Sr. Associate IT Security

@ Evercore

Overview

The Security Operations role at Evercore focuses on the tactical side of cyber security and addresses detection, prevention, and response to cyber risks. In this role, you will work within a global security operations team to investigate, monitor, and enhance Evercore’s security posture while collaborating with governance and architecture teams.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as an escalation point for security tickets and incident triage.
• Analyze security events to distinguish real incidents from false positives.
• Collaborate with security architecture to improve monitoring efficiency.
• Utilize tools such as EDR, SIEM, SOAR, NGAV, Deception, NAC, IPS, Vulnerability Management, Insider Risk, and Threat Intel.
• Act as liaison between third party managed security service providers and internal teams.
• Develop automated responses for security incidents.
• Mentor junior team members and advocate for security across departments.

Specific Qualifications

• Experience in creating and fine-tuning correlation rules within security toolsets.
• Log analysis skills for threat investigation and alert triage.
• SOAR experience, including custom playbook development (a plus).
• Experience with EDR tools for investigation and incident response.
• Understanding of threat modeling using MITRE frameworks.
• Knowledge of security operations in a cloud environment.
• Familiarity with offensive security tools, tactics, and techniques.

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Must build relationships across business and IT, have hands on experience with EDR and SIEM, functional knowledge of SOAR (experience preferred), and additional skills in Python and forensics analysis. CISSP or equivalent certification is a plus. This position requires 5-7 years in IT security or infrastructure roles, and candidates must exhibit drive, resiliency, adaptability, humility, integrity, effective intelligence, team ability, curiosity, and emotional strength.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range is $140,000 to $160,000 with additional discretionary bonus opportunities, equity options, and a comprehensive benefits package including insurance, 401(k), paid time off, wellness programs, and more.

Key Skills/Competency

• Cybersecurity
• Security Operations
• Incident Response
• EDR
• SIEM
• SOAR
• Threat Intel
• Vulnerability Management
• Log Analysis
• Mentorship