Threat Management Associate

Job Description

Pay and Benefits:

- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
- Pension / Retirement benefits.
- Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and a day unique to each team or employee).

The impact you will have in this role:

As a member of the Cyber Monitoring & Incident Response Team at DTCC, you directly contribute to the security and stability of the global financial system. The mission of the CMIRT is to protect the organization from external cyber threats and to respond to and manage cyber incidents. Through multiple teams located in different geographic locations, the team performs round-the-clock monitoring and leads cyber incident response, digital forensics, and eDiscovery functions. As a critical component of the risk organization, the team's performance and initiatives are scrutinized directly by the Executive Committee, Board of Directors, and numerous industry regulators. As a result of our critical mission, our team must maintain the highest standards of performance and ethical behavior.

Principles that apply to every member of the CMIRT:

- Have Integrity: Tell the truth, protect the secrets that we are trusted with, and honor your commitments.
- Be Present: Commit to the team by showing up on time and being prepared.
- Communicate: Communicate regularly and be proactive.
- Take Ownership: Regardless of title or position, own the outcome of the mission.
- Always Be Learning: Cyber security is not static, and neither is the CMIRT.
- Make Honest Mistakes: Mistakes will be made. Own them and learn from them.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

- Reporting to the CMIRT Regional Manager and working with technical leads and other associates, you are responsible for detecting, investigating, and responding to cyber security events in the organization as well as handling technical projects.
- You are a member of the Cyber Monitor Incident Response Team (CMIRT) and as a result may be tasked with responding to cyber incidents outside of normal work hours.

Expectations for the CMIRT Associate:

- Monitor, Detect, Analyze, and respond to cyber security events.
- Perform eDiscovery and other technical tasks.
- Independently lead investigations and technical tasks.
- Train and mentor junior staff members.
- Participate and contribute to training, exercises, and process improvement programs.
- Occasionally travel to conferences, training, and other DTCC offices (up to 10%).
- Participate in on-call rotation and occasional after-hours work.
- NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.

Qualifications:

- At least two (2) years previous experience as a SOC analyst or similar role.
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.

Talents Needed for Success:

- Have at least two (2) years previous experience as a SOC analyst or similar role.
- Knowledge of Incident response process, security log analysis.
- Skill in at least one scripting language is advantageous.
- Have hands-on experience with modern security tools (SIEM, EDR, IDS, NBA).
- Knowledge in Cloud security and DFIR best practices.
- Demonstrate the ability to produce written reports including detailed analysis and recommendations.
- Demonstrate the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Beginner to intermediate level of Malware analysis skills in both sandbox and manual methods.
- Demonstrate the ability to take high-level requirements and, with some guidance, produce and execute an action plan to accomplish tasks.
- Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with some guidance.
- Demonstrate a strong desire to achieve and contribute to a high-performing team.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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