An International Bank located in midtown NYC is seeking a 3-5 year professional to help establish and run their IT Security policy and procedures for the NY Branch.

This role will be hybrid, but requires at least 10 days a month in the office, so only local NYC or tri-state area candidates please.

Since knowledge of the financial services regulatory environment is required, only candidates who have worked for a Bank or similar financial services firm will be considered at this time.

1.1 IT Security

§ Ensure compliance with internal and external IT security guidelines, requirements, policies and controls

§ Continuously assess risks and remediate them through approved risk treatments

§ Select, test and deploy security-related infrastructure

§ Configure, administer and operate security-related infrastructure

§ Set up and maintain secure access to internal and external services (SSO / MFA)

§ Identify and configure appropriate application security parameters

§ Remediate identified vulnerabilities

§ Proactively manage hardware and software lifecycles

§ Assist in addressing security topics during audits, examinations, attestations and controls

§ Perform security-related corrective audit and examination measures

§ Contribute in service continuity management and disaster recovery planning

§ Perform event, availability and capacity management tasks

§ Manage and monitor backups including performing periodic restore tests

§ Interface with current and prospective vendors on security topics

§ Implement IT security and hardening measures

§ Assist in the investigation of security incidents

§ Assist service desk in troubleshooting security-related calls

§ Assist in the preparation of technical documentation

§ Serve on the Information Security Committee

§ Collaborate closely with IT Security and Information Security Management

Qualifications

§ 3-5 years of experience in IT Security

§ GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) or CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)

§ Understanding of market and regulatory standards (FFIEC, NYDFS, SSMK, ISO 27001,

ISO27035, NIST CSF)

§ Experience with Microsoft Cloud Security

§ Commitment, reliability and responsibility

§ Ability to cooperate and achieve aims

§ Problem solving, analytical thinking and goal orientation

§ Strong techniques of time management and organizing oneself

§ Polished presentation and communications skills

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