Assistant Vice President, Cyber Security Analyst – Incident Response

CLS-Group•Iselin, NJ

3d•$135,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

CLS is seeking a decisive technical analyst to handle our internal incident response lifecycle and ensure the operational resilience of critical financial infrastructure. The role will act as the incident handler for internal CLS security events and will be the bridge between SOC detections and executive crisis management, ensuring technical response is governed and documented.

Requirements

3-5 years cyber security analyst experience.
Strong understanding of attacker methodologies and the cyber kill chain and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
Working knowledge of financial regulatory requirements (FRBNY, GDPR, SOC, ISO, etc.)
Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity studies, Computer Science, or related discipline
Security certification such as SANS GIAC (or equivalent) such as GCIH, GCFE or GCFA.
High proficiency in log analysis (SIEM), EDR, antivirus and forensics tools

Responsibilities

Incident handling: Act as the lead handler for level 3 incidents, coordinating and carrying out investigative tasks and containment, eradication and recovery in the ecosystem.
Operational governance: Author and maintain playbooks and SOPs, ensuring alignment with internal processes, NIST 800-61 and associated frameworks.
Technical readiness: Facilitate cyber incident response testing with regular tabletop exercises.
Security operations: Present weekday fusion calls and participate in the on-call and scheduled rotation. Analyze escalated SOC and info-sec incidents.
Reporting: Design and author post-incident lessons learned reports and root cause analyses.
SME Consultancy: Provide IR input for internal audit and compliance

Benefits

25 holiday days and 3 ‘life days’ (in addition to bank holidays). US: 23 holiday days.
2 paid volunteer days so that you can actively support causes within your community that are important to you.
Generous parental leave policies to ensure you can enjoy valuable time with your family.
Parental transition coaching programmes and support services.
Wellbeing and mental health support resources to ensure you are looking after yourself, and able to support others.
Employee Networks (including our Women’s Forum, Black Employee Network and Pride Network) in support of our organisational commitment to embrace and always be learning more about inclusivity.
Hybrid working to promote a healthy work/life balance, enabling employees to work collaboratively in the office when needed and work from home when they don’t.
Active support of flexible working for all employees where possible.
Monthly ‘Heads Down Days’ with no meetings across the whole company.
Generous non-contributory pension provision for UK/Asia employees, and 401K match from CLS for US employees.
Private medical insurance and dental coverage.
Social events that give you opportunities to meet new people and broaden your network across the organisation.
Annual flu vaccinations.
Discounts and savings and cashback across a wide range of categories including health and retail for UK employees.
Discounted Gym membership – Complete Body Gym Discount/Sweat equity program for US employees.
All employees have access to Discover – our comprehensive learning platform with 1000+ courses from LinkedIn Learning.
Access to frequent development sessions on a number of topics to help you be successful and develop your career at CLS.