Info Security Incident Mgmt Specialist

Job Description:

Job Title: Sr Cyber Incident Response Manager, Global Information Security

Corp Title: Vice President

Location: Chester

Company Overview:

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!

Location Overview:

Find us in the city of Chester, a destination renowned for its culture, history, and beauty. Working at Bank of America Chester offers a far-reaching global career for a world-renowned organisation, whilst being ideally situated against the backdrop of the rolling North Wales hills and the banks of the serene River Dee.

Role Description:

Cyber Incident Response and Management is part of the Cyber Response & Recovery Team who provide a globally coordinated and managed response capability for information security events and incidents that may impact the confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability of the Bank’s information and information systems or has privacy implications.
The role of the Senior Incident Manager is to coordinate the response and recovery activities from information security incidents. This includes collaboration with appropriate response, assist with determining the root cause of incidents and work with stakeholders and responsible parties to remediate any identified control gaps or failures; Escalate issues to management in a timely manner with appropriate information regarding severity, exposure, and action items; this role requires critical thinking and investigative mindset coupled effective written, and verbal communication skills.
This is a senior role with high visibility at the global level including interacting with and providing direct updates to executives and senior leadership stakeholders. A Senior Incident Manager provides their knowledge and expertise in incident response to lead, mentor, and challenge associates on the team. The team conducts 24/7 follow-the-sun (FTS) operations which you will work closely with AMRS and APAC regions.

Responsibilities:

• Establish oversight of information security events and cyber incidents and communicate analysis, containment, and remediation efforts to all business partners.

• Lead more junior incident managers to evaluate, communicate, and contain cyber security incidents while collaborating with other security teams, technology organizations, and line of business partners.

• Cyber incident response and recovery plans will be available to use and should be maintained by the team. Any issues that require management escalation will be expected to be completed in a timely manner including all appropriate information in relation to risk and action times.

• The Cyber Incident Manager will provide status updates and post-incident findings for executives and stakeholders in non-technical terms encompassing risk, impact, likelihood, containment and remediation activities and threat actors.

• Risk management including briefing and recommending actions to executive leadership within Global Information Security and other business partners on events and incidents.

• The incident manager is part of a global 24/7/365 follow-the-sun rotation and there is a requirement to work 3-5 weekends per year in an on-call basis as a primary contact. There will also be a requirement to cover holidays for APAC and AMRS regions.

What we are looking for:

• Proven experience handling Information Security related events and incidents

• Experience in an operations focused role with an emphasis on cyber incident response

• Demonstrable experience in the coordination of containment activities related to cyber security incidents.

• Familiarity with security vulnerabilities exploits and APT tools, techniques, and procedures.

• Familiarity with network security vulnerabilities, exploits, malware, and digital forensics desirable

• An excellent verbal and written communicator who can adapt to their audience.

• Decisive and can make difficult decisions in what can be a high-pressure environment.

• Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

• Able to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and act without causing an undue delay.

• Supportive and can work well as part of a team as well as independently.

• Ability to remain calm under pressure.

• Ability to work in a strong team-orientated environment with a sense of urgency and resilience.

• Must be able to think outside the box and develop solutions to accomplish seemingly impossible tasks whilst remaining risk and objective focused, with an investigative mindset.

• Ability to quickly understand and navigate a large organization.

• Security+ or equivalent certification

• GCIH or equivalent certification required within six months of employment.

• Benefits of working at Bank of America:

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner.

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.

• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters.

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.