Junior Cyber Security Analyst

We’re a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments.

Founded in 1999, we’ve achieved tremendous growth by bringing together some of the best and most successful financial technology companies in the world.

Over 2,000 of the world’s leading corporations, including 50% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world’s central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk.

Over 800 of the world’s leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world’s financial market infrastructure.

ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group with 13,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe.

Our expanding global footprint, cutting edge products, and over 40,000 customers worldwide provide an unparalleled career experience for those who share our vision.

ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.

ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.

About The Role

The IT/Cyber Security Analyst is a global role within the ION Markets Division.

The role will support the division’s security strategy through the identification, mitigation and remediation of information security risks to the business.

As a member of the Markets’ IT Security Team, the successful candidate will be responsible for improving the security posture, vulnerability management/reporting through to remediation, ensuring security standards are upheld as well as providing input into security control configuration and policies.

The Security Analyst’s other responsibilities include meeting KPI targets defined by management and performing various other duties.

We are looking for a hard-working, dedicated and motivated individual. Excellent communication skills are a must and the role holder will be expected to cultivate working relationships with other teams and colleagues of varying technical ability.

The role would suit a technically strong candidate looking to drive forward career progression within a dedicated security team. Ideally the candidate will have come from related security and systems administration roles, focusing on workstation, server and network technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Use defensive measures and information collected from a variety of sources to identify, analyze, and report events that occur or might occur within the network to protect information, information systems, and networks from threats.
• Respondtosecurityalertstomitigateimmediateandpotentialthreats.Usemitigation, preparedness,andresponseandrecoveryapproaches,asneeded,tomaintaininformationsecurityand minimize impacts.
• Conduct assessments of threats and vulnerabilities; determine deviations from acceptable configurations, enterprise or local policy; assess the level of risk; and develop and/or recommend appropriate mitigation countermeasures.
• Operate and maintain: configure, tune, maintain and operate key security controls, technologies, and other risk mitigations.
• ApplicationPenetrationTest Activity
• Security Application
• Executeongoing,operationalbusiness-as-usual(BAU)taskstomeetmanagement-defined KPIsandSLAs,anddeliversecurityprojectsinlinewithmanagement-definedprioritiesanddeadlines
• Staycurrentwiththelatestsecuritynews,threats,intelligence,tactics,techniques,and vulnerabilities.Researchandanalyzenewthreatsandvulnerabilitiestodetermineexposure.
• Assistand/orleadeffortstoisolate,contain,respondto,andrecoverfromsecurityincidents
• Identify,review,prioritize,plan,coordinate,andfollow-upontheremediationofvulnerabilities
• Configure, customize, tune, manage, troubleshoot, and maintain to ensure effective and efficient operation of security technologies, intrusion detection/prevention systems, etc. This may also include scripting, automation, and orchestration across various platforms.
• Define, document, and follow approved processes for all the responsibilities included in this job description. Create and maintain documentation for systems, including design and operation.
• Review systems, configurations, and process to ensure and report on compliance with ION policy, client requirements, audit controls, regulations, and industry best practices. Provide best practice security recommendations to IT and other teams within ION, based on review results.
• Respondto information security-relatedinquiries andrequests.

Required Skills, Qualifications, and Experience

• Master’s degree in computer engineering/ computer scienceoracybersecuritytechnology-relatedfieldand/orrelevantworkingexperience
• Musthavefundamentalprogramming/scriptingcapabilities(e.g.python,powershell,bash,etc.)
• Musthavein-depthunderstandingofoperatingsystems(Windows/Linux)
• Musthave understanding ofNetwork and Infrastructureassets
• Ateamplayerwiththeabilitytoworkindependentlyandunsupervised
• Abilitytoowndelegatedtasksandseethemthroughtocompletion
• Excellentproblem-solvingtechniquesandtroubleanalysisskills
• Endpointsecurityconcepts,controls,andbestpracticesforServers(e.g.WindowsandLinux)
• GeneralITnetworkingconcepts,protocols,standardsandnetworksecurityconcepts,controls, and best practices

According to the Italian Law ( L.68/99 ) please note that candidates from the disability list will be given priority.

Due to the high volume of applications, only those candidates that meet the required criteria for selection will be contacted.

Please do not apply if you don’t currently have the legal right to work in Italy, or if that right is just about to expire, or if that right has restrictions imposed which would prevent you from undertaking a full-time employment contract .