The Job Details are as follows: Role Overview: Balyasny Asset Management is experiencing rapid growth across all parts of the firm and seeks an experienced candidate for an Information Security Analyst role. This role will be hands-on, building out BAM’s firm-wide information security platform. At BAM, you will have the chance to work with some of the smartest and most driven individuals in the industry. The individual selected to fill this role will be a member of our SOC team primarily responsible for responding to and investigating potential security incidents, performing threat hunting exercises, and performing due diligence on our third-party partners. The ideal candidate will have a track record of automating processes, finding innovative solutions to difficult problems, and adapting to new products and solutions. This position will report to BAM's Chief Information Security Officer. Strategic Responsibilities: Implement BAM's Information Security vision and strategy for the firm. Design and implement repeatable, efficient processes for Information Security operations. Collaborate between technology and business teams to drive proper implementation of security controls and compliance requirements across the firm. Enhance cyber security awareness by promoting through employee awareness. Tactical / Hands-On Responsibilities: Triage, investigate, and remediate information security alerts. Perform threat hunting exercises within the Balyasny network to identify potential security threats which have otherwise been unidentified. Perform assessments of our third parties to identify potential security risks. Creating/maintaining runbooks for security investigations. Continually improve internal scanning, detection, and reporting of security risks and anomalous activity. Partner with global infrastructure staff to increase cyber security posture leveraging vendor-based and in-house custom built security solutions. Provide guidance and implement security best practices and systems. Create and maintain accurate documentation on the firm’s information security policies and procedures. Keep up with, and evaluate, new industry and information security trends to determine firm’s best approach for dealing with new trends. Qualifications & Requirements: Bachelors in cybersecurity, networking, computer science or closely related field 1 years information systems security background 1 years working in a SOC and/or related job function Strong understanding of networking (TCP/IP, OSI, routing, switching, firewalls) Solid understanding of good information security, cyber security practices and policies Hands on experience with different security platforms, including SIEM and EDR platforms Strong understanding and implementation experience with encryption technologies (SSL, SSH, PKI) Basic scripting abilities (Python and/or Powershell) Able to communicate technical concepts between technical and non-technical stakeholders Awareness and understanding of current security and cyber threat landscape Experience running incident response/resolution process Hands on experience with logging and monitoring tools Familiarity with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework Bonus Points For: Hands on experience using Splunk and/or CrowdStrike platforms. Knowledge of financial services industry best practices and regulations related to information security (GDPR, etc.) Information Security certifications (CISSP, ISA, ISC2, SANS, etc.) Public cloud (AWS/Azure) information security experience Don’t have all of the skills listed above? Have extra skills you think are important that we haven’t thought of? Please, let us know by applying and telling us a bit more about yourself and why you think you’re qualified!