Overview of the Organization:

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

Overview of Chief Information Security Office (CISO):

The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is home to deeply talented colleagues that work to ensure the safety of Citi’s clients’, our revenue, our employees and our proprietary data. We manage information security as one end-to end program – one with a clear mandate and accountability. Our mission is a program that is fully anchored to modern control and architectural frameworks, is fully aligned with the enterprise architecture of the firm and is deeply integrated into the sectors and functions.

Overview of the Role:

The Assistant Vice President, Emerging Threat Analyst role is an intermediate level position responsible for driving efforts to detect, monitor, and prevent emerging cyber threats with the potential to lead to information/data breaches and cyber-attacks. The overall objective of this role is to ensure the execution of Information Security directives and activities in alignment with Citi’s data security policy.

As an Emerging Threat Analyst, your role is to monitor, identify, and analyze new and evolving threats to Citi’s information systems, networks, and data.  You’ll stay at the forefront of emerging technologies, vulnerabilities, threat actors, and attack vectors leveraging this knowledge to anticipate and mitigate future potential risks.  Collaborating with cross-function teams, you’ll develop proactive strategies and countermeasures to protect against these emerging cyber threats (or near-term threats), ensuring resilient and strong controls and/or mitigations. You will help create actionable dashboards to identify these threats. You’ll author expert reports and provide recommendations for enhancing defensive capabilities. This role also requires the ability to assess and analyze large data sets to identify potential threats and trends. Strong analytical skills, a deep understanding of cyber principles, big data experience, creativity, and a proactive mindset are essential for success in this dynamic and critical role.  

Responsibilities:

• Develop corrective action language for Information Security (IS) gaps and ensure risk closure meets Citi requirements or industry best practices.
• Facilitate the implementation of approved IS tools and identify/recommend new or improved security solutions or emerging technologies.
• Mitigate risk by analyzing the root cause of issues, impacts to business, and required corrective actions and develop security solutions.
• Ensure IS compliance and seek opportunities to enhance the efficiency of IS policies and procedures.
• Identify significant IS threats and vulnerabilities, and define appropriate controls for discovered threats, documenting the business response.
• Analyze large data sets.
• Disseminate changes to IS regulations and standards to Business and Program owners.
• Provide Information Security advice and counsel as needed.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 2-8 years of relevant experience.
• Additional technical certifications are preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to research and apply current information regarding the IS field.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Proven influencing and relationship management skills.
• Proven analytical skills.
• Data analytics.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree preferred.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

• Intelligence and investigations experience with detailed knowledge in data analytics, cyber security protocols, cyber threat intelligence, and cyber-fraud investigations.
• Experience supporting client matters while meeting tight deadlines and customer requirements.
• Serve as a conduit between technology and business teams and provide support on a wide range of threat intelligence projects, including the ability to identify, collect, and analyze multiple data sources
• Experience in one or more cybersecurity functions such as Cyber Threat Intelligence, Threat Hunting, System Administration, Intrusion Detection / Prevention, Monitoring, Incident Response, or Digital Forensics.
• Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls.
• Preferred education: Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, Intelligence, or equivalent experience.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Information Security

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

New York New York United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$109,120.00 - $163,680.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Nov 26, 2024

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Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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