Skills
Excellent investigative skills, insatiable curiosity and an innate drive to win. Instinctive and creative, with an ability to think like the adversary. Strong problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills. Strong decision-making capabilities, with a proven ability to weigh the relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one. Developed external peer network for sharing intelligence An understanding of business needs and commitment to delivering high-quality, prompt and efficient service to the business. An understanding of organisational mission, values and goals and consistent application of this knowledge. Self-motivated and possessing of a high sense of urgency and personal integrity. Highest ethical standards and values. Experience defining and refining operational procedures, workflows and processes to support the team in consistent, quality execution of monitoring and detection. Good understanding of cyber security principles, global financial services business models, regional compliance regulations and laws. Good understanding and knowledge of common industry cyber security frameworks, standards and methodologies, including; OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, ISO2700x series, PCI DSS, GLBA, EU data security and privacy acts, FFIEC guidelines, CIS and NIST standards. Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to produce clear and concise reports for targeted audiences across internal and external stakeholders. Ability to speak, read and write in English, in addition to your local language.
Technical Skills
Technical expertise in analysing threat event data, evaluating malicious activity, documenting unusual files and data and identifying tactics, techniques and procedures used by attackers. Expert level knowledge and demonstrated experience in analysis and dissection of advanced attacker tactics, techniques and procedures in order to inform adjustments to the control plane. Expert level of knowledge and demonstrated experience of common log management suites, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools for the collection and real-time analysis of security information. Expert level hands on capability writing Splunk queries Expert level knowledge of one of more leading Cloud platforms ideally Microsoft Azure, but Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Alibaba Cloud also considered. Expert level knowledge of security event logging, monitoring, detection and response on one or more of the leading Cloud platforms using tools and native capabilities such as AWS GuardDuty, Azure Sentinel, Google Security Command Center and Alibaba Cloud Security Center. Detailed knowledge and demonstrated experience of common cybersecurity technologies such as; IDS / IPS / HIPS, EDR, Advanced Antimalware prevention and analysis, Firewalls, Proxies, WAF, etc. Excellent knowledge and demonstrated experience of common operating systems and platforms to include Windows, Linux, UNIX, Citrix, GSX Server, iOS, OSX, etc.. Functional knowledge of scripting, programming and/or development of bespoke tooling or solutions to solve unique problems.