Third Party Cyber Assessor

Bank of America•Washington, DC

1d•$95,000 - $143,600•Onsite

About The Position

This job is responsible for performing information security reviews of third parties that provide services to the bank. Key responsibilities include travelling to work onsite with third parties to collect and review documentation including playbooks and evidence during an assessment to determine if information security controls are in place and documenting the controls in place in assessment workpapers. Key responsibilities span pre-assessment, assessment, and/or remediation activities.

Requirements

2+ years as a cyber Assessor.
Experience in Information Security and/or IT Audit
Technical writing and verbal communication skill
Ability to effectively work with partners at varying knowledge and organization levels.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these two constituencies.
Technical skills include the domains of information security and business continuity including: Information Security Controls (Infrastructure Security, Access Management, Physical Security, Application Security, etc.) IT Compliance, SOX Compliance Change Management Enterprise Risk Management
Solid grasp of NIST, PCI, ISO, SDLC, COBIT, and ITIL standards

Nice To Haves

Information Security certifications, including ISO27002 / CISSP / CEH / CISM / CISA
Knowledge of NIST guidelines

Responsibilities

Partners with third parties to ensure they are prepared for information security assessments including answering detailed questions
Evaluates a third parties information security risk with a holistic lens to determine if they meet Bank of America requirements
Discusses any information security gaps in the service provider's program with the third party
Escalates issues or risks identified during the assessment
Manages relationships with third parties and Enterprise Vendor Managers
Must be able to travel up to 10-15% (ie: once every other month)
The ability to interact with internal or external stakeholders including business partners and/or external parties to identify, analyze, and resolve complex problems or security gaps.
The ability to objectively assess information from various sources and synthesize it towards making a reasoned judgment
The ability to assess the security, effectiveness, and practicality of technology systems