Information Security Analyst

Tower Research Capital, a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeks an Information Security Analyst to join our Global Cybersecurity team based in Singapore.

As part of the Global Cybersecurity team, individual(s) will work to continually improve the security posture and service by monitoring, identifying and correcting security gaps and countermeasures.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring alerts for potential security incidents and requests for information. This includes, but not limited to monitoring of real-time channels, tools, dashboards, periodic reports, chat sessions, and tickets.
• Following incident-specific procedures to perform basic triage of said potential security incidents to determine their nature and priority and eliminate obvious false positives and process requests for information.
• Escalating potential security incidents to senior analysts and implement countermeasures/mitigating controls.
• Coordinating with stakeholders with supporting third party security service providers to triage alerts, events or incidents.
• Monitoring and analyzing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) to identify security issues for remediation.
• Knowledge of creating Security Information Event Management (SIEM) policy rulesets.
• Recognizing potential, successful, and unsuccessful intrusion attempts and compromises thorough reviews and analyses of relevant event detail and summary information.
• Interfacing with a variety of customers in a polite, positive, and professional manner.
• Documenting all actions taken in a ticketing system
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Information Security / Information Technology
• Proven track record and experience of the following in a highly complex and global organization: 
• Analyzing detected security events
• Performing triage of potential security incidents
• Experience with the technologies including, but not limited to SIEM, IDS/IPS, Network/Host based firewalls, data leakage prevention (DLP).
• Understanding of possible attack activities such as network probing/ scanning, DDOS, malicious code activity, etc.
• Experience scripting in a major language (python/bash/powershell)
• Alternating weekend shift

Additional Qualifications

• Willing to work on any of three shifts to offer 24 hours support service.
• Understanding of common network devices such as routers, switches.
• Understanding of basic networking protocols such as IP, DNS, HTTP.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-motivated to improve knowledge and skills.
• A strong desire to understand the what / why / how of security incidents.
• Understanding of security-related areas (e.g. Malware re-engineering, Cloud Security, Phishing, Deception etc)

Benefits

Tower continues to enhance the in-house trading system and strategies that have positioned the firm as a leader in the thriving field of quantitative trading. While Tower offers challenges and rewards rivaling those of any Wall Street firm, Tower’s cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the premium the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses
• 5 weeks of paid vacation per year
• Breakfast, lunch, and snacks on a daily basis
• International medical insurance
• Free gym membership
• For employees ineligible to participate in the CPF, the cash equivalent of the employer’s CPF contribution
• Free events and workshops
• Donation matching program

Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.