Bank of America · 17 hours ago
Senior Cloud Detection Engineer
Denver
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$150K/yr - $191K/yr
8+ years expBank of America is looking for an experienced Cloud Detection Engineer to join their Cyber Security Operations team. The role focuses on developing and tuning AWS detections while maintaining operational alignment with the SOC and providing complex escalation support.
Asset ManagementBankingFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
Design, build, and tune AWS security detections using Splunk
Reduce false positives and improve alert fidelity
Partner with cloud and security teams to increase detection coverage
Translate threat scenarios into actionable detections
Act as L2 escalation support for complex AWS-related alerts
Validate and investigate high-risk findings
Provide feedback and guidance to L1 analysts
Use real investigations to continuously improve detection logic
Qualification
Required
Minimum of eight (8) or more years relevant Cyber Security experience with at least five (5) years in Cloud SOC and/or Purple Team roles
Highly organized and motivated self-starter who can deliver results with minimal direction
Experience writing and tuning detections
Experience with SIEM tools including Splunk
Experience designing and implementing technical solutions to enhance visibility, alerting capabilities, and reduce risk within AWS
Experience reviewing applications, infrastructure, and architectural designs to identify threats and vulnerabilities
Experience with a range of AWS native services and tools (i.e. Guard Duty, CloudTrail, Security Hub)
Understanding of threat frameworks, such as MITRE ATT&CK for Cloud and D3FEND
Understanding of Risk Management principles
Experience in building, configuring, operating and/or securing cloud infrastructure and applications in AWS with either native cloud service provider capabilities or 3rd party vendor tools
Ability to independently assess risks and identify vulnerabilities in infrastructure with an eagerness to suggest new processes, policies, and overall improvements to internal security controls
Experience partnering with incident response teams, threat intelligence researchers, Red/Purple teams, and/or HUNT researchers
Familiarity with common Information Security and data protection frameworks and standards (i.e. CIS, NIST, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI DSSS, ISO 270001)
Ability to navigate and collaborate effectively within a geographically complex and dispersed global corporation
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to distill key data points and effectively present information
Preferred
CCSP / CCSK
CISSP / CISM / Security +
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, or related field
Benefits
Discretionary incentive eligible
This role is currently benefits eligible.
We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
Company
Bank of America
Bank of America is a financial institution that offers credit cards, home loans, and auto loan services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$3.59BKey Investors
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2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt· $386.79M
2024-11-26Post Ipo Debt· $2B
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Leadership Team
Charissa Messer
Senior Vice President, Creative Agency Executive (Enterprise Creative Solutions)
Rami Salem
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