I'm currently working with one of the world's largest derivatives clearing organizations to add an Associate Principal, Cyber Defense Specialist to their security team. This is a very exciting leadership role that has a focus on Incident Response, Threat Management/Analysis, compliance and security monitoring.
The ideal candidate will have an exceptional understanding of threats/vulnerabilities in the enterprise environment and provide solutions that will allow the enterprise to best defend themselves against those threats.
This is a hybrid opportunity located in Dallas, TX or Chicago, IL working (2-3) days a week in office, compensation is 130K - 150K Base + 15% fixed bonus.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead cyber security incident responders in response activities including investigation, coordination, review, and reporting.
- Oversee technical analysis of security events while coordinating incident response activities with internal and external teams.
- Develop and support briefings to senior management as a trusted incident responder.
- Actively monitor and research cyber threats with a direct or indirect impact to the business operations, or technology infrastructure.
- Prioritize and identify security risks, threats and vulnerabilities of networks, systems, applications, and new technology initiatives.
- Lead various teams to operationalize remediation efforts for gaps identified.
- Develop and implement security monitoring roadmaps for enterprise applications, SaaS, and other cloud-hosted solutions.
Qualifications
- 3 + years of InfoSec experience, preferably in the financial service space
- 2 + years of experience with 3 - 4 of the following: Cyber Threat Analysis, Digital Computer Forensics, Incident Response, Application Security, Operating Systems Security, Cryptographic controls or Networking programming languages.
- 1 + year in a leadership role/ team or project lead capacity
- Technical expertise of threat actor capabilities and exploitation methodologies
Benefits Include:
- Hybrid work: 2-3 days in office
- Tuition reimbursement
- 401K Matching
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance
- PTO and Parental Leave
- Health benefits, Dental and Vision
- Technology stipend for the device of your choice while working remotely
