Info Security Threat Mgmt Specialist

Job Description:

Job Title: Info Security Threat Management Specialist

Corporate Title:  VP

Location:  Dublin

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth.  This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.  Join us!

Location Overview:

Our Central Park office in Leopardstown, boasts modern facilities based in Dublin’s premium business park. With an onsite gym and staff restaurant, all your daily needs are conveniently catered for. Travel options include the LUAS network and the Central Park shuttle service between Dublin City Centre and Central Park. We also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package, which means getting to work has never been so easy.

Role Description:

Global Information Security  is responsible for protecting bank information systems, confidential and proprietary data, and customer information. GIS develops the bank’s Information Security strategy and policy, manages the Information Security program, identifies and addresses vulnerabilities and operates a global security operations center that monitors, detects and responds to cybersecurity incidents.  Within GIS, Identity and Access Management  is a security discipline that enables the right individuals to access the right resources at the right times and in the right context. IAM addresses the mission-critical need to ensure appropriate access to the resources across increasingly heterogeneous technology environments, and to meet increasingly rigorous compliance requirements.

Responsibilities:

•           Assisting Authentication lead and partners with other technology SMEs to ensure that strategic and effectively authentication solutions are adopted across BAC and ensure compliance with IAM Standard.

•           Support IAM Governance leads to ensure that all authentication related IAM requirements are appropriately measured, reported and governed.

•           Appropriately assess identity and authentication related risks when business and technology decisions are made, demonstrating risk management mindset and practices to safeguard BAC’s reputation, its clients, and assets by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations, adhering to BAC Policy and Standards.

•           Monitors industry information security and Identify and Authentication trends and engages peer organizations to refine and enhance BAC’s strategy.

•           Apply industry Identity and Authentication best practices, templates, and documentation while also proposing improvements based on practical knowledge.

•           Partner with other Global Information Security (GIS) functions, Core Technology Infrastructure (CTI), Cyber Security Technology (CST), Third Party management, Global Compliance and Operations Risk (CGOR), internal audit, and regulatory agencies.

•           Influence relevant tools owners to build/implement enhanced Identity and Authentication solutions that are efficient, effective, and modern and able to deliver material risk reduction in sustainable manner.

•           Collaborate with stakeholders to develop Identity and Authentication requirements that iteratively support long term modernization and transformation (covers Process, Data and Technology aspects).

•           Support engagement with Product Managers and Senior Architects to comprehend the strategic Identity and Authentication technology roadmap.

•           Consult with the business to identify gaps and governance issues, leveraging own domain expertise to find effective solutions.

•           Clearly articulate reasons and methods behind proposed changes through informative materials for educating others.

What we are looking for:

•           Knowledge of identity and authentication methodologies, techniques and technologies,familiarity with laws, rules, and regulations within the financial services sector.

•           Understanding and interpreting BAC’s established information security Pol