DescriptionJoin our dedicated team in a role where your expertise in risk assessments and cybersecurity exercises propels forward our mission of safeguarding our operations and enhancing resiliency. This position offers the unique opportunity to shape our security posture and contribute to our continuous improvement in an environment that values innovation and teamwork.
As an Assessments & Exercises Senior Associate within our cybersecurity team you will utilize industrystandard assessment methodologies and techniques to proactively identify risks and vulnerabilities in people processes and technology. You will collaborate with the team to design and execute riskpromoten tests and simulations evaluate preventative controls incident response processes and detection capabilities. Your ability to make informed decisions and foster continuous improvement will contribute to the achievement of our teams operational goals and the mitigation of cyber and resiliency risks.
Job responsibilities
- Collaborate with other Assessments & Exercises team members to conduct testing and simulations such as penetration tests technical controls assessments cyber exercises or resiliency simulations and contribute to the development and refinement of assessment methodologies to ensure alignment with industry standards and regulatory requirements
- Partner with subject matter experts to evaluate controls for effectiveness and impact on operational risk as well as opportunities to automate control evaluation
- Develop comprehensive assessment reports including detailed findings risk assessments and remediation recommendations and effectively communicate these insights to relevant stakeholders as you contribute to decisions that yield continuous improvement
- Utilize threat intelligence and security research to stay informed about emerging threats vulnerabilities industry best practices and regulations. Apply this knowledge to enhance the firms assessment strategy
Required qualifications capabilities and skills
- Formal Training or Certification required on Cybersecurity or resiliency assessments or simulation exercises and 3 years applied experience.
- Prior experience in offensive or defensive technical cybersecurity roles focusing on solutions to reduce cybersecurity risks.
- Basic coding (scripting) experience in languages such as Python C JavaScript and VBScript.
- Demonstrated proactivity and resourcefulness in identifying and analyzing data sources for datadriven investigations.
- Knowledge or experience in cybersecurity roles and processes including Incident Response Threat Intelligence Penetration Testing and more.
- Familiarity with network architecture concepts cloud architectures and deploying largescale applications in enterprise environments
Preferred Qualifications Capabilities and Skills
- Familiar in developing both tactical and strategic tools and capabilities.
- Familiar in building analytical processes templates and documentation.
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
Required Experience:
Senior IC