Emerging Threat Analyst

Overview of the Organization:

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

Overview of Chief Information Security Office (CISO):

The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is home to deeply talented colleagues that work to ensure the safety of Citi's clients', our revenue, our employees and our proprietary data. We manage information security as one end-to end program – one with a clear mandate and accountability. Our mission is a program that is fully anchored to modern control and architectural frameworks, is fully aligned with the enterprise architecture of the firm and is deeply integrated into the sectors and functions.

Overview of the Role:

The Emerging Threat Analyst role is an intermediate level position responsible for driving efforts to detect, monitor, and prevent emerging cyber threats with the potential to lead to information/data breaches and cyber-attacks. The overall objective of this role is to ensure the execution of Information Security directives and activities in alignment with Citi's data security policy.

As an Emerging Threat Analyst, your role is to monitor, identify, and analyze new and evolving threats to Citi's information systems, networks, and data.  You'll stay at the forefront of emerging technologies, vulnerabilities, threat actors, and attack vectors leveraging this knowledge to anticipate and mitigate future potential risks.  Collaborating with cross-function teams, you'll develop proactive strategies and countermeasures to protect against these emerging cyber threats (or near-term threats), ensuring resilient and strong controls and/or mitigations. You will help create actionable dashboards to identify these threats. You'll author expert reports and provide recommendations for enhancing defensive capabilities. This role also requires the ability to assess and analyze large data sets to identify potential threats and trends. Strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of cyber principles, big data experience, creativity, and a proactive mindset are essential for success in this dynamic and critical role.  

What you'll do:

• Develop corrective action language for Information Security (IS) gaps and ensure risk closure meets Citi requirements or industry best practices.

• Facilitate the implementation of approved IS tools and identify/recommend new or improved security solutions or emerging technologies.

• Mitigate risk by analyzing the root cause of issues, impacts to business, and required corrective actions and develop security solutions.

• Ensure IS compliance and seek opportunities to enhance the efficiency of IS policies and procedures.

• Identify significant IS threats and vulnerabilities, and define appropriate controls for discovered threats, documenting the business response.

• Analyze large data sets.

• Disseminate changes to IS regulations and standards to Business and Program owners.

• Provide Information Security advice and counsel as needed.

What we'll need from you:

• Intelligence and investigations experience with detailed knowledge in data analytics, cyber security protocols, cyber threat intelligence, and cyber-fraud investigations.

• Experience supporting client matters while meeting tight deadlines and customer requirements.

• Serve as a conduit between technology and business teams and provide support on a wide range of threat intelligence projects, including the ability to identify, collect, and analyze multiple data sources

• Experience in one or more cybersecurity functions such as Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, System Administration, Intrusion Detection / Prevention, Monitoring, Incident Response, or Digital Forensics.

• Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls.

Education:

• Preferred education: Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Intelligence, or equivalent experience.

What we can offer you:

By joining Citi Dublin, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed) and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well. Discover more here.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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