What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cyber Security Specialist position at Haystack?
Cybersecurity Specialist | Minneapolis
We're hiring on behalf of a Haystack partner!
The Role
• Serve as a subject matter expert on cyber fraud threats impacting e-commerce and consumer-facing digital platforms.
• Design and help establish cyber fraud prevention capabilities, processes, and governance for a newly formed function.
• Provide strategic guidance on cyber fraud policies, standards, and operating procedures to shape enterprise-wide risk management.
• Advise cross-functional teams on embedding fraud prevention and detection controls into digital product lifecycles.
• Conduct cyber fraud threat modeling to proactively identify fraud vectors, abuse cases, and control gaps.
• Monitor, detect, triage, and respond to cyber fraud incidents using analytics, dashboards, and intelligence-driven tooling.
What You'll Need
• Minimum 3 years of experience in cyber fraud, fraud operations, or cybersecurity operations within an e-commerce or digital environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in fraud detection, investigation, incident response, and prevention strategies.
• Experience tuning, optimizing, or implementing fraud detection and monitoring platforms.
• Strong understanding of adversarial tactics and abuse patterns used in cyber fraud.
• Working knowledge of threat modeling methodologies applied to fraud use cases.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Assurance, or related field.
What's On Offer
• The opportunity to build and scale a new function from the ground up in a highly visible role.
• Exposure to diverse global digital platforms and cross-functional teams.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical coverage, retirement savings plan with high employer contribution, and educational benefits.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment within a company recognized for its employee-centric culture.
Apply via Haystack today!