Cyber Security Specialist

Job Title:  Cyber Security Specialist

Location:  Wilmington, DE

Work Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Contract (C2C)

Duration:   10+ Months with Possible Extension

Visa Requirement: No OPT/ H1B

Note: 5 to 7 years of experience in cyber and information security domain preferably in CISO or Security consultancy roles

About the Role:

This is a contract position for a Cyber Security Specialist that will be part of the CISO function and will support Clients US Consumer Banking Business with the acquisition of Best Egg. The role will support Best Egg Integration and will be responsible to work on the legal day 1 and beyond Cyber deliverables for the Project that includes, completion of the gap analysis against Clients standards, alignment with Clients tech and cyber policies and standards and determine and co-ordinate post legal day 1 integration and control enhancements/deliverables. This will include requirements related to penetration testing, third party security, data security, vulnerability management, secure configuration, and other cyber domains. Additionally, the role will support the Business Information Security Office with governance activities for Best Egg Cyber function in the first year. Key Responsibilities:

• Support gap assessment against Clients Cyber policies and standards and help define remediation plans to address the gaps
• Ensure gaps and risks are recorded as per Clients governance framework and are tracked to closure. Co-ordination of penetration testing of Best Egg networks and applications, and security reviews related to third party security, data security, vulnerability management, secure configuration, and other cyber domains.
• Support Cyber Security activities and other related activities to ensure the organizations assets and IT systems are appropriately protected against unauthorized activities including deliberate or accidental loss.
• Execution of security risk assessments during the change & development lifecycle to identify vulnerabilities within Best Egg systems, applications and infrastructure, ensuring compensating security controls and countermeasures are embedded to enhance security posture and resilience against cyber threats.
• Support and provide guidance to Chief Information Security Office (CISO), Business information Security Office (BISO), Chief Information Office (CIO) and Product Team functions providing security reviews and recommendations for risk mitigation.
• Contribute to the design of security solutions
• Work with the business and project