Information Security Specialist

At Popular, we offer a wide variety of services and financial solutions to serve our communities in Puerto Rico, United States & Virgin Islands. As employees, we are dedicated to making our customers dreams come true by offering financial solutions in each stage of their life. Our extensive trajectory demonstrates the resiliency and determination of our employees to innovate, reach for the right solutions and strongly support the communities we serve; therefore, we value their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds.

 

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Over 8,000 people in Puerto Rico, United States and Virgin Islands work at Popular.

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Job Type

Full Time

General Description

Applies skills as an experienced professional to ensure the security of all information pertinent to the company. Recommends methods and techniques to achieve optimal results and helps establish a culture of security across the organization. Supports the achievement of compliance and regulatory goals that are based on the high level of security built into our products. Creates processes to support high quality security-operations, with real-time monitoring of security and compliance in cloud and on-prem environments with a global user community. The incumbent will need to be highly knowledgeable of the concepts of security, compliance, and risk assessment as well as have the technical ability to converse with other team members about their plans and security concerns.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads the implementation of technical and operational security controls that are considered safeguards and /or countermeasures to prevent unauthorized access, modification and disclosure of data, software, and infrastructure.
• Assess SecOps factors and facilitates remediation of identified vulnerabilities for security across the enterprise. 
• Assesses SecOps factors and facilitates remediation of identified vulnerabilities with the companies' network, systems, and applications. 
• Aligns security deliverables with legal, regulatory, and contractual requirements that conforms with security framework and standards such as NIST SP 800-53 rev 4, OWASP Top 10, among others.
• Establishes processes and procedure for continuous monitoring to allow operational visibility in enterprise environments.
• Reports on findings and recommendations for corrective action.
• Performs SecOps related assessments as assigned utilizing security tools and methodologies. 
• Identifies opportunities to reduce risk and documents remediation options regarding acceptance or mitigation of security related scenarios.
• Facilitates and monitors performance of remediation tasks, changes related to mitigation factors & reports on findings. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (cont.)

• Maintains oversight of IT and vendors regarding the security maintenance of their systems and applications. 
• Provides periodic status reports, including outstanding issues. 
• Assist in all Cybersecurity audits, risk assessments and regulatory compliance.
• Serve as SME within security projects and perform security operational defined processes.
• Promote awareness of applicable regulatory standards, upstream risks, and industry best practices across the company.
• Address questions from internal and external audits and examinations.
• Create concise and comprehensive reports related to security violations, including recommendations for addressing any identified control weaknesses.
• Periodically discuss any SecOps related event and/or innovative ideas that shall mature the companies’ security measures.
• Participate in pre-defined capacitation trainings defined by the unit.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.

Experience

Five (5) years’ experience in ensuring the security of all information pertinent to the company.

Certifications/Licenses

Certifications are highly desirable but not required.

• CompTIA SEC+, ISC2 SSCP

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's)

• Analytical skills: Stays focused on main issues, prevents irrelevant issues or distractions from interfering with timely completion of assignments.  Collects, research and complements data; Synthesizes complex or diverse information.  Demonstrates attention to detail; Applies design principles; Generate creative solutions.  Strong quantitative, research and analytical skills.  Experience with data analysis, persuasive and informative writing, workload management, and process management.
• Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Develops alternative solutions. 
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