Defense and Response - Cyber Intelligence - Senior Associate

Company Description

At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nations housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career.

Job Description

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Defense and Response - Cyber Intelligence - Lead Associate role will offer you the opportunity to identify, research and report on emerging technical threats, tactics and adversary capabilities in order to improve security controls and strategic decision making. As a valued colleague on our team,

• Act as a team lead for the collection, processing and reporting of information on emergent malware and actor technical capabilities and techniques, a point of technical escalation for security investigations and a mentor for other analysts.
• Provide advanced support to analyzing malware and suspicious binaries/scripts.
• Strong technical writing skills and the ability to effectively convey information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Passion for identifying emergent malware capabilities, attack primitives and exploits and providing technical analysis and recommendations to network defenders.
• Coach and mentor less experienced associates to enhance their knowledge of cybersecurity threats to the organization and the industry.
• Identify new opportunities to work with other organizations to determine possible threats.
• Analyze information within the context of the Company and its cybersecurity measures, while considering coordination of multiple interrelated systems and initiatives.
• Translate findings for internal cybersecurity groups.

Qualifications

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences 

• 4 years

Desired Experiences

• Bachelor degree or equivalent
• Sec+, SANS, Pentest, certifications 
• CISSP

Skills

• Skills related to Influencing including negotiating, persuading others, facilitating meetings, and resolving conflict
• Skills related to Relationship Management including managing and engaging stakeholders, customers, and vendors, building relationship networks, contracting, etc.
• Skills related to Risk Assessment and Management including evaluating and designing controls, conducting impact assessments, identifying control gaps, remediating risk, etc.
• Skills related to Security including designing and evaluating security systems, identifying security threats, securing computers, assessing vulnerability, etc.
• Determining causes of operating errors and taking corrective action
• Experience gathering accurate information to explain concepts and answer critical questions
• Skilled in cloud technologies and cloud computing
• The group of skills related to Programming including coding, debugging, and using relevant programming languages
• The group of skills related to Communication including communicating in writing or verbally, copywriting, planning and distributing communication, etc.
• Adept at managing project plans, resources, and people to ensure successful project completion
• Experience identifying measures, or indicators of system performance, and the actions needed to improve or correct performance to achieve desired outcomes
• Experience identifying and determining levels of risk to an organization's networks and systems using cybersecurity techniques and tools such as penetration testing, application security, and intel
• Expertise in service management concepts for networks and related standards such as ITIL practices or SDLC
• Experience in the process of analyzing data to identify trends or relationships to inform conclusions about the data

Tools

• Skilled in Python object-oriented programming
• Skilled in Active Directory
• Skilled in Maltego for data mining
• Skilled in ServiceNow to manage digital workflows
• Skilled in VPN software and encrypting data
• Skilled in ThreatStream
• Skilled in Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings, development, and networking platforms

Additional Information

Job REFID: REF1151R

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Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,