Third Party Onsite Assessor

Bank of America • Washington, DC

5d • $95,000 - $143,600 • Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Position Summary: 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 experience in Information Security and/or IT Audit
• Must be able to travel up to 50% (every other week 3-4 days a week)
• 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 50% (every other week 3-4 days a week)
• 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

Benefits

• This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
• This role is currently benefits eligible.
• We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees