Job Description

As a Security Operations Associate in CTC Detection and Response Operations, you will contribute to safeguarding the organization's digital assets and infrastructure by proactively detecting, assessing, and responding to threats, vulnerabilities, and security incidents. Leveraging your in-depth understanding of security principles and practices, you will exercise initiative and judgment to resolve cybersecurity-related problems and contribute to the improvement of current working methods. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will develop a coordinated approach to cybersecurity and educate employees on best practices, policies, and procedures. Your work will have a direct impact on the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of sensitive data and systems within the department, ensuring a secure digital environment for JPMorgan Chase.

Job responsibilities

• Conduct security investigations, log analysis, threat hunting, and vulnerability impact assessment to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks, vulnerabilities, and security breaches.
• Utilize security tools and technologies, such as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), intrusion detection systems, endpoint detection, and malware analysis, to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement coordinated security strategies, policies, and procedures.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of security operations processes and methodologies, proposing enhancements to threat detection and response playbooks and contributing to the overall security posture of the organization.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification with 3 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, network security, or a related field.
• Demonstrated proficiency in understanding scripting languages for automating security tasks and processes.
• Strong understanding of security protocols, cryptography, authentication, authorization and identity, cloud and network security concepts.
• Experience with security tools and technologies, including SIEM, intrusion detection systems, email analysis, log analysis, and malware analysis.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Strong investigative mindset: ability to follow evidence, validate hypotheses, and write clear documentation.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in financial services environment
• Cybersecurity certifications
• Previous experience in a Security Operations Center or Security Operations related role