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Vice President, Information Security Threat & Insider Risk Management Specialist Sydney, Australia

Bank of America · Sydney, New South Wales

Type
Full-time
Posted
9 days ago

Overview

Your incident command and threat assessment instincts directly apply to leading cyber threat evaluations and team coordination.

About this role

Job Description

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!

Job Description

This job is responsible for leading evaluations of cyber security threats and enhancing defensive capabilities to reduce the bank's risk of exposure. Key responsibilities include conducting analyses of the threat environment and threats to the bank, including post incident analysis, applying a multi-faceted situational awareness of cyber security process to protect against threats, and implementing proactive defensive actions for the security, continuity, and confidentiality of information.

Responsibilities

  • Leads the identification and analysis of various complex threats, events, and incidents
  • Briefs leaders on individual threats, cyber security processes, and risks of the bank's exposure to threats
  • Applies a proactive understanding of cyber security threats to prevent incidents, enhance controls, and drive enterprise change
  • Leads the analysis of processes to drive multi-faceted situational awareness for cyber security processes as part of the cyber health function
  • Drives the aggregate analysis of the changing threat landscape, considering changes in threat actors and their infrastructure to identify enhancements in defensive controls

Managerial Responsibilities

This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.

  • Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals.
  • Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data based decision making and continuous improvement.
  • Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions.
  • Risk Manager: Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and debate issues.
  • People Manager & Coach: Provides inspection, coaching and feedback to motivate, differentiate and improve performance.
  • Financial Steward: Actively manages expenses and budgets in alignment with objectives, making sound financial decisions.
  • Enterprise Talent Leader: Assesses talent and builds bench strength for roles across the organization.
  • Driver of Business Outcomes: Delivers results by effectively prioritizing, inspecting and appropriately delegating team work.

Skills

  • Cyber Security
  • Data Privacy and Protection
  • Problem Solving
  • Process Management
  • Threat Analysis
  • Access and Identity Management
  • Business Acumen
  • Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
  • Risk Analytics
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Data Governance
  • Data and Trend Analysis
  • Incident Management
  • Information Systems Management
  • Technology System Assessment

About cyber security & digital forensics roles for ex-police

Cyber security, digital forensics and incident-response roles. DMIs, cybercrime investigators and digital forensics officers bring evidential discipline and investigative judgement that DFIR and security teams struggle to hire.

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Why this fits a police background — match score 65/100

  • Incident command & response
  • Working to legislation & regulation
  • Training & coaching delivery

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