Cyber Threat Purple Team

Job Description:

Bank of America is seeking a highly experienced cyber security professional to join our Purple Team function within the Cyber Threat Hunt, Intelligence and Defense organization. As a Senior Purple Team member, you will assist in the review, development, testing, and implementation of security initiatives across a large and complex environment. As well as support in vulnerability research and assist in high impact incident response engagements. Successful members of the Purple Team draw from hands-on experience in both offensive and defensive security roles to help uplift cyber security initiatives throughout the bank. This role will be expected to actively share knowledge and mentor less experienced members of the Purple Team. Additional role expectations can include owning team processes and related oversight functions.

Required Skills:

• Experience in a technical role in the areas of Security Operations, Detection Engineering, Threat Intelligence, Penetration Testing, Red Teaming, Purple Teaming, Threat Hunting or Incident Response
• A strong understanding of system internals and security mechanisms related to the Windows Operating system and Active Directory
• Experience working with Windows security logging in either a forensic, threat hunt, incident response investigation, or red team operational security research capacity
• Experience querying log sources within large centralized logging platforms, e.g. Splunk, Elastic, Cloudera, SQL
• A strong understanding of networking including how firewalls, load balancers, and proxies function within a large enterprise network
• Understand system and network telemetry generated by Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools
• Demonstrate understanding of Application Allowlisting and Application Control concepts
• Functional understanding of how threat actors gain access, move laterally, privilege escalate, set persistence, and evade defenses to achieve objectives
• Ability to critically examine an organization's systems through the perspective of a threat actor and articulate risk in a clear and precise manner
• Be able to communicate, both verbally and in written form, technical and risk based information to individuals with a variety of both technical and non-technical backgrounds
• Must be able to both work independently as well as effectively in teams with individuals with a variety of skills and backgrounds
• 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
• Demonstrated ability to self-direct, with minimal supervision needed to achieve goals

Desired Skills:

• Background in executing red team or penetration testing engagements
• Hands on experience with offensive security tools such as Metasploit, Burp, Cobalt Strike, Covenant, Sliver, etc
• An interest and willingness to deep drive into the security function around various critical banking systems and technologies such as ATMs
• Experience with large scale data analysis
• Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Certifications in relevant areas you are passionate about

• This job will be open and accepting applications for a minimum of seven days from the date it was posted.

This job is responsible for assessing the bank's technologies, applications, and overall security controls to identify potential risks and vulnerabilities that may impact Bank of America's information security. Key responsibilities include understanding and complying of the Bank's Global Information Security policy and relevant cyber security threats to complete security assessments. Job expectations include providing expert technical guidance to support partners and adapting testing methods to emerging cyber security regulations and evolving threats, while developing others on the team.

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Pay Transparency details

US - CO - Denver - 1144 15th St - Denver Gis (CO9926), US - DC - Washington - 1800 K St NW - 1800 K Street NW (DC1842), US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$142,800.00 - $193,300.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.