Junior IT Security Consultant Remote

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.ION is a rapidly expanding and dynamic group with 13,000 employees and offices in more than 40 cities around the globe.About The RoleThe 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.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 ResponsibilitiesProtect and defend: identify, analyze and mitigate threats to IT systems and/or networks.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.Respond to security alerts to mitigate immediate and potential threats. Use mitigation, preparedness, and response and recovery approaches, as needed, to maintain information security and minimize impacts.determine deviations from acceptable configurations, enterprise or local policy; assess the level of risk; Operate and maintain: configure, tune, maintain and operate key security controls, technologies, and other risk mitigations.Security ApplicationExecute ongoing, operational business-as-usual (BAU) tasks to meet management-defined KPIs and SLAs, and deliver security projects in line with priorities and deadlines.Stay current with the latest security news, threats, intelligence, tactics, techniques, and vulnerabilities. Perform threat hunting and review, triage, investigate and escalate security alerts raised by the Group-Wide SOC team, security tools, technologies and services (e.g., endpoint security, network security, DLP, SIEM, etc.).Assist and/or lead efforts to isolate, contain, respond to, and recover from security incidents.Identify, review, prioritize, plan, coordinate, and follow-up on the remediation of vulnerabilities.Configure, customize, tune, manage, troubleshoot, and maintain to ensure effective and efficient operation of security technologies, intrusion detection/prevention systems, etc. Create and maintain documentation for systems, including design and operation.Review systems, configurations, and processes 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.Respond to information security-related inquiries and requests.Required Skills, Qualifications, and ExperienceMaster's degree in computer engineering/ computer science or a cybersecurity technology-related field and/or relevant working experienceMust have fundamental programming/scripting capabilities (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.)Must have in-depth understanding of operating systems (Windows/Linux)Must have understanding of network and infrastructure assetsA team player with the ability to work independently and unsupervisedAbility to own delegated tasks and see them through to completionAbility to manage time and prioritize work to maximize productivityExcellent communication skills (written and verbal)Exceptional attention to detail and qualityExcellent problem-solving techniques and trouble analysis skillsEndpoint security concepts, controls, and best practices for servers (e.g., Windows and Linux)General IT networking concepts, protocols, standards and network security concepts, controls, and best practicesCryptography fundamentals and data security controls and best practicesAccording to Italian Law (L.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.
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