Senior SOC Analyst

About ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC
ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC (AAC-USA) is a subsidiary of ABN AMRO Clearing Bank N.V., a global clearing firm that provides an integrated suite of financial services to professional trading participants in the global financial market. Our core service offerings consist of execution, clearing, financing, stock borrowing and lending, settlement and custody. Today we clear and finance over 16 million trades per day and cover 90 of the world's leading exchanges across Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Our international network provides comprehensive market access to exchange-listed instruments such as stocks, futures and options. It also covers non-exchange listed investment instruments and alternative products including bonds, OTC derivatives, warrants, forex, forwards, and energy and commodities. ABN AMRO Clearing consistently ranks among the top three clearers in every time zone, based on turnover and market share.
Job Overview
The vacant role focusses on triaging security alerts and resolving incidents as a senior analyst in the Security Monitoring stream of O&I. The alerts are often escalated via the MSSP who provides Tier-1 SOC services to AACB. You will then swiftly perform triage and decide what actions should be done to contain the threat. For this analysis you will have access to several sources, including a sophisticated EDR solution. If an alert escalates to a security incident you are one of the leads within the team to set out actions and guide the team to a successful closure of the incident and inform stakeholders along the way. As a senior SOC analyst you play a key role by keeping the company safe by assessing the risk and impact of detected vulnerabilities and security incidents in a highly regulated environment.
When time permits, when there are no incidents that require follow up at that time you could perform a threat hunt to new TTP you found of threat actors targeting financial institutions or you help out the security monitoring stream lead on maturing the capability. This can be identifying and resolving gaps in tooling, process or technologies. It will also be expected from you to support the more junior team members in investigations and helping them interact with senior stakeholders.
Job Responsibilities

• Triage incoming cyber security alerts escalated from MSSP.
• Investigate incidents and work with the other teams to contain and remediate cyber security incidents.
• Lead security investigations and improve monitoring/reporting processes and security incident alerting.
• Proactive performed investigations in the logs and threat hunting according to new release TTP's.
• When required help out other streams within the O&I department such as Threat Intelligence and Vulnerability Management.
• Research security solutions and develop new and existing SOC processes for this rapidly changing landscape.
• Provide technical leadership for security systems and tools, especially SIEM, and Endpoint Protection technologies.
• Support and mentor junior team members with their work and growth path.

Job Requirement

• 5+ years' experience in Security monitoring or Incident Response.
• Understanding frameworks such as Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK.
• Understanding of enterprise grade technical security controls and Zero Trust concepts.
• Are familiar with SIEM, XDR and EDR products.
• Certifications such as the following would be desirable but not mandatory: GCIH, GDAT, GCDA, GISP, OSDA, CCFR, SC-900, SC-200

Perks and Benefits
As a global leader in financial services, we rely on the strengths of our employees to deliver their best work for our clients. We invest back in our employees by offering a host of benefits and perks.

• Competitive health benefit offerings, including choice of three medical plans through BCBS-IL, dental, vision and flexible spending accounts
• Complimentary annual membership to One Medical as well as an EAP
• Robust 401(k) Plan with a generous match and vesting schedule
• Use it or lose it pre-tax commuter benefits, corporate Divvy memberships and employer paid benefits such as term life and AD&D and disability insurance
• Generous paid time off, sick days, a robust holiday schedule and parental leave plans.
• Monthly wellness subsidy used towards wellness activities
• Flexible hybrid work schedules
• Open communication including regular Town Hall meetings with the Management Team
• Forward-thinking, culture-based organization with collaborative teams that promote diversity, equity and inclusion
• Free coffee & tea and "bagel Wednesday"
• Employee-led Social and Philanthropy Committee to bring awareness and fun to the employees
• Awesome office space with a large kitchen/meeting gathering area - including a foosball and ping pong table
• Private, well-equipped Mother's room
• Office is conveniently located in the Chicago Loop Financial District - close to CTA and Metra
• Well maintained building (an architectural "masterpiece") and a part of Chicago history - also includes a robust business center with a café, game-room and a shared rooftop terrace with green space

This information is intended as a summary of potential benefits only. Eligibility for the plans and programs listed here depends on the nature of employment, length of service and other factors. Actual coverage is governed by supporting summary plan descriptions and related policies.
ABN AMRO Clearing USA (AAC-USA) is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. AAC-USA celebrates diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects individual strengths, views and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better and stronger team - one that makes better decisions and delivers better business results. Additionally, AAC-USA participates in the E-Verify program in the US.