Threat Hunter
About The Position
The role will work with all Cyber Defense operational and technical teams within Global Information Security (GIS) to gain insight into critical security controls and architectural specifics to develop valuable hunt strategies and analytics that identify malicious behavior accurately while maintaining a low false positive rate. This role advises on and reviews product assessments, policy adjustments, and architectural transformations that impact the global Corporation, and will be a thought leader in the design of cutting-edge detective, preventative, and proactive controls. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. 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.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a technical role in the areas of Security Operation, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Offensive Security/Red Team, or Cyber Threat Intelligence.
- Experience analyzing system, network, and application logging for attack techniques at all stages of the cyber kill chain.
- Direct experience working with very large datasets and log analysis tools including but not limited to: Splunk, Python, Pandas, SQL, Hadoop, Hue.
- Experience consuming and analyzing Cyber Threat Intelligence for actionable takeaways
- Ability to see the larger picture when dealing with competing requirements and needs from across the organization in order to build consensus and drive results.
- Ability to navigate and work effectively across a complex, geographically dispersed organization.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with more than one or more enterprise scale EDR and SIEM tool.
- Demonstrated ability to self-direct, with minimal supervision to achieve assigned goals.
- Experience with offensive security tools such as Cobalt Strike/Metasploit, techniques such as OSINT, and the methods used to compromise large enterprise networks.
- Previous experience performing digital forensics or incident response on major security incidents.
Responsibilities
- Analyzing and correlating large data sets to uncover novel threats and attack techniques that may be present within the bank’s environments.
- Collaborating with data science, threat research, and cyber defense control teams to identify opportunities to develop analytical methods to detect advanced threat actors who utilize emerging tactics and techniques.
- Developing and documenting new and innovative threat hunt hypotheses to increase the team’s ability to find existing threats that are otherwise going unidentified or unnoticed.
Benefits
- Access to paid time off
- Resources and support to our employees
- Discretionary incentive eligible
- Annual discretionary award based on individual performance, line of business performance, and overall company success.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
