Associate, Cyber Security

About this role

Role Description:

The Information Security team member will augment the Supply Chain Security

team and play an integral part in the development, implementation, and compliance of technical security across the enterprise.  The candidate will be key contributor to ongoing security assessments of third-party tools and products and will regularly act as a voice of Information Security to business teams and management, building cyber security confidence in support of business development and governance processes.

Responsibilities:

• Perform focused pre and post implementation security assessments of new or technology products being introduced into the firm’s technology environment, including PaaS and SaaS products
• Provide governance and oversight over existing and new SaaS, and PaaS products
• Identify hardening criteria and integration requirements for technologies under review
• Influence the overall direction for securing infrastructure, applications and third parties service providers for the firm
• Documenting security requirements in a formal security report and socializing accordingly
• Communicate risk assessment findings to information security stakeholders or business partners and influences the risk mitigation
• Provide consultative advice to information security customers that enables them to make informed risk management decisions
• Performing assessments of new and existing Internet of Things (IoT) Deployments
• Identify appropriate controls to effectively manage information risks as needed
• Identify opportunities to improve risk posture, developing solutions for remediating or mitigating risks and assessing the residual risk
• Maintain strong working relationships with individuals and groups involved in managing information risks across the organization
• Support the documentation of Information Security Policies and Standards
• Security assessments of third-party software packages deployed on machines

Candidates will be evaluated based on their ability to perform the duties listed

above while demonstrating the skills and competencies necessary to be

highly effective in the role. These skills and competencies include:

• Strong formal documentation and process-oriented background with experience working on complex technology projects
• An ability to effectively influence others to account for the plans and

collaborative behaviors for results

• An ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse

audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily understood, authoritative, and

actionable manner

• An ability to identify and assesses the severity and potential impact of risks

and communicate risk assessment findings to risk owners in a way that

influences optimum risk mitigation

• Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the

relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most

appropriate one

• Ability to react to high pressure dynamic changing environments
• Excellent prioritization capabilities, with an aptitude for breaking down work

into manageable parts, effectively assessing the priority and time required to

complete each part

• An ability to work on several tasks simultaneously and pay attention to

sources of information from inside and outside one’s network within an organization

• An ability to apply original and innovative thinking to produce new ideas and

create innovative products, solutions, or approaches

• A discipline and interpersonal skills to work well in a global environment, complementing teams in multiple remote locations

Experience

• Degree in Business, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
• Working knowledge of data analysis techniques, including Excel, Python and basic SQL skills
• Experience with agile project management
• Knowledge of Azure security, AWS security, web security, including API and token security
• 5+ years Information Security experience
• 3+ years with risk advisory and senior management communication, metrics, collaboration to drive risk-based results
• 3+ years of experience with documenting, project management, written analysis for Information Security risk assessments
• Experience with information security management frameworks (e.g.,

IS027001, COBIT, NIST 800)

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and/or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• AWS, GCP, or Azur