Information Security Assessment Mgmt. Senior SpecialistDenver, Colorado;Chicago, IllinoisJob Description:At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!Job DescriptionAssociate performs research, analysis, and testing of Core Infrastructure identified AITs leveraging industry standard baselines to identify potential ransomware and malware vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a threat actor. Ideal candidates will possess both a broad information security background and strong communications and interpersonal skills to engage with a variety of constituents. The associate may routinely work with technical (infrastructure) teams and SMEs on a variety of platform, database and operating systems. The candidate should have strong technical writing skills to produce understandable and actionable reports on diverse technical security and policy issues. The successful candidate will have a strong infrastructure security assessment background and be familiar with ransomware and malware, as well as current MITRE ATT&CK framework.ResponsibilitiesAs a CIAR - Info Security Exposure Mgmt. Senior Specialist, the individual will be focused in the following areas:
Perform Critical Infrastructure Assurance Review (CIAR) process design and documentation.
Testing of Core Infrastructure identified AITs leveraging industry standard baselines to identify potential ransomware and malware vulnerabilities etc.
Works routinely with technical (infrastructure) teams and SMEs on a variety of infrastructure.
Complete the assigned work within the appropriate Service Level Agreement (SLA).
Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
Perform the assessment and perform pre-assessment examination of systems of record.
Finding of failed controls and submission of observations for continue monitoring.
Facilitates the collection of evidence with the FLU.
Perform level 1 QA and determine level of compliance.
Tracking and reporting of assessment status to leadership team.
Mandatory skills:
Experience in Information Security and/or IT Audit
Technical writing and verbal communication skill
Ability to effectively work with partners at varying knowledge and organization levels.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these two constituencies.
Highly organized and motivated to deliver results with minimal direction.
Creative and proactive problem solver – ability to understand what the team needs and offer suggestions above and beyond what they desire.
Naturally curious individual with the ability to quickly become the authority in the various data and systems used by the team.
Strong relationship, team building and facilitation skills.
Good knowledge of current ransomware and malware threats and vulnerabilities, operating systems, database management and OSI Model.
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Tableau, SharePoint.
Desired skills:
Information Security certifications, including ISO27002 / CISSP / CEH / CISM / CISA
Experience in coordinating team projects
Knowledge of NIST and NSA guidelines
Enterprise Job Description: This job is responsible for assessing the bank's technologies, applications, and overall security controls to identify potential risks and vulnerabilities that may impact Bank of America's information security. Key responsibilities include understanding and complying of the Bank’s Global Information Security policy and relevant cyber security threats to complete security assessments. Job expectations include providing expert technical guidance to support partners and adapting testing methods to emerging cyber security regulations and evolving threats, while developing others on the team.Shift:1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:40Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.To view the "EEO is the Law" poster, CLICK HERE (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf) .To view the "EEO is the Law" Supplement, CLICK HERE (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCPEEOSupplementFinalJRFQA508c.pdf) .Bank of America aims to create a workplace free from the dangers and resulting consequences of illegal and illicit drug use and alcohol abuse. Our Drug-Free Workplace and Alcohol Policy (“Policy”) establishes requirements to prevent the presence or use of illegal or illicit drugs or unauthorized alcohol on Bank of America premises and to provide a safe work environment.To view Bank of America’s Drug-free workplace and alcohol policy, CLICK HERE .