Threat Emulation Analyst

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• We are looking for a curious, quick learner to join our team of hackers. We attack the bank in numerous ways to provide realistic opportunities for our detection and response teams to practice & test their capabilities.
• Job DescriptionJob Description

  GENERAL FUNCTION:

  This is a hands-on role where the candidate will be involved in scoping relevant attacks against the bank, planning the operation & outcomes, working with trusted advisors & team members to complete the operation, and documenting/communicating observations/findings appropriately. Curiosity, self motivation, and the ability to learn quickly are key to this role because the technologies and landscape continually change. This position requires broad technical expertise, knowledge of security practices, and a hacker growth mindset.

  ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Responsible for collaborating with team members to complete cyber attack operations.
  • Responsible for defining, planning, and documenting new operations and desired outcomes.
  • Responsibility for creating and operating infrastructure, services, and applications to achieve the attack operation.
  • Responsible for researching new technologies and architectures to determine how to attack weaknesses in a realistic attack chain.
  • Clearly communicate research & attack operational items both written and verbally.
  • Stay up-to-date and evaluate security trends, evolving threats, risks and vulnerabilities and apply tools to evaluate the risk in the context of the Financial Services sector to mitigate risk.
  • Support advances to our detection & response mission.

  SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

  MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES REQUIRED:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or other relevant experience.
  • 2 to 4  years of cyber security related experience.
  • Strong analytical, tactical and critical thinking ability.
  • Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels
  • Ability to work independently and in a cross functional team
  • The ability to approach a problem with a wide range of solutions that aren’t the obvious answer
  • Unremitting curiosity with a desire to find the answer
  • Understand basic cloud concepts (especially AWS) and how an attacker may leverage the cloud
  • Understand basic networking protocols, how they are used, and how they may be used for the purposes of a Red Team Operation
  • Python / C# / Ruby / NodeJS Experience
  • The ability to rapidly prototype out solutions and build re-usable tools for the team
  • The understanding of how Windows works under the hood (specifically when it comes to Authentication)

Threat Emulation Analyst

LOCATION -- Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

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