Network Defense Operations Analyst

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

This is an operations role in Cyber Security. The candidate will work in a fast paced environment, identifying and responding to cyber security events, while serving as a subject matter expert on malicious attacks.
The Network Defense team in the Global Information Security organization is responsible for defending the Bank's Internet facing networks and applications from disruptive security threats such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Network Defense works at the tip of the spear to ensure that customers have an uninterrupted network experience, by rapidly responding to security events, developing defenses, and mitigating attacks. Network Defense team members are expected to be subject matter experts on disruptive security events and able to apply their extensive knowledge of computer networking and cyber security threats in order to develop solutions to complex cyber scenarios.

 Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
•    End-to-end cyber security monitoring and response.
•    Responding to, researching, measuring, detecting and mitigating security attacks that target the network and application layers
•    Exercising judgment within broadly defined practices in selecting methods, techniques and evaluation criterion for obtaining results
•    Designing and implementing secure solutions to meet customer/client needs while protecting the Bank’s assets 
•    Providing subject matter expertise
•    Collaborating with peers and business units in a team-focused environment

Required Skills:
•    Strong understanding of the TCP/IP protocol stack.
•    Experience with network monitoring tools, NetFlow and packet analysis desired.
•    CISSP, CCIE, CEH, CCNA is desired, but not required
•    Experience with firewalls, access control lists (ACL's), Intrusion Detection & Prevention technologies, and other network security equipment is desired
•    A working knowledge of security threat vectors such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, networking, network security and application security desired.  
•    Advanced problem solving skills
•    Demonstrates the capability of working in a team environment and collaborating with oversea partners.
•    Ability to work without oversight.
 

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