Senior Information Security Officer

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Information Security Officer

Corporate Title:  Up to Senior Vice President

Location:  Dublin

Company Overview:

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 is core to how we drive Responsible Growth.  This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.  Join us!

Location Overview:

Our Central Park office in Leopardstown, boasts modern facilities based in Dublin’s premium business park. With an onsite gym and staff restaurant, all your daily needs are conveniently catered for. Travel options include the LUAS network and the Central Park shuttle service between Dublin City Centre and Central Park. We also provide tax saver tickets as part of our award-winning benefits package, which means getting to work has never been so easy.

Role Description:

The Country Information Security Officer role is aligned to the Bank of America Europe DAC legal entity and will be based in Dublin, reporting into the Reginal Information Security Officer (RISO).

In this role you will act as the primary contact providing advisory and oversight on information security topics, policies, and controls. This will ensure a focus on the risk priorities relating to information security.

To achieve this, you will leverage the wider regional and global information security functions as needed. 

Responsibilities:

• You will Provide advisory and oversight on information security as appointed country/entity lead. You will be collaborating with regional and global Information Security functions to prevent, detect, mitigate and respond/recover to information security issues
• You will be working with the regional and global Information Security teams to ensure that Information Security requirements and ambition are communicated, discussed and tracked in an effective, consistent and timely way to senior management across BofA Europe DAC / EU management team
• You will be working in collaboration with the Risk and Compliance teams, supporting them in their activities and helping them continue to develop processes and solutions
• You will be partnering closely with technology groups and the wider GIS teams to remediate Information Security issues in a timely manner to reduce vulnerability
• You will have a proven ability to drive security awareness activities in the country based on the risk and threat landscape
• This role will monitor information security trends internal and external to the bank and keep leadership informed about information security-related issues and activities affecting the organisation

What we are looking for:

• Information Security & Technology experienced professional with extensive experience within Global information Security
• Subject matter expertise in information security; including topics such as application security, vulnerability testing and development with experience in understanding and evaluating cyber security controls
• Extensive risk management experience with a proven ability to effectively apply risk principles to challenging business situations
• Exceptional executive presentation and communication skills
• Excellent influencing and problem resolution skills
• Ability to be comfortable delivering messages across a wide spectrum of individuals having varying degrees of technical understanding
• Exceptional leadership skills and qualities which enable you to work with peers and various levels of management

Skills that will help:

• Bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field
• Relevant information security certifications (CISSP, CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security +) would be an advantage
• Data Governance
• Executive Presence
• Business Intelligence
• Risk Management

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

Ireland

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner

• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons

• 20 days of back-up childcare and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum

• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters

• Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan

• Ability to donate to charities of your choice and the bank will match your contribution

• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.

• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long-term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, membership of the Traveller community, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, civil status,  socio-economic background, family status or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.