Job Description:
About Us
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.
We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Global Business Services
Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations.
Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence and innovation.
In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services.
Process Overview*
This Vulnerability Analyst role supports Bank of America’s Attack Surface & Vulnerability Management (ASVM) team. ASVM is a global function, with teammates in the Americas, EMEA and APAC, that is responsible for evaluation and prioritization of security vulnerabilities to enable appropriate remediation across the company. This role will join a team of vulnerability analysts leveraging technical and analytic skills to assess cyber security related risks based on an understanding of the bank’s attack surface, control environment and threat landscape. Among other things, this will involve data mining efforts to answer the following three questions: Do we have it? Are we vulnerable? Is it exploitable? In addition, this role will assist with reporting and tracking of vulnerability risks that impact the organization.
Job Description*
This position will be a member of the GIS Vulnerability Identification team. The Vulnerability scanning deployment & engineering specialist will be primarily responsible for end-to-end technology enablement in support of the global Vulnerability Identification program. To continuously improve vulnerability detection capabilities, the role’s remit will span across the Americas, EMEA and the Asia Pacific regions and will focus on the planning, design, testing, deployment of tactical and strategic solutions. This role requires partnership with solutions vendors and technology infrastructure partners to optimally tailor future solutions to vulnerability identification strategic objectives. The role will require cross-organization collaboration to solve key issues impactful to the enterprise.
Responsibilities*
- Evaluate and rate vulnerabilities using available data sources, tools and leveraging new data sources as needed.
- Analyze environmental conditions as it relates to vulnerabilities, threat scenarios, and mitigating controls.
- Search systems of record and scan tool output to identify whether vulnerable products are present in our environment
- Manage reporting, tracking and research updates for “watch list” vulnerabilities
- Identification of data ingestion errors or quality concerns with intelligence feed and escalation to vendor for remediation
- Coordination with threat intelligence teams
- Confirmation of ratings with downstream stakeholders
- Participate in follow-the-sun handoff communications to ASVM teammates in other regions
Requirements*
Education* -BE/BTECH/MCA/MSC (IT) equivalent (Any Technical Degree)
Certifications If Any* - NA
Experience Range* - 4+ Years
Foundational Skills*
- Broad knowledge of information security principles
- Understanding of Vulnerability Management principles and Risk Assessment methodologies
- Wide knowledge of application and IT products, interoperability, and IT security
- Familiarity with industry standard scoring models such as CVSS
- Familiarity with industry standard data models such as CPE
- Familiarity with OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, SANS 25, MITRE Attack, and CWEs
- Effective communication skills
- Process oriented with keen attention to detail
- Excellent analytical skills/problem solving/conceptual thinking
- Strong work ethic and ability to effectively multi-task in a fast-paced support environment
- Highly motivated and willing to learn
Desired Skills*
- Experience as a Vulnerability or Threat Analyst
- Knowledge of vulnerability attack methods, exploit results, attack chains
- Experience operationalizing MITRE Attack & TTPs in vulnerability prioritization
- Knowledge of Linux and Windows Operating Systems
- Familiarity with basic program languages such as Python and Java
- Experience conducting vulnerability assessments, code reviews and penetration tests against system and application technologies, services, platforms and languages to find flaws and exploits
(e.g., SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting, Cross-Site Request Forgery, Clickjacking, Authentication/Authorization, Privilege Escalation, Business Logic Bypass) - Knowledge of container/cloud risk management
Work Timings* - 1:30 PM - 10:30 PM (IST)
Job Location* - Chennai/Hyderabad/Mumbai
