Overview
Full Time
Skills
Asset Management
Security Operations
Collaboration
Security Controls
Regulatory Compliance
Network
Reporting
Documentation
Policies and Procedures
Computer Science
Information Systems
System On A Chip
Computer Networking
TCP/IP
OSI
Routing
Switches
Firewall
SIEM
Encryption
SSL
Secure Shell
PKI
Scripting
Python
Windows PowerShell
Incident Management
Cyber Security
Splunk
Financial Services
CISSP
ISACA
SANS
Cloud Computing
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Information Security
Job Details
Role Overview:
Balyasny Asset Management seeks an experienced candidate for an Security Operations Engineer role. This role will be hands-on, building out BAM's firm-wide information security platform. At BAM, you will have the chance to work with some of the smartest and most driven individuals in the industry.
The individual selected to fill this role will be a member of our SOC team primarily responsible for responding to and investigating potential security incidents and performing threat hunting exercises. The ideal candidate will have a track record of automating processes, finding innovative solutions to difficult problems, and adapting to new products and solutions.
This position will report to BAM's Security Operations Lead.
Strategic Responsibilities :
- Implement BAM's Information Security vision and strategy for the firm.
- Design and implement repeatable, efficient processes for Information Security operations.
- Collaborate between technology and business teams to drive proper implementation of security controls and compliance requirements across the firm.
- Enhance cyber security awareness by promoting through employee awareness.
Tactical / Hands-On Responsibilities:
- Triage, investigate, and remediate information security alerts.
- Perform threat hunting exercises within the Balyasny network to identify potential security threats which have otherwise been unidentified.
- Creating/maintaining runbooks for security investigations.
- Continually improve internal scanning, detection, and reporting of security risks and anomalous activity.
- Partner with global infrastructure staff to increase cyber security posture leveraging vendor-based and in-house custom built security solutions.
- Provide guidance and implement security best practices and systems.
- Create and maintain accurate documentation on the firm's information security policies and procedures.
- Keep up with, and evaluate, new industry and information security trends to determine firm's best approach for dealing with new trends.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Bachelors in cybersecurity, networking, computer science or closely related field
- 3 + years information systems security background
- 3 + years working in a SOC and/or related job function
- Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, OSI, routing, switching, firewalls)
- Solid understanding of good information security, cyber security practices and policies
- Hands on experience with different security platforms, including SIEM and EDR platforms
- basic understanding and implementation experience with encryption technologies (SSL, SSH, PKI)
- Basic scripting abilities (Python and/or PowerShell)
- Able to communicate technical concepts between technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Awareness and understanding of current security and cyber threat landscape
- Experience running incident response/resolution process
- Hands on experience with logging and monitoring tools
- Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Bonus Points For:
- Hands on experience using Splunk and/or CrowdStrike platforms.
- Knowledge of financial services industry best practices and regulations related to information security.
- Information Security certifications (CISSP, ISACA, ISC2, SANS, etc.)
- Public cloud (AWS/Azure) information security experience
Don't have all of the skills listed above? Have extra skills you think are important that we haven't thought of? Please, let us know by applying and telling us a bit more about yourself and why you think you're qualified.
Balyasny Asset Management seeks an experienced candidate for an Security Operations Engineer role. This role will be hands-on, building out BAM's firm-wide information security platform. At BAM, you will have the chance to work with some of the smartest and most driven individuals in the industry.
The individual selected to fill this role will be a member of our SOC team primarily responsible for responding to and investigating potential security incidents and performing threat hunting exercises. The ideal candidate will have a track record of automating processes, finding innovative solutions to difficult problems, and adapting to new products and solutions.
This position will report to BAM's Security Operations Lead.
Strategic Responsibilities :
- Implement BAM's Information Security vision and strategy for the firm.
- Design and implement repeatable, efficient processes for Information Security operations.
- Collaborate between technology and business teams to drive proper implementation of security controls and compliance requirements across the firm.
- Enhance cyber security awareness by promoting through employee awareness.
Tactical / Hands-On Responsibilities:
- Triage, investigate, and remediate information security alerts.
- Perform threat hunting exercises within the Balyasny network to identify potential security threats which have otherwise been unidentified.
- Creating/maintaining runbooks for security investigations.
- Continually improve internal scanning, detection, and reporting of security risks and anomalous activity.
- Partner with global infrastructure staff to increase cyber security posture leveraging vendor-based and in-house custom built security solutions.
- Provide guidance and implement security best practices and systems.
- Create and maintain accurate documentation on the firm's information security policies and procedures.
- Keep up with, and evaluate, new industry and information security trends to determine firm's best approach for dealing with new trends.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Bachelors in cybersecurity, networking, computer science or closely related field
- 3 + years information systems security background
- 3 + years working in a SOC and/or related job function
- Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, OSI, routing, switching, firewalls)
- Solid understanding of good information security, cyber security practices and policies
- Hands on experience with different security platforms, including SIEM and EDR platforms
- basic understanding and implementation experience with encryption technologies (SSL, SSH, PKI)
- Basic scripting abilities (Python and/or PowerShell)
- Able to communicate technical concepts between technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Awareness and understanding of current security and cyber threat landscape
- Experience running incident response/resolution process
- Hands on experience with logging and monitoring tools
- Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
Bonus Points For:
- Hands on experience using Splunk and/or CrowdStrike platforms.
- Knowledge of financial services industry best practices and regulations related to information security.
- Information Security certifications (CISSP, ISACA, ISC2, SANS, etc.)
- Public cloud (AWS/Azure) information security experience
Don't have all of the skills listed above? Have extra skills you think are important that we haven't thought of? Please, let us know by applying and telling us a bit more about yourself and why you think you're qualified.
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