Bain & Company, Inc.

Job Summary: 

The Senior Analyst is a position within Bain's Cyber Security Department, whose mission is to safeguard the digital assets and integrity of the organization. In this role, the Analyst understands how security measures align with the overall organizational strategy and will begin to organize and lead in the development and implementation of security controls that adhere to regulatory requirements and best practices. The Sr. Analyst will monitor, analyze and respond to potential security incidents and threats, analyze their urgency and impact to Bain, implement necessary responsive measures to protect the organization's digital assets, data, and infrastructure.  These measures may require taking a leadership position in coordinating activities across the team working with technical teams and Security leadership.  The Senior Analyst Security Operations role has multiple disciplines these include Threat Intelligence, Vulnerability Management and Pro-Active Security Testing and Enhanced Security Operations.  Team members may spend some a percentage or all of their time in these specific disciplines.

Principal Accountabilities and % of time:

Vulnerability Management (80%) 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide leadership and guidance. Serve as a subject matter expert in vulnerability management security discussions and decision-making.

• Conduct regular vulnerability scans on the organization's network, applications, and systems using industry-standard tools.

• Experience implementing and operationalizing vulnerability management tools, processes, and best practices.

• Oversee the classification and prioritization of vulnerabilities based on risk and potential impact.

• Lead meetings to collaborate with IT and development teams to remediate identified vulnerabilities.

• Track progress and present reports on a regular interval to leadership.

• Stay informed about emerging trends and technologies in cybersecurity.

• Work collaboratively with other security team members, IT departments, and relevant business units to address security concerns and enhance overall security posture.

Enhanced Security Operations (10%)

• Expertise and experience in Forensic Investigations and Tooling

• Red Team, Blue Team, Purple team exercise leadership experience.

Professional Development and Innovation (10%)  

• Stay informed about emerging trends and technologies in cybersecurity.

• Work collaboratively with other security team members, IT departments, and relevant business units to address security concerns and enhance overall security posture.

• Explore Professional Certifications and work with leadership to plan trainings.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities : 

Security Monitoring & Incident Detection and Response

• Strong knowledge of Splunk (or other SIEM tools),CrowdStrike, Windows Defender, Other AV/EDR tool configuration, Cyberhaven (or other DLP tools)

• Knowledge of Vulnerability & Attack Surface Management toolsets, Threat Intelligence and Analysis tools, Vendor technical Risk Scoring tools, Deception technologies

• Knowledge of ticketing, triage and forensics capabilities and toolsets

General Skills

• Good communication skills, with the ability to document and explain technical information clearly.

• Analytical mindset, with a focus on learning and problem-solving.

• Ability to work independently and well in a team, showing strong interpersonal skills.

• Eagerness to learn and adapt to new challenges in cybersecurity.

• Entrepreneurial spirit, open to trying new approaches and learning from them.

Experience: 

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology) or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. 
• 4-6 Years of experience is same domain
• Experience deploying systems or applications 
• Ability to work independently and with teams on complex problems
• Complex problem solving
• Ability to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Attention to detail and priority/time management.
• Strong customer service, analytic, communication (oral and written) and troubleshooting/problem solving skills.
• Experience with endpoint security control design having implemented controls such as EDR or AV
• Experience with automation of Information Security controls
• Experience with automating tasks via scripting, 
• Experience with common cloud security control frameworks, for example NIST CSF or CSA