Vice President, IT Audit Project Leader
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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, IT Audit Project Leader to join our Risk & Compliance team. This role is located in New York City
In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:
- Support the auditing of security policies and procedures which safeguard infrastructure, systems, files and data.
- Perform Network Penetration testing.
- Conduct application, network, and operating system security assessments
- Support investigations and research for possible computer security related incidents.
- Support Threat Intelligence activities
- Assess incident response team actions and procedures.
- Assess Vulnerability Management programs
- Assess security monitoring of clients, servers, applications, and network infrastructure activities.
- Conduct log analysis to identify suspicious or malicious activity and anomalous behavior.
- Represent cyber security on cross-functional IT project teams.
- Support the analysis, design, functional review and interpretation of requirements of security related hardware and software.
- Understand Data Protection risks and strategies
- Apply knowledge of key regulations and industry standards such as ISO 27001&2, NIST SP800-53, NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Knowledge of scripting/coding such as Java, Go, C, C++, C#, Ruby, Perl, Python, PHP, HTML, Assembler languages preferred but not required
- Effective communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Support continuous audit initiatives for the department.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required.
- Degree in Accounting, Finance, or relevant critical thinking specialty such as MIS, DIS, Computer Science, Mathematics preferred.
- CISA or CISSP or related certifications preferred but not required.
- 7-10 years of total work experience preferred.
- Prior experience in IT Audit or the relevant specialty area preferred.
- Additional core skill requirements include understanding of the applied and interpretation of analytics results for Audit, critical thinking and problem solving.
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BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $83,000 and $150,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.