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Job Overview
The Exposure Management Team is responsible for discovering, monitoring and communicating vulnerabilities across the firm’s internal and external attack surface. This includes working with internal teams and trusted third parties to discovery, classify, and prioritize assets, then drive and monitor vulnerability remediation with the goal of reducing the attackable surface.
As a member of the Security Assessments and Configuration Management Team within Exposure Management, your objective is to support and optimize the firm’s ability to assess its security posture and quickly adapt to protect the business from risk. You must be highly technical and possess at least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity across multiple security domains including governance and compliance and cloud security architecture, with intermediate knowledge of Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
As a team member with security experience with cloud environments, your primary responsibility will be participating with internal and external teams as the firm expands security capabilities for addressing risk and ensuring compliance throughout the entire lifecycle for cloud-native applications and infrastructure. You will participate in the design, deployment, and operation of monitoring solutions of cloud-native applications and infrastructures to ensure they align with industry best practices, firm established standards, and current business needs. As this is an advanced role, you are expected to possess administrative and troubleshooting skills, and be knowledgeable about cloud architecture, engineering, and design principles.
What You’ll Do:
- Partner with business, technology, and security teams to maintain and enhance the firm’s cloud security capabilities for cloud-native applications and infrastructure.
- Partner with security teams to identify misconfigurations and vulnerabilities, assess security risk, recommend priority, and recommend mitigations to maintain the security posture of the firm.
- Assist security teams by providing data and analysis of the security posture of cloud-native applications and infrastructures.
- Participates in the reviews of vendor capability demonstrations, proof-of concept testing, and vendor contract negotiation.
- Stay apprised of current and proposed changes impacting regulatory, privacy, and security for cloud-native applications and infrastructure Apply learned knowledge across key lines of business, including products, practices, and procedures.
- Develop and improve key metrics for demonstrating the effectiveness of the program.
- Analyze misconfigurations and vulnerabilities to determine security risk and priority.
Hiring Minimum: $99200
Hiring Maximum: $168900
Skills/Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Telecommunications, or Engineering is preferred or related work experience.
- 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity as a practitioner and at least 2+ years of exposure with one of the following: Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure. Knowledgeable of security principles for Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).
- Knowledge and understanding of misconfiguration and vulnerabilities of cloud-native applications and infrastructure.
- Experience in security operations, especially in security configuration management of cloud-native applications and infrastructure. Experience in the deployment, configuration, and/or operation of cloud security tools is considered a plus.
- Ability to work as an individual and within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Familiarity with DevSecOps methodology and Agile frameworks
- Strong written and verbal communication skills since you will be required to frequently interact with business and technical stakeholders.
- Ability to apply critical thinking, analyze scenarios, consider other perspectives, factors, and dependencies to ensure an effective tactical and strategic direction to address complex problems.
- Working knowledge of various industry compliance standards, regulatory requirements and laws including but not limited to: Payment Card Industry (PCI), Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), ISO 27001/2, ITIL or NIST.
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