Our Client a well known Investment bank is seeking a Cyber Security Analyst in their New York, New York Location!
Typical Day in Role:
- Dedicated and detail-oriented cybersecurity professional with a strong background in regulatory compliance.
- Continuously monitor and assess the effectiveness of security controls and processes.
- Technical skills such as network security, application security, encryption, vulnerability assessment, and incident response.
- Solid understanding of information security principles and practices, including threat and vulnerability management, incident response, and security operations.
- Knowledge of information security principles and practices, network protocols, and operating systems.
- Knowledge of information security risk management frameworks, compliance practices, key risk indicators and metrics.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication, presentation, written, and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Perform the information security compliance tasks such as ensuring IT activities, processes, and procedures meet defined requirements, policies and regulations.
- Perform control assessments against enterprise cybersecurity frameworks standards.
- Track, manage, and report on any internal or external cybersecurity-related issues.
Must Have Skills/Requirements:
- 3 years of Regulatory compliance/examination and Audit Experience
- 5-7 years of experience in related cybersecurity technical background and exposure to cloud technologies.
- Experience on security governance, policies, cybersecurity frameworks, security standards– 1 recent project
- An understanding and experience with security controls/mechanisms and risk assessment techniques pertaining to complex data, application, and networking environments (asset), proven through recent experience in last 2+ project
- Information security related certification (such as Security+, CISA, CISM, CISSP)
- Recent relevant Financial Industry Experience
Nice to have Skills:
Proficiency in MS Office (extended knowledge of MS Excel and PowerPoint are preferred)
Soft Skills:
- Excellent communications and written skills.
- Comfortable putting together and presenting risk reporting to a US IS&C management.
- Candidate must be a team player and may be required to assist other team members in other security and IT risk tasks, as needed.
- Ability to manage assigned tasks and expectations without direct instruction or oversight.
- Fast, adaptable learner who can hit the ground running.
- Ability to work well under pressure while demonstrating strong professionalism.
- Willingness to learn new technologies and security-related information
Education
- Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering and related field required 3-5 years’ experience required.