Overview:
Ensures security of the organization's digital assets through use of Cybersecurity tools and procedures to monitor and conduct analysis on potential threats.
Schedule:
Thursday: 7pm to 7am
Friday: 7pm to 7am
Saturday: 7pm to 7am
Primary Responsibilities:
- Monitor alerts and characterize network traffic using techniques such as log analysis and multi-source analysis, to identify anomalous activity and potential threats to network resources.
- Complete static malware, threat, and log analysis in coordination with past incident analysis data.
- Report concerns or issues with monitoring tools to appropriate security engineering team to facilitate improved detection capabilities.
- Immediately escalate suspected imminent or hostile intentions or activities that could impact the organization's objectives, resources, or capabilities to manager and/ or specialist.
- Record basic incident details and actions taken regarding security threats, analysis, responses, and procedures in incident tracking and solution database.
- Assist in development of technical documents, incident reports, findings and use cases from intrusion artifacts, log summaries and other discovered data to the team and team leader(s).
- Identify key details in log files, evidence, and findings to inform new policies or updates to existing information.
- Notify peers on team of suspected cyber incidents by describing potential threat and suspected incidents history, status, and potential impact.
- Actively applies practical insights and learnings from work to grow professionally and make recommendations to improve security practices, tools, and techniques.
- Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite. Design, implement, maintain, and enhance internal controls to mitigate risk on an ongoing basis. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
- Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
- Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
- Complete other related duties as assigned.
Scope of Responsibilities:
- Partners with Manager and peers.
- Follows Standard Operation Procedures while performing basic analysis of security events. Work is closely managed and reviewed with periodic guidance on tasks for accuracy and quality.
- Basic knowledge of all networks, user, and end-point monitoring tools.
Education and Experience Required:
- Associates degree and a minimum of 2 years’ relevant work experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 4 years’ higher education and/or relevant work experience
- Ability to analyze pieces of a problem and recommend a solution to resolve key concerns.
- Basic understanding of cybersecurity principles, such as real-time monitoring, escalation procedures, and documentation and reporting
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to effectively communicate technical information to peers and manager, including writing clear and concise incident reports.
- Able to work professionally with peers across the organization.
Education and Experience Preferred:
- Basic Cybersecurity certifications (e.g., Security+, Network+)
- Basic knowledge of SIEM and EDR platforms
- Basic knowledge of digital evidence preservation concepts
- Basic knowledge of security information and event management tools
- Basic knowledge of anti-virus software and endpoint detection and response tools
- Basic ability to use open-source intelligence concepts.
- Basic knowledge of network packet analyzers
- Basic knowledge of threat intelligence concepts
- Basic ability collects artifacts and document incidents.
- Basic knowledge of scripting languages
- Basic knowledge of data loss prevention and cloud access security broker tools
M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $27.23 - $45.38 Hourly (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.
Location
Buffalo, New York, United States of America