Insider Risk Analyst

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Dallas
Posted on: May 16, 2025

Job Description:

Job Title:Insider Risk AnalystLocation:TX - Dallas/IrvingWhat you'll do:Western Alliance Bank's (WAB) Business Information Security Office is responsible for analyzing and conducting assessments of insider related risks and vulnerabilities identified by the WAB Insider Risk Program, including policy violations, system alerts, and other reported threats to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets. The Insider Risk Analyst role will assist in the development and analysis of potential indicators of insider risk, develop artifacts that accurately and completely describe current state processes, practices and/or metrics in support of the Insider Risk Program, and conduct various assessments of operational, and technical security controls to identify opportunities to further enhance the Insider Risk Program. This role will also provide evaluation support to other activities within the Insider Risk Program including security communications, regulatory compliance, security awareness training, metric reporting, and standards/policies. Additionally, this role will assist in the aggregation and analysis of insider risk and other related cyber metrics/indicators to support investigations as required involving a variety of highly technical and/or business functional stakeholders across the WAB enterprise. This is key to ensuring the proactive management of insider-related risk services in compliance with Western Alliance Bank policies, standards, and frameworks.This individual will work as part of a matrixed team of cybersecurity professionals in a structure designed to help them succeed in delivering best-in-class security to this stakeholder group..

• Facilitate initial Insider Risk investigations by analyzing and verifying information through various data sources and tools such as Data Loss Prevention, Endpoint Detection and Response, Network Traffic Analysis & Deceptive Technology to detect malicious lateral movement & privilege escalation in On-prem and Cloud environment.
• Identify the technical requirements for accessing data for insider risk analysis.
• Provide actionable Insider risk analysis for remediation on all escalations.
• Facilitate Triage of potential Insider Risk events with cross-functional partners.
• Collaborate with internal teams to drive Insider Risk program continuous improvement.
• Assess and make recommendations for improvement and refinement of use cases, software tools, and other risk reduction methods used to improve the Insider Risk Program.
• Create analytical and data visualization tools to automate the analysis of large dataset and correlate with other sources and apply advanced analytics to identify insider anomalies.
• Develop insider risk indicators that fuse data from multiple sources.
• Maintain operational data store for insider risk and security program data in secure manner and according to industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and implement software and data applications in both our existing stack (SQL Server on Azure VM, Python on Azure Linux VM) and coding for our planned future state (Azure SQL, Azure Linux VM, Master Data Management, etc.).
• Stay current with the latest cyber threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities, and updated with evolving and emerging attack techniques and methods.
• Maintain and update related insider risk artifacts such as IT Standards and Standard Operation Procedures and carry out activities specified in these documents.
• Participate in various cybersecurity exercises such as cyber tabletop and BCP.What you'll need:
  • 2+ years of related experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in related field required.
  • Entry level to intermediate knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
  • Entry level to intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
  • Intermediate experience with providing knowledge of cybersecurity policies and procedures, Privacy principles and practices, and vulnerability assessment tools and techniques.
  • Intermediate knowledge of the risk and controls associated with Cybersecurity Program domains including Identify & Access, Data Protection, Threat/Vulnerability Management, BCP/DR, security governance & assessment, security training & awareness, network security, cloud security, emerging technology controls (e.g. AI, blockchain), third-party suppliers, security operations, etc.
  • Proven experience using analytical and data visualization tools to automate the analysis of a large dataset and correlate with other sources of information.
  • Understanding and/or working knowledge of insider risks relevant to Financial Services and Banking
  • Working knowledge of Azure, Azure SQL and serverless compute environments.
  • Experience working with APIs, data warehouses or data marts involving the extraction, transformation, and loading of data in financial services environment.
  • Proficiency in Power BI development to and creation of business intelligence data visualizations.
  • Experience with SQL for data manipulation and extraction.
  • Knowledge of Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) for creating calculations.
  • Working knowledge of CMU Insider Threat Framework, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Cyber kill chain, TTP, threat intelligence, malware triage.
  • Understanding of various cybersecurity attacks conducted on systems, networks, and applications.
  • Possess strong analytical skills, self-motivated, detail oriented and team player.
  • Willing to learn and work in a collaborative manner with peers and team.
  • Able to work under pressure during critical situations.
  • A passion for cybersecurity and data security.
  • Entry level speaking and writing communications skills.
  • CompTIA Security+, CompTIA A+, GIAC Information Security Fundamentals (GISF), or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) preferred.Benefits you'll love:We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!About the company:Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process. - Western Alliance Bancorporation

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