The selected candidate will support the Cybersecurity Analytics Support Team (CAST) function by actively working with CAST personnel, supervisory staff and Board of Governors’ staff concerning ongoing cyber incidents within supervised institutions as well as emerging threats potentially impacting the United States financial sector. This individual would have experience and/or expertise in multiple cybersecurity subject matter areas:
Cybersecurity related frameworks such as NIST 800-53, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), IS 27001, MITRE ATT&CK, etc.
Assessing cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, and related exploitation activity; recommending related mitigations to manage risk to computing environments.
Tracking and reporting on threat actor groups that potentially pose a threat to the United States financial sector.
Cloud services and providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
Incident management and response activities related to cybersecurity events.
Security architecture and design implementation to mitigate threats against confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Essential Accountabilities
Conducts analysis and interpreting of cybersecurity threats to identify trends and emerging risks.
Provide input and insight into response activities during cyber incidents to include best practices from regulatory bodies, cybersecurity organizations, and NIST.
Conducts formal assessments to determine the severity of reported cybersecurity incidents at financial institutions.
Prepares in written form research, analysis, and assessments for key internal stakeholders as needed or requested. Analysis supports recommendations regarding cybersecurity threats, threat vectors, threat actors and threat trends.
Demonstrates knowledge of cybersecurity threats within the broader financial sector and related industries.
Assist bank supervision examination teams, the central point of contact teams, and examiners-in-charge during active cybersecurity incidents at regulated banking/financial institutions.
Build and maintain relationships with central points of contact teams, examiners, and board staff across the Federal Reserve System.
Communicate appropriate information to the Supervision & Regulation staff at the Federal Reserve Bank and Board levels to maintain a comprehensive understanding of ongoing incidents and ensure appropriate steps are taken to isolate any potential residual effects from a cyber incident.
Participates in knowledge sharing forums related to key cybersecurity risks and emerging issues.
Participates in efforts to advance Reserve Bank or System strategic initiatives.
Provides leadership, coaching, and mentoring for less experienced analysts on processes and procedures related to internal matters and the supervisory process.
Weekend on-call support is part of the position on a rotating basis (generally once every 12 weeks)
Performs other duties as assigned or requested.
Education and Experience
Analyst III: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems or related field and 7+ years of related work experience required OR Master's Degree and 5+ years of professional work experience.
Advanced ability to perform independent research and provide written reports summarizing findings and analysis.
Intermediate knowledge of regulations, procedures, and practices of a specific discipline (e.g., bank examinations, information security, cyber intelligence).
Advanced problem solving and analytical thinking.
Advanced specialized operational/technical skills in cyber intelligence and information security.
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office; general proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Intermediate knowledge of project management.
Intermediate ability to analyze information and demonstrate findings with written reports, data visualizations, graphs/charts, or presentations.
Senior Analyst: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems or related field and 10+ years of related work experience required OR Master's Degree and 7+ years of professional work experience.
Advanced ability to perform independent research and provide written reports summarizing findings and analysis.
Intermediate knowledge of regulations, procedures, and practices of a specific discipline (e.g., bank examinations, information security, cyber intelligence).
Advanced problem solving and analytical thinking.
Advanced specialized operational/technical skills in cyber intelligence and information security.
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office; general proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Intermediate knowledge of project management.
Intermediate ability to analyze information and demonstrate findings with written reports, data visualizations, graphs/charts, or presentations.
Knowledge Areas
Expert knowledge of regulations, procedures and practices of a specific discipline (e.g. information security, cyber intelligence).
Advanced ability to perform independent research.
Advanced knowledge of project management.
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Advanced knowledge of intelligence concepts; intelligence lifecycle, diamond method, structured analytic techniques (red team, devil's advocate, analysis of competing hypothesis).
Advanced knowledge in: NIST, ITIL, COBIT, guidelines, security analytics, network architecture / perimeter security, network monitoring and analysis, threat intelligence and advanced threats, authentication, secure coding / application development, penetration testing, cyber incident response, web based attacks and mitigations, cyber risk assessment and strategic analysis, vulnerability detection and assessment, mobile device management, and digital forensics and advanced security tools (e.g. DDoS, malware, DLP, MFA, SIEM, vulnerability scanning and patching).
Advanced knowledge in areas of technology governance, technology risk management/GRC, internal audit, vendor/third-party management, business resiliency and fraud.
Security operations concepts; perimeter defense, BYOD, data loss protection, insider threat, kill chain, risk assessment, etc.
Relevant IT certifications (CISA, CISSP, CGEIT, CRISC, CRMA).
Skill Areas
Expert problem solving and analytical
Expert specialized operational/technical skills in cyber intelligence and information security
Advanced written and verbal communication
Advanced presentation
Advanced public speaking
Advanced strategic thinking/planning
Citizenship requirements
This position requires access to confidential supervisory information and/or FOMC information, which is limited to "Protected Individuals" as defined in the U.S. federal immigration law. Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents who either are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization or who have applied for naturalization within the requisite timeframe. Candidates who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents may be eligible for the information access required for this position and sponsorship for a work visa, and subsequently for permanent residence, if they sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen and meet other eligibility requirements.
In addition, all candidates must undergo an enhanced background check and comply with all applicable information handling rules, and all non-U.S. citizens must sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen and pursue a path to citizenship.
Physical Demands and General Working Conditions
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland reserves the right to revise this or any job description at any time.
Reasonable Accommodation Statement - The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to clev.4d.benefits.specialist@clev.frb.org .
Location/in office requirements
This position is hybrid with 2-3 days in office at our Cleveland office
Bank’s Ethics Rules and Drug Testing
As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, any debt or equity interest in a depository institution or an affiliate of a depository institution. A "depository institution" means a bank, a trust company, or any institution that accepts deposits, including a bank chartered under the laws of a foreign country. In addition, employees (and their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children) may not own shares of mutual funds, unit investment trusts or ETFs that have a policy, as stated in the prospectus, of concentrating in the financial services industry and that have underlying investments in banks or other depository institutions. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting.
In addition, as a condition of employment, candidates must undergo a background check and will be tested for all controlled substances prohibited by federal law, to include marijuana, prior to hire and for certain safety sensitive positions during employment.
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