Cybersecurity Senior Analyst – Penetration Testing Scrum Master

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Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency:  English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

We are seeking a skilled scrum master or project manager with a desire to learn penetration testing in a fast paced, demanding role. This person will facilitate the operations of our penetration testing team. The ideal candidate will manage our kanban board, application burndown, oversee metrics, schedule demos, gather credentials, and develop yearly penetration testing schedules. The role requires strong organizational skills, soft skills, and familiarity with the Pentesting process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job.  Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below.  Specific activities may change from time to time.  

• Manage daily standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure smooth team operations. Organize the Kanban board ensuring task are updated and workflows are optimized. 

• Present at meetings of up to 150 people including senior management. 

• Conduct Penetration tests retests on previous identified pentest vulnerabilities to confirm closure. 

• Build and maintainer yearly penetration testing schedules, aligning with organizational goals and compliance requirements. 

• Gather credentials and access permissions required for testing activities. 

• Coordinate demo sessions for the testers to understand the application. 

• Remove blockers impeding progress and provide resources needed for successful test execution. 

• Coach the team on agile principles. 

• Create and maintain all documentation (e.g. standards, policies, procedures) necessary for compliance and application of application security controls and tool selection. 

• Provide critical support for cybersecurity technology infrastructure issues to internal clients, exercising judgement on when to escalate to senior resources. 

• Monitor cybersecurity systems using enterprise class monitoring systems, proactively identify potential issues, and exercise appropriate responses to events. 

• Complete low to moderately complex engineering work and documentation based on the guidance of others and contributes to project by completing assigned tasks. 

• Analyze basic information and makes decisions within guidelines or standard practices to solve problems. Contributes to projects by completing assigned tasks. 

Required Qualifications: 

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience 

• Two or more years of experience working within an enterprise Information/Cyber Security setting, or equivalent experience 

• Knowledge in information systems and ability to apply that knowledge in practice 

• Experience participating in IT projects 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Banking or financial services experience 

• Technical certifications (e.g. MCSE, CCNA, Network+) 

• Security certifications (e.g. SANS GCIF, SANS GSEC, Security+) 

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.

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