Assistant Vice President, GT-TSS, Security Operations Centre MY (Senior Specialist)

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2 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Financial Services
The Role
Lead and support cyber incident response activities: assess, contain, mitigate, investigate and document security incidents; oversee Tier-2 SOC analysts; perform forensic analysis, update playbooks, run tabletop exercises, coordinate remediation across teams, and produce incident reports. Role includes on-call responsibilities.
Summary Generated by Built In

Job Purpose *
The Bank has established Cyber Security Incident Response Process to detect and response to security incidents,
and drive timely containment and remediation of the incident.

Key Responsibilities *

  1. Support cyber incident response actions to ensure proper assessment, containment, mitigation and
    documentation.
  2. Support cyber investigations and contribution to large and small scale computer security breaches.
  3. Handle escalated security incident investigation and response from Tier-2: SOC Analyst.
  4. Oversight on security incident response activities performed by Tier-2: SOC Analyst.

    Proactive service improvements of incident response playbooks to include lessons learnt from past incidents and perform deep-dive analysis on identified/known Tools, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) of the cyberattacks.

  5. Keep abreast on latest cyber security threats and vulnerabilities, in line with the changing Threat Landscape,Regulatory and Compliance requirements.
  6. Validates and evergreen the cyber security incident response plans, playbooks and other relevant Standard
    Operating Procedures within Cyber Defence Centre.
  7. Work closely with Service Management: Incident Management for collective response and situational
    awareness.
  8. Participate in the cyber Drill simulation and Table Top Exercises (TTXs).
  9. Utilizes and adheres to defined workflow and processes driving the Incident Response and mitigation efforts.
  10. Collects supporting information and/or relevant artifacts in support of Incident Response activities.
  11. Escalates and hands off to team members and leadership based on defined threat and priority determination.
  12. Conducts technical analysis on impacted systems to determine impact, scope, and recovery from active and potential cyber incidents.
  13. Leverages Forensics tools, techniques, and capacities to support Cyber Incident Response activities.
  14. Documents results of cyber threat analysis and subsequent remediation and recovery in an effective and
    consistent manner.
  15. Executes the Incident Response lifecycle and coordinating remediation activities throughout the Verizon
    organization and its lines of business as a part of Cyber Incident Handling.
  16. Recommends solutions to optimize both technical and process/procedure aspects of the end to end incident
    lifecycle.
  17. Produce security incident report.
  18. This position involves an “on-call” rostering component for escalated incidents.

Job Specification *
Professional Qualifications
(Basic Degree/Diploma, etc.)

  • Bachelor's Degree or Professional Qualification in the relevant discipline
    (IT / Cybersecurity / Computer Science).
  • Security certifications e.g. CompTIA Security+, CISM, ECIH, etc. are
    preferred.
  • Network certifications e.g. CCNA, CCNP, etc are added advantages
     

Relevant Work Experience 

  • Minimum 7 years of experience in IT security, preferably in cyber incident
    response role of a banking environment. 
  • Leadership in cyber incident
    response and crisis management are added advantages.
  •  Demonstrated experience in an enterprise-level incident response team or
    security operations center. Direct experience handling advanced cyber
    security incidents and associated incident response toolset.
  • Strong working knowledge of common security tools, such as a SIEM, AV,
    scanners, proxies, WAF, netflow, IDS or forensics tools.
  • Advanced technical knowledge associated with various operating
    systems, network services and applications. A keen understanding of
    logging components and capabilities.
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility
    as a peer.
  • Possess a demonstrated sense of urgency with the ability to perform well
    under significant enterprise-wide pressure.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with demonstrated skill in
    presenting analytical data effectively to varied (including executive)
    audiences.

Required Competencies and Skills *
Competencies/Skills
(Essential to succeed in this job)
Technical/Functional skills

  •  7+ years of work experience in one or more of the following roles: SOC
    Analyst, Security Incident Response, Cyber Threat Hunter, Cyber Crime
    investigations, Cyber Threat Analysis, Cyber Threat Campaign Tracking.
  • Understanding of common operating systems and IT Infrastructure such
    as Windows, Unix/Linux, Active Directory, firewalls, proxies, etc.
  • Familiarity with automation concepts and proficiency in scripting
    languages such as Python, Perl, JavaScript, Powershell, etc.
  • Strong analytical skills and critical thinking skills.
  • Effective communication skills (both written and verbal)
  • Strong organization, prioritization, and rationalization skills

Personal skills (Soft Competencies [Core/Leadership])

  • Highly results-oriented and can work independently.
  • Ability to build relationships and interact effectively with internal and
    external parties.
  • Ability to plan, organize and prioritize tasks.
  • Ability to work effectively as a team.
  • Good analytical, technical, written and verbal communication skills.
  • #LI-AZ1

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in IT, Cybersecurity, Computer Science or related discipline
  • Minimum 7 years experience in IT security, preferably in incident response within banking
  • Demonstrated experience in enterprise-level incident response teams or Security Operations Center
  • Direct experience handling advanced cyber incidents and incident response toolsets
  • Strong working knowledge of security tools (SIEM, AV, scanners, proxies, WAF, NetFlow, IDS, forensics tools)
  • Advanced technical knowledge of operating systems, network services, logging (Windows, Unix/Linux, Active Directory)
  • Familiarity and proficiency with scripting/automation (Python, Perl, JavaScript, PowerShell)
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to present to executive audiences
  • Leadership and ability to oversee Tier-2 SOC analysts and crisis management
  • Security certifications (e.g., CompTIA Security+, CISM, ECIH)
  • Network certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP)
  • Ability to be on-call for escalated incidents and work under enterprise pressure

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