Cyber Security Operations Lead

At BBH, Partnership is more than a form of ownership—it’s our approach to business and relationships.  We know that supporting your professional and personal goals is the best way to help our clients and advance our business. We take that responsibility seriously. With a 200-year legacy and a shared passion for what’s next, this is the right place to build a fulfilling career.

As the Cyber Security Monitoring Lead within our Security Operations Center (SOC), you will make a significant impact in safeguarding our organization from cyber threats and mitigating cyber risks. While managing a team of SOC analysts, you will contribute to, enhance, and mature our ability to effectively identify, detect, and respond to active threats against our networks, systems, data, employees, and clients. The ideal candidate will have experience leading SOC and Incident Response (IR) operations, have an analytical mindset, and a passion for continuous learning and growth.

Key responsibilities include:

• Management and oversight of SOC Analysts and day-to-day operations of the Cyber Threat Monitoring team
• Responding to and performing in-depth technical analysis and risk assessment of all security events and incidents
• Analyzing and investigating suspicious activities, performing log analysis, applying data analytics techniques, and utilizing a wide-array of industry leading security tools
• Participating in technical discussions around security events and activities with various non-technical and technical parties
• Maintain key risk and performance indicators (KRIs/KPIs) and metrics around established service-level agreements (SLAs)
• Collaborate and coordinate with the Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and SOC Engineering teams to maintain alerts and develop alert and IR runbooks/decision-trees

Other duties and Responsibilities:

• Analyze security alerts and data from various sources to detect and prioritize malicious, suspicious, or risky activities
• Perform root cause analysis to identify security control gaps and develop effective prevention and detection strategies
• Work closely with internal teams and systems owners to refine incident and event management processes, assess vulnerabilities, and recommend measures for detecting anomalous behavior
• Enhance monitoring processes through seamless integration with a Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) solution and other security tools
• Conduct proactive analysis of alert trends to identify and prioritize missing or ineffective detection capabilities
• Support security incident investigations using data analytics and digital forensics methodologies
• Perform privileged and general user access monitoring across various platforms (Windows, Unix/Linux, RHEL, databases, network components, applications, cloud infrastructure)
• Stay abreast of emerging cyber risks, threats, vulnerabilities, trends, and best practices, and make recommendations for continuous improvement
• Align and evaluate security practices and controls with the MITRE ATT&CK / D3FEND framework to enhance threat detection and response strategies for known adversary Tactics, Techniques, Procedures (TTPs)
• Develop, document, and uphold procedures, standards, and policies for effective threat analysis and response
• Assist in creating reports and presentations for various stakeholders to provide insights into team metrics, active threats, and mitigation strategies
• Provide expert technical guidance and security insights to various teams across the organization

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 8+ years of experience in Security Operations, Incident Response, and/or related roles.
• Significant relevant experience (e.g., military) in the above roles may be considered in lieu of degree
• Experience as an effective leader and people manager
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, particularly in high-stress situations
• A desire to understand and maintain awareness of changes to the cyber threat landscape
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills as well as good priority management

Nice to Have:

• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Hands-on experience in three or more of the following areas: Security Operations, Incident Response, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering, Security Engineering, Insider Threat Analysis, Digital Forensics, All-Source Intelligence, Penetration Testing, Red Teaming, Malware Analysis, Network Traffic Analysis, Network Security Management, Cyber Risk Management, Cloud Security, and/or Email Security
• Experience in the financial services industry and familiarity with security best practices and frameworks (e.g., FFIEC, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SWIFT, NYDFS)
• Experience with perimeter, network, and host defense technologies such as EDR, AV, Firewalls, IDS/IPS, WAF, DLP, UEBA, sandboxing, and other security tools and terminology
• Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework, OWASP, and CVE ratings
• Understanding of risk scoring, threat analysis, and threat modeling
• Experience with configuring and monitoring Windows Defender (MDE, MDI, Defender for Cloud Apps, etc.), and Azure AD/Entra ID administrator and user activities
• Database Administrator (DBA) and/or DB monitoring experience with Oracle/SQL
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, Security+, Net+, GCIH, GSEC, CEH
• Programming and scripting skills (e.g., Python, SQL)

   

Salary Range

$165k - $185k

BBH’s compensation program includes base salary, discretionary bonuses, and profit-sharing. The anticipated base salary range(s) shown above are only for the indicated location(s) and may differ in other locations due to cost of living and labor considerations. Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skill, experience and qualification for the role. BBH's total rewards package recognizes your contributions with more than just a paycheck—providing you with benefits that enhance your experience at BBH from long-term savings, healthcare, and income protection to professional development opportunities and time off, our programs support your overall well-being. 

 

We value diverse experiences. We value diverse experiences and transferrable skillsets. If your career hasn’t followed a traditional path, includes alternative experiences, or doesn’t meet every qualification or skill listed in the job description, please do go ahead and apply.

About BBH:

Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service, specialist expertise, technology solutions and partnership approach to client management. Across Investor Services and Capital Partners, we work with an enviable roster of sophisticated clients who make BBH their first call when they are tackling their hardest challenges. Delivering for our clients and each other energizes us.

We believe that how we do our work is just as important as what we do. We are relentless problem solvers who know our best ideas come from collective debate and development—so we are never possessive about our ideas. Every day we come together as a diverse community of smart and caring people to deliver exceptional service and expert advice—creating success that lasts. No matter where you sit in the organization, everyone is empowered to contribute their ideas. BBHers can pick up the phone and call any colleague, and they are happy to help. Expanding your impact beyond your daily role is part of how we operate as trusted partners to one another. 

We believe stability is a competitive advantage, but being stable means having the knowledge, skill, and discipline to evolve, often—pushing the boundaries of innovation.  As a private partnership, every investment we make is in the relationships, technologies, products and development we believe are in the long-term interests of our clients and our people. Our long-tenured leaders are experts in their areas and are actively involved in the day-to day business, taking the time to provide guidance and mentoring to build the next generation of BBHers. Because we know, our success begins with yours.

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