*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full time role*

A prestigious company is on the search for an IT Analyst - Disaster Recovery. This company is looking for someone with 3+ years of experience with disaster recovery, contingency planning, business impact analysis, DR exercises, etc.

Responsibilities:
The IT Analyst, Disaster Recovery focuses on gathering and interpreting data, gathering, and documenting business requirements, defining and documenting processes (process flows/swim lanes), and standardization of data and processes.
Can resolve transaction/data/process discrepancies.
Helps to determine opportunities to automate, streamline, and standardize data and or processes. Creates business requirements documents and knows enough about a platform/technology to create a functional specs for use in building a technical solution through configuration or coding.
May do some light configuration and use tools to do the work required to do analysis.
Main responsibilities as a key member of the Disaster Recovery Team will be to promote IT disaster recovery and provide expertise in disaster recovery concepts, plan development, validation, and testing of critical systems.
This role is highly focused on the development, delivery, and testing of technical and complex Information System Contingency Plans.
Qualifications:
Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Certifications: ABCP, CBCP, MBCP, MBCI, FBCI
Knowledge of authoritative standards, guidelines, and best practices relative to IT disaster recovery, business continuity and resiliency planning
Firm understanding of Ransomware recovery and architecture of Isolated Recovery Environments
3 years of proven experience in Disaster Recovery field
5 years of experience in an Information Technology discipline
3 years Project Management experience
3 years of IT Contingency Plan development
3 years of IT/DR testing experience
Experience developing business impact analysis documents
Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex integrated disaster recovery exercises
Bachelor's Degree

*Hybrid 2 days in office 3 days remote*

A prestigious financial firm is on the search for an Associate Principal, Cyber Defense. This associate principal will lead cyber security incident responders, work on digital forensics, network security, application security, etc. This company ideally needs someone out of a large financial environment.

Responsibilities:
Lead cyber security incident responders in response activities including investigation, coordination, review, and reporting.
Oversee technical analysis of security events while coordinating incident response activities with internal and external teams.
Ensure and directly oversee the collection and preservation of data associated with cyber security incident response activities following industry best practices and established procedures.
Develop and support briefings to company senior management as a trusted incident responder.
Actively monitor and research cyber threats with a direct or indirect impact to the company brand, business operations, or technology infrastructure.
Oversee process of monthly reporting to Security management on and Incident management metrics.
Prioritize and identify security risks, threats and vulnerabilities of networks, systems, applications, and new technology initiatives.
Lead various teams to operationalize remediation efforts for gaps identified.
Develop and implement security monitoring roadmaps for company technologies, applications, SaaS, and other cloud-hosted solutions. These roadmaps will direct efforts on implementation of monitoring use cases and measurement of monitoring capabilities.
Security Device Administration
Qualifications:
Incident Response playbook development managing incident analysis and remediation
Network sniffers and packet tracing tools (DSS, NAI SnifferPro, Ethereal and tcpdump).
Standard technical writing tools including MS Word, Excel, Project and Visio
Proxy and caching services.
Client Server platforms including Windows, Linux.
Operating system hardening procedures (, Linux, Windows, etc.)
Web Application Firewalls.
Security Orchestration and Automated Response tools and concepts.
Minimum three years of information security experience, preferably in the financial services industry.
Minimum two years hands-on security operations experience including interdisciplinary experience with four or more of the following: Cyber Threat Analysis, Digital Computer Forensics, Incident Response, Application Security, Operating Systems Security, Cryptographic Controls, Networking, Programming languages, Incident Response
Minimum one year in a leadership role or team/project lead capacity.
Familiarity with computer network exploitation and network attack methodologies.
working in an on-call response capacity is required including availability for 24 x 7 on-call support responsibilities
Strongly prefer at least one of the following certifications: CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, CHFI, GCFA, CCE, CFE

*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full time role*

A prestigious company is on the search for a PRINCIPAL ANALYST, INFORMATION SECURITY ACCESS CONTROL. This role is revolved around being familiar with CyberArk, SAS, PAM, and the policies, onboarding, configuring, and setup of any identity access management. This role will be required to understand AWS access control and governance. Any Saviynt experience is a plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead the development of information security standards and procedures for IAM
Collaboration with other teams and business partners regarding Identity and Access Management best practices for both on premise and cloud-based solutions for employees, contractors, partners and customers
Serve as Access Control advocate for incident response program
Formulate documentation
Create functional specs based on requirements gathering
Point of contact for IAM project objectives and scope deliverables
Submit reports to the relevant department heads and management
Identify authorization and authentication risks, define mitigation plan
Identity Access Management, Access Controls and Best Practices
Experience with Identity Governance and Administration tools (Saviynt preferred)
Detailed understanding of other IAM tools and solutions (MFA, Security Token Services, SAML, ADFS, etc.)
Working knowledge of other PAM tools and solutions (CyberArk PAM Solutions required)
Strong firsthand knowledge of technology environments, including telecommunications, networks, security, programming, server administration, and Helpdesk operations
Aware of cloud provider IAM solutions and the capabilities (AWS, AAD, ForgeRock, CyberArk, etc.)
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
5 or more years of experience in Identity Access Management and Governance
Relevant industry experience with a technical background

*We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent full time role*

A prestigious company is on the search for a Principal IT Analyst, Disaster Recovery. This position will focus on Disaster Recovery, ransomware recovery, KPIs monitoring, technical writing, and experience with tools such as SRM and/or Zerto. They will plan exercises and work across the IT enterprise in infrastructure and applications.

Responsibilities:
Strong understanding of Ransomware recovery and architectural of Isolated Recovery Environments
Subject matter expertise in IT Disaster Recovery with a minimum of 3 years of Disaster Recovery experience
7+ years of experience in an Information Technology discipline
5+ years of experience with developing/testing recovering strategies for cloud (IaaS/SaaS) based applications
Working knowledge of recovery tools such as SRM and Zerto
Strong project manager skills with 5+ years of hands on experience
5 + years of experience with automation and orchestration tools for recovering applications at alternate locations
Experience developing business impact analysis documents
Strategic mindset to lead recovery strategy planning efforts
Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex integrated disaster recovery exercises
Thorough knowledge of data management in order to assist in the preparation of recovery procedures
Coordinates with various information technology and business groups to identify critical systems and dependencies, and the potential vulnerabilities and risks that could result in catastrophic impact.
Coordinates and executes Ransomware Rebuild simulation tests, documents results recovery time capabilities, issues, and resolutions through post-testing analysis.
Serves as tertiary back-up during tabletop exercises or actual catastrophic disaster recovery or business continuity events.
Supports the execution of a specific IT process (ie Vendor Management, Asset Management, Telecommunications, Business Applications, Service Delivery, etc.) in response to business needs and requests.
Define, track and monitor KPIs
Identify and mitigate risks
Collaborates with business and IT stakeholders to identify, analyze, understand and prioritize activities by business value and urgency.
Develops consultative partnerships with internal teams and leaders to understand their strategic objectives, key performance indicators and reporting requirements.
Establish and collect KPI to measure business value delivered by projects and solutions.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent work experience
Proven experience within the disaster recovery field
3+ years leading medium to complex multi-million-dollar systems development programs
3+ years of experience with Disaster Recovery Planning Software and tools
Experience with Office 365, Teams and SharePoint

*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role*

*Position is bonus eligible*

Prestigious Global Firm is currently seeking a Senior Cloud Cyber Security Engineer. Candidate oversees and provides direction, and development for the security assessment and vulnerability management programs. He/She will work with leadership to determine proper security configurations. This position is hands-on and includes performing security risk assessments on new and current technologies, analysis and reporting on vulnerabilities as part of the overall vulnerability management function, collaboration with Security Architecture on projects, and consulting to provide subject matter expertise.

Responsibilities:
Lead and mentor the security engineering team.
Provide input into the strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility and participate in long-term strategy and planning for Information Security.
Manage and mature the security assessment and vulnerability management programs. Create and maintain system, metrics, procedural and support documentation.
Perform security assessments for IT projects, technologies and third-parties (eg, vendors and service providers).
Collect information and assess emerging threats including software vulnerabilities. Coordinate the triage of and response to vulnerability information. Disseminate this information regularly to firm staff and management as appropriate.
Subject matter expert for Information Security, consulting to technical and non-technical management, and attorneys as necessary.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, standards, processes and guidelines.
Participate in issues management (exception and findings requests) as needed.
Qualifications:
Six (6) years of direct work experience in security assessments, vulnerability management, or similar.
4-year college degree in information technology or equivalent experience
Experience with assessments in Windows and Unix is required
Knowledge of IT security controls and IT infrastructure is required
Experience with cloud technologies such as Microsoft Azure IaaS and SaaS is required
Strong knowledge on Security frameworks and technologies such as ISO 27001, NIST, SOC, SIG is required
Scripting/automation experience such as Python, PowerShell and API integrations is preferred
Outstanding communication (verbal, written, visualization and listening) skills
Self-starter who can work independently as well as in a team setting
Interest in understanding customer perspective to aid in the development of the right solution
Commitment to delivering quality solutions
Ability to communicate technical topics to a non-technical audience
The ability to research and solve complex security and networking challenges
Demonstrated personal skills to effectively cooperate and communicate with business partners
Creative problem solving, analytical, industry knowledge, project management and communication
Technologies/Software:
Knowledge of security technology capabilities
Knowledge of cloud capabilities, controls and implementation
Knowledge of security administration and role based security controls
Knowledge of authentication technologies and their interaction with different platforms, both on-site and remote
Knowledge of Identity & Access Management technologies
Knowledge of anti-malware technologies
Knowledge of Intrusion Detection and Intrusion Prevention technical capabilities
Knowledge of both client and server Firewalling technologies and their configuration and administration
Knowledge of security systems log correlation and analysis
Knowledge of data encryption technologies
Knowledge of Endpoint Detection and Response tools
Knowledge of vulnerability assessment and forensic tools
Knowledge of web filtering and email SPAM prevention techniques
Certificates:
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) are preferred.

*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role*

*Position is bonus eligible*

Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Cloud Security Testing Engineer with AWS experience. Candidate is responsible for security testing and managing day to day engineering tasks. This position is a senior engineering position that requires the ability to complete highly technical testing and provide informational updates to leadership and executive staff.

Responsibilities:
Perform cloud assessments, web application penetration testing, mobile application testing, network and operating system assessments
Perform independent reviews of security, network, applications, and cloud environments
Produce reports and artifacts for various levels of leadership and staff relating to security related activities
Ensure alignment of security controls as part of the Blue Team testing program and supporting services and related policies and procedures with applicable regulations and industry standard best practices
Assist management with the improvement of policy and procedure to support Security Testing and Blue Team activities as well as other security duties which may arise
Participate in developing security road-map, adopt security best practices, and implement new ideas and innovations according to the industry trends
Continue to support, grow, and assist development current processes and tools
Qualifications:
Requires an in-depth knowledge of security controls and standards in relation to Cloud Security, Architecture, DevOps, and Security Testing.
Ability to manage multiple intricate projects with strict deadlines while maintaining best in class work.
Ability to functionally serve as a primary point of contact across multiple teams within the organization and to lead projects for the entirety of the life cycle.
Experience with AWS Services including automation services (Lambda, JSON, etc )
Experience with DevOps Pipelines and GitHub Repos
Architectural understanding and expertise of cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure
Education and/or Experience:
Five years Experience with Security Engineering activities and testing.
Three years of experience with DevOps processes
Three years experience with AWS architecture and services.
Certificates or Licenses:
Certification in at least one or more of the following:
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
AWS Certified Security Specialty
Certification Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
GIAC Cloud Security Essentials (GCLD)
GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA)
GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
GIAC Defensible Security Architecture (GDSA

Data Governance Analyst

Salary: $140k-$150k % bonus

Location: Hybrid role 2 days in-office/3 days remote in either location

Chicago, IL/Dallas, TX

*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*
.*Bonus Eligible*

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline
DAMA certification preferred
3+ years of experience with Data Governance, Data Profiling and Data Quality tools such as IBM InfoSphere Information Server Suite 11.x (Information Governance Catalog, Information Analyzer etc.)/Collibra/Informatica/Talend/SAS Dataflux
Experience with Business Intelligence/Reporting tools such as Cognos/Tableau/Business Objects
Proficient with SQL
Proficient with Microsoft Office desktop tools (Word, Excel, etc.)
Experience with Databases (ie Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Amazon Redshift)
Responsibilities
Responsible gathering business and technical data quality requirements for the identified CDEs working with Business and Technical SMEs.
Ability to communicate effectively with Business and Technical SMEs, Architects, Analysts, Developers and other IT and business teams.
Perform Data Analysis, Data Profiling, Data Quality Measurement across multiple sources to assess the data and identify anomalies and recommend fixes.
Experience working with Business and Data Owners to define Business Data Quality rules and convert them into technical Data Quality Rules.
Design, Build and Execute Data Quality Rules over the critical data elements (CDEs) identified according to the business needs to ensure clean and healthy data.
Manage Data Quality Exceptions, perform root cause analysis and support Data Quality Remediation processes by working with Business teams.

Senior Associate Software Engineer - Java

Salary: $110k-$120k + Bonus

Location: Dallas, TX/Chicago, IL

*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*

*Bonus Eligible*

Qualifications
BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years software development experience.
Work experience in the capital markets industry, preferred
Java-based software development experience.
Experience with Flink, Kafka, and Kubernetes or similar technologies.
Fluent in object-oriented design, industry best practices, software patterns, and architecture principles.
Experience with continuous integration tools and techniques, automating processes, and writing scripts using Python and other languages.
Deep understanding of performance issues and multi-threaded development.
Proficient in the following types of testing: unit, integration, system, functional, non-functional, regression, performance, security, and acceptance.
Experience working with two or more of the following: web/mobile application development, Unix/Linux environments, event-driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software system development, security software development, public-cloud platforms.
Experience with continuous integration tools and techniques, automating processes, and writing scripts using Python and other languages.
Responsibilities
Collaborating with others to deliver complex projects which may involve multiple systems.
Continuously thinking about the next steps while improving yourself and others around you.
Developing solutions to complex technical challenges while coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting the systems you develop.
Recommending technologies and tools that improve the efficiency and quality of company systems and development processes.
Optimizing application performance through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning.

Data Analytics Engineer

Salary: $120k-$130k + Bonus

Location: Chicago, IL/Dallas, TX

Hybrid role: 3 days in-office, 2 days remote

*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*

*Bonus Eligible*

A prestigious financial company is seeking a Data Analytics Engineer

Qualifications
3+ years of hands-on data analytics, science, and/or engineering experience required
3+ years of financial services, risk management, compliance, and/or audit experience required
Bachelor and/or Masters degree in relevant quantitative/analytical field preferred
Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a collaborative environment
Understanding of securities/derivatives markets and risk management
Knowledge of regulatory rules and regulations related to the SEC/CFTC
Knowledge of the financial services industry, including the financial, market, liquidity and operational risks of broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, commercial banks, pension funds, and financial market utilities
Experience in designing and producing quality reports and presentations with a focus on attention to details
Experience supporting department efforts in internal audits or regulatory exams, including responses and remediation action plans
Technical Skills
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
Proficiency with data visualization software such as Tableau or Power BI
Experience with Alteryx or similar ETL tool
Experience with on-prem databases and APIs to access data
Experience with Python, R, SQL, and/or VBA
Responsibilities
Support system, data, and risk oversight methodology development
Review data and risk methodologies during annual reviews
Identify underlying methodology assumptions with a comprehensive set of special cases
Evaluate different possible approaches/enhancements
Monitor enhancements to risk methodologies through full life cycle events
Develop and conduct advanced data analytics and reporting to identify and analyze causal links and meaningful relationships (eg, correlations, distributions, percentiles) across large and/or multi-sourced data sets, determine best methods and visuals to communicate analytical insights, and deliver compelling and easy to understand narratives of those insights to support executive decision making

Data Analytics DevOps Engineer

Salary: $120k-$130k + Bonus

Location: Chicago, IL/Dallas, TX

Hybrid Role (2 days in-office, 3 days remote)

*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*

*Bonus Eligible*

A prestigious financial company is seeking a Data Analytics DevOps Engineer who will be responsible for crafting and building cloud-based applications and data systems that will serve as the backbone for the enterprise data management and analytics capabilities.

Qualifications
Minimum 5 years of experience in software development
Hands-on experience working in DevOps culture focusing on automation and process improvement
Ability to handle Back End development tasks, building scalable distributed data solutions
5+ years of programming experience using Python or Java with strong hands-on experience writing automated tests
3+ years of hands experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, tools, and technologies such as GitHub, Jenkins, Artifactory, Docker, Ansible, Terraform
3+ years of experience delivering technology in a DevOps and Cloud Engineering environment
Scripting experiences with Shell, python, ruby, or similar languages
Experience working with Cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, GCP, AWS preferred) in multi-availability zone, multi-region deployments
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration tools and technologies such as Rancher and EKS
Good understanding of data integrations patterns, technologies, and tools
Familiarity with Big Data processing technologies and frameworks such as Presto, Hadoop, Spark, Flink and with different types of data formats and structures such as like JSON, Protobuf, Avro is desirable
Experience with distributed message brokers such as Kafka, ActiveMQ, or Amazon Kinesis is desirable
Experience with Hygieia DevOps dashboard and integration with DevOps tools is a plus
Responsibilities
You will join the core team responsible for the design, development, and implementation
You will work closely with internal and external business and technology partners
Define system architecture, technology stack and its tactical implementation
You will help us take on unique technical challenges associated with handling large datasets and managing streaming data in public cloud and hybrid environments, build large and complex data pipelines, integrate data coming from diverse sources in different formats, implement continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines, automate everything we can get our hands on, and be part of the API-first design principal implementation
You will have a rare and challenging opportunity to apply your technical skills, knowledge, and experience, acquire new skills and grow with us