internal job level requirements; no specific number stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; if an offer is made, the company will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa.
About the job
Drives security risk assessments to leadership decisions, including FAIR-based quantitative analysis, risk treatment recommendations, and scalable methods and tools for partner teams.
What you'll do
- Assess security risk scenarios, control effectiveness, and treatment options with Security Engineering; communicate recommendations, tradeoffs, and uncertainty to decision makers.
- Conduct quantitative risk analysis using FAIR, calibrated estimation, and simulation, and shape leadership risk reviews and metrics.
- Use AI and automation to scale analysis; develop reusable methods, templates, training, and quality standards.
What they ask for
- End-to-end ownership of qualitative and quantitative security or technology risk analysis that influenced a decision.
- Hands-on FAIR-style quantification, including scenario decomposition, calibrated estimation, and Monte Carlo simulation using Python, R, or spreadsheet tooling.
- Technical security depth to analyze attack paths with security engineers.
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; relevant field demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with FAIR-CAM or another structured approach to control effectiveness and attack path modeling.
- Experience building cyber risk quantification programs or defining risk appetite and thresholds.
Pay
$270,000 — $345,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
FAIR, Python, R, Monte Carlo simulation, Claude, LLMs, FAIR-CAM
AI focus
Use AI and automation to scale security risk analysis and critically review model output; familiarity with security risks specific to AI systems is a plus.
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