Senior Security Analyst/ Security Architect - Threat Detection Team

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 01-Oct-2025. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

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Team Overview:

The Senior Cybersecurity Analyst will work at the direction of the Team Lead to independently perform moderately complex offensive and defensive security activities in the Incident Response, Threat Detection, Hunt, and Red Team spaces. They will often provide input to peers and leaders for quickly decisioning and actioning events in high-pressure and high-risk situations that may have a material impact on the Firm.

What You'll Do:

• Independently perform detailed research into attacker techniques and behaviors to produce tactic and technique reports and then supporting detections.
• Continuous learning to work towards subject matter expertise around new and emerging security threats.
• Function as a key component in decision making by providing accurate and detailed accounts of events to Senior Analysts and leadership in a coordinated fashion during high-stress and ambiguous situations.
• Actively participate in after-action reviews for security incidents and red team assessments to understand Firm impact, perform root cause analysis, identify and escalate potential risks, and ensure all regulatory reporting obligations have been met.
• Contribute to documentation, processes, and capability development; incorporating industry best practices, regulatory requirements, and lessons learned from previous events.
• Track against KPIs, KRIs, and benchmarks through data analytics to measure the effectiveness of the service.
• Effectively communicate with peers and leadership, to ensure awareness of progress, challenges, and impact of ongoing security incidents or operations.
• Understand relationships with identified business partners within security and across the Firm.
• Maintain relationships with Security Architects and Security Engineering teams to provide feedback on control and technology performance.
• Mentor and coach less senior team members and represent the Firm across the financial service's information security community through industry forums, working groups, and conference presentations.

What Experience You'll Need:

• 8+ years relevant cybersecurity experience in progressive roles
• Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or related field preferred
• Completed advanced training and certifications
• Advanced knowledge across specialty areas to include Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Cloud, Authentication/Identity, Network, Email, Application, Infrastructure, and Data
• Demonstrated competency in various cybersecurity tools/datasets and how to leverage them effectively
• Understanding of Mitre ATT&cK and D3fend framework and how to apply them to detection engineering
• Demonstrable experience briefing leaders, including senior leadership, on security incidents/assessments
• Experience with writing code/scripts in at least one language
• Demonstrated ability to contribute meaningful and relevant data in a coordinated way to critical decision makers
• Technical proficiency in documenting research into attacker techniques and behaviors
• Expertise on current security threats and vulnerabilities and of how threat actors execute common attack paths
• Demonstrated competency related to security technologies, processes, requirements, challenges, and best practices
• Demonstrated experience in managing regulatory requirements and common frameworks used by security organizations within the Financial Industry
• Demonstrated experience in working in Product Teams and Agile methodology and practices

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Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits, short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.