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Bank of America Information Security Vulnerability Management Specialist in Chicago, Illinois
Information Security Vulnerability Management Specialist
Denver, Colorado;Chicago, Illinois
Job 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 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 developing a better understanding of Bank of America's Global Information Security policy and relevant cyber security threats to complete security assessments. Job expectations include developing technical subject matter expertise to support partners, and adapting testing methods to emerging cyber security regulations and evolving threats.
The Vulnerability Management Innovation SME supports all Vulnerability Analysis (VA) & rating activities by leveraging analytical and technical skills to provide guidance and leadership to modernize the VA program. In this role you will design and implement comprehensive solutions to complex problems, lead major projects, and influence the strategic direction of the organization. This role will be primarily focused on supporting the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) analysis and rating process. To be successful in this role you will need to be an effective communicator frequently switching between technical & non-technical partners to influence and deliver change. This role does require an ability to operate with limited direction while effectively bringing people together to design and implement solutions.
Required Qualifications:
5+ years’ experience in cyber security
Ability to work independently on initiatives with little oversight
Ability to proactively anticipate problems and execute solutions at a strategic level
Excellent analytical skills/problem solving/conceptual thinking
Understanding of risk assessment methodologies
Knowledge of vulnerability attack methods, exploit results, attack chains
Knowledge of industry standard scoring models such as CVSS, CCSS
Knowledge of industry standard data models such as CPE and data normalization tools
Must be able to critically examine an organization and application through the perspective of a threat actor and articulate risk in clear, precise terms to technical and non-technical audience.
Desired Qualifications:
Leveraging NIST SP-800 (specifically 800-30) for prioritizing risk
Operationalizing MITRE Attack & TTPs in vulnerability prioritization
Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, code reviews and penetration tests against system and application technologies, services, platforms and languages to find flaws and exploits (e.g., SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Request Forgery, Clickjacking, Authentication/Authorization, Privilege Escalation, Business Logic Bypass)
Strong familiarity with OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, SANS 25, MITRE, and CWEs
Experience in conducting vulnerability scans.
Experience in performing data analytics to communicate impact analysis of process change
This job will be open and accepting applications for a minimum of seven days from the date it was posted.
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
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