A financial firm is looking for an IT Cyber Security Specialist to join their team in Iselin, NJ.
Compensation: $160k
Responsibilities:
Strategic
- Develop and implement security strategy in consultation with the IT teams, ensuring that all initiatives are mirrored in respective strategies including the overall firm strategy.
- Provide security advice and support for information technology projects.
- Research new security related products and services to ensure that firm is equipped with appropriate industry best of breed tools and solutions.
Operational
- Operate and maintain security controls related to SIEM, DLP, Vulnerability Management, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Endpoint Protection, Network Protection, etc.
- Review and help refine procedures to ensure compliance with cyber resilience requirements.
- Be responsible when assigned ownership of firm related Regulatory and Internal Audit finding(s), and provide effective / timely resolution.
- Design and integrate consistent security solutions across firm on-premise and cloud environments for domains like Vulnerability Management, Endpoint Security, Data Security, Network Security, Identity and Access management, etc.
- Facilitate monitoring and enforcement of configurations, as well as manage and monitor security on systems deployed in the cloud in a similar fashion as is done on-premises at firm.
- Oversee design principles and controls relating to third party solution providers.
Leadership
- Work as a team member and individual contributor being able to work independently and confidently without direct supervision.
- Through example and behavior, strive to provide peer leadership to other team members with the goal of being excellent service providers and enablers to other constituencies (both internal and external).
- Strong communication (verbal and written) skills to engage with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to clarify technical detail and confidently communicate business risks to senior management.
- Execute team's vision and mission in alignment with the overall vision and mission, as well as with firm's strategic direction as it pertains to cyber resilience.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 5 years of information security experience with at least 2 years in cloud security.
- Expert knowledge of one or more of the following: firewalls, TCP/IP, network IDS/IPS, host-based IDS/IPS, endpoint and network-based DLP, web proxies, email protection, endpoint protection software, SIEM
- Knowledge of enterprise security concepts/frameworks and products, secure design principles and patterns
- Ability to collaborate effectively with others to drive forward key security objectives
- Strong documentation and report writing skills (to both technical and business audiences)
- Excellent time management and organizational skills
- Financial and/or Banking industry experience preferred
- BS. in a technology discipline (Computer Science, Information Management, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or equivalent) or Security Certifications such as CISSP, SANS GIAC GSEC, GCED, GCIA, GCIH, GREM; or Cisco CCNA, CCNP; or equivalent.
- Industry recognized cloud security qualifications (e.g. CCSK, CCSP, AWS Security Fundamentals, AWS Certified Security)
- Working knowledge of the following frameworks and regulations: ISO 27001/2, SANS Top 20 Critical Security Controls, NIST CSF, and FFIEC handbook.
- Possess a strong service-oriented mind set to consistently deliver balanced security solutions that include people, process and technology.
- Possess strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated to exceed management expectations and objectives.
- Ability to effectively communicate complex technical issues to both business and technical staff at all levels.
- Strong collaboration skills to tackle complex security challenges that may span across multiple internal and external departments and groups.
- Able to effectively cope with change and comfortably handle risk and ambiguity, not upset when things are up in the air.
- Tenacious resolve and positive attitude in challenging situations.
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