Sr. Cyber Security Analyst
Job Location:
Charlotte, NC - USA
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Job Summary
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services including banking leasing securities credit cards and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFGs shares trade on the Tokyo Nagoya and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas SMBC Group has a presence in the US Canada Mexico Brazil Chile Colombia and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate institutional and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organizations extensive global network. The Groups operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc. SMBC Capital Markets Inc. SMBC MANUBANK JRI America Inc. SMBC Leasing and Finance Inc. Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co. Ltd.
- Monitor investigate and respond to security alerts incidents and suspicious activity across the enterprise.
- Lead technical investigations to determine root cause assess impact and support containment and remediation efforts.
- Conduct proactive threat hunting activities to identify emerging threats and security gaps.
- Maintain and enhance monitoring detection and incident response playbooks and procedures.
- Partner with detection engineering and security automation teams to improve visibility reduce false positives and strengthen response processes.
- Evaluate adversary tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs) and validate the organizations ability to detect and respond to them.
- Support the implementation management and optimization of security tools and platforms.
- Contribute to projects and initiatives that improve SOC operations incident response capabilities and overall security maturity.
- 5 years of cybersecurity experience preferably in a SOC CSIRT DFIR or incident response environment.
- Experience investigating security incidents and analyzing complex threat activity.
- Experience documenting investigations findings and recommendations clearly and accurately.
- Strong understanding of security monitoring incident detection investigation containment and response processes.
- Knowledge of the MITRE ATT&CK framework Cyber Kill Chain and related threat analysis methodologies.
- Experience working with security technologies such as SIEM EDR NDR XDR and UEBA platforms.
- Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems.
- Experience with Active Directory and identity-related security concepts.
- Working knowledge of cloud technologies and cloud security principles.
- Strong analytical problem-solving and organizational skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a results-focused environment.
- Ability to work independently and make sound decisions during security investigations.
NICE TO HAVE
- Experience in threat hunting digital forensics purple teaming detection engineering security automation or threat intelligence.
- Experience developing or tuning security detections and response workflows.
- Professional certifications such as GCIH GNFA GCFA CEH OSCP CISSP or equivalent.
- Experience working in a global enterprise or highly regulated environment including financial services.
SMBCs employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home as well as from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles including for example certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal state and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process please let us know at
Required Experience:
Senior IC
