Senior Analyst - Applications Programming Hyderabad, India;DLF Cyber Park,Sector 20 (739615);Saki-naka,Andheri E **Job Description:** **About Us** 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 are 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. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us! **Global Business Services** Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations. Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence and innovation. In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services. **Process Overview** The Global Information Security (GIS) is responsible for protecting Bank information systems, confidential and proprietary data, and customer information. The team develops the Bank’s Information Security strategy and policy, manages the Information Security program and identifies and addresses vulnerabilities, Develops, deploys and manages a risk-based controls portfolio, Manages and operates global security operations center that monitor, detects and responds to cybersecurity incidents. GIS Identity & Access management (IAM) Team goal is to ensure that the control processes and effectiveness are within the identified risk tolerance. Manage the performance and effectiveness of the working control through the establishment of metrics with thresholds. Validate the reasonability of Laws, Rules and Regulations mapping alignment to the controls, as aligned by the GIS Policy team. **Job Description** The IAM Identity Defense aims to protect digital identities which allow access to the Bank's internal network, resources and applications. An Identity Defense GBS Specialist is responsible for supporting solutions to prevent and detect anomalous use of accounts. Identity Defense Specialist will support the broader Identity Defense team in monitoring alerting, and escalation frameworks focused on core account protections. Leveraging your knowledge of both common and emerging threats related to account take-over, will have an opportunity to proactively develop, implement, and influence controls and policy within the digital identity domain. The Specialist should be a data-driven individual, with an investigative mindset, who can adapt their thinking based on the evidence presented. The role will require regular collaboration with experts in and out of our team, both in country and in other regions, so excellent communication skills are very important. The role will also involve discussion with employees as part of alert analysis and disposition. If you are seeking a demanding role within Global Information Security (GIS) and have the required skills, this will be a great opportunity for you. **Responsibilities*** + Actively investigate alerts related to potentially anomalous behavior/activity. + Confidently and professionally interview/question users to determine or confirm root cause. + Communicate effectively with response and business partners. + Monitor Splunk alerting and dashboards. + Identify areas for further process automation, simplification, and improvement. + Provide status updates for stakeholders in non-technical terms encompassing risk, impact, containment, remediation, etc. + Risk management. + Comprehensively document analysis, investigative activities, actions, etc. + Ability to work non-standard hours, to include nights, weekends, and holidays. + Generate reports to perform in-depth analysis and data collection for issues associated with IAM. **Requirements** **Education** BE/BTECH/MCA/MSC (IT) equivalent (Any Technical Degree) **Certifications (If Any)** CISA/CISM, CEH, Security **Experience Range : 6** + Years **Foundational skills** + Strong understanding of Identity Access Management architecture, technology and standards + Strong quantitative, Analytical, data intuition and problem-solving skills + A minimum of 5+ years of experience in Identity and Access Management domain is required + Understanding of IAM Controls and Information Security + 5+ year of experience with Information Security related activities. (required) + 5+ year of experience in an operations focused information security role. (desired) + Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. (required) + Be decisive and quickly take appropriate action. (required) + Working knowledge of the following cyber security principles: (desired) + security vulnerabilities & exploits + identity & access management + social engineering TTPs + the incident response lifecycle + cyber kill-chain + networking fundamentals + cloud (desired) + Ability to build queries and alerts in Splunk, then adapt them based on new data. (desired) + Experience writing clear and concise case notes within a case mgmt. tool. (required) + Able to adapt communication style to the audience. (required) + Experience working in a global team environment (desired) + Ability to work collaboratively and independently. (required) + CompTIA Security+ or equivalent certification, or ability to demonstration a similar level of cyber security knowledge. (desired) + Expectation to gain Security+ within first 6 months. **Desired skills** Familiarity with Laws, Rules, and Regulations (LRRs) attendant Financial Institutions Information Security requirements including Privacy LRRs e.g., GDPR, NYDFS, SEC Guidelines, MAS Requirements, CCPA, etc. Familiarity with NIST CSF, NIST IR Lifecycle, and NIST NICE. Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain. College Degree - (B.S, M.S.) in Digital Forensics, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. **Work Timings** 9:30 AM - 6:30 PM IST / 12:30 PM – 9:30 PM (Week Days) 5:30 AM – 5:30 PM IST (Weekends) **Job Location** Hyderabad / Mumbai /Gurugram Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates. 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