Cyber Security Analyst III/Senior

About the Role

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 position requires access to confidential supervisory information and/or FOMC information, which is limited to "Protected Individuals" as defined in U.S. federal immigration law. 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 if they sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen and meet other eligibility requirements. All candidates must undergo an enhanced background check and comply with all applicable information handling rules.

Responsibilities

• Conducts analysis and interpretation of cybersecurity threats to identify trends and emerging risks.
• Provide input and insight into response activities during cyber incidents, including best practices from regulatory bodies, cybersecurity organizations, and NIST.
• Conducts formal assessments to determine the severity of reported cybersecurity incidents at financial institutions.
• Prepares written research, analysis, and assessments for key internal stakeholders as needed or requested, supporting 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, 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 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.

Requirements

The role requires experience and/or expertise in multiple cybersecurity subject matter areas:

• Cybersecurity-related frameworks such as NIST 800-53, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), ISO 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.

Qualifications

Analyst III

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, or related field and 7+ years of related work experience 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 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 hypotheses).
• 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).

Skills

• Expert problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Expert specialized operational/technical skills in cyber intelligence and information security.
• Advanced written and verbal communication.
• Advanced presentation skills.
• Advanced public speaking.
• Advanced strategic thinking/planning.

Pay

The expected starting salary range for the Cyber Security Analyst III is between $111,400 and $139,200 annually and for the Cyber Security Analyst Senior is between $137,000 and $171,300. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and market data.

Benefits

The Cleveland Fed offers benefits to support overall health and financial security. Learn more about our benefits here.

Schedule

This position will be onsite in Cleveland, Ohio and requires weekend on-call support on a rotating basis (generally once every 12 weeks).

This is a full-time, regular, exempt position.