Information Security Sr Analyst

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Apex Fintech Solutions, is a leading innovator in the fintech sector, leveraging advance...

Apex Fintech Solutions (Apex) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by building tech-forward solutions that help simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech software enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, Webull, and eToro, amongst many others; collectively, Apex powers access to the stock market for over 22+ million end customers.

At Apex, we are changing how the securities industry operates by reinventing the status quo, which was manual, slow, and accessible only by the ultra-wealthy. We're digitizing and democratizing systems so that everyone has an opportunity to invest.

When you're at Apex, you drive this change. You're part of a global team with a clear vision: to be the trusted technology that powers the digital economy. Our offices in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Portland, Belfast, and Manila are home to over 1,000 employees.

Together, we’re shaping the future of financial innovation. Embrace change. Solve big. Win together. And be G.R.E.A.T. — grit, results, empathy, accountability, and teamwork — with Apex.

We’re proud to be recognized for the innovative work we do, the purpose-driven nature of our work, and the collaborative culture we’ve created.

• Senior SOC Analyst will be responsible for day-to-day security threats, vulnerability management, analysis, and response.
• Manage security incidents and review security alerts, determine if events are false positives, true positives, or false negatives; collaborate with incident responders on threats.
• Work on log analysis, vulnerabilities and emerging threats, threat hunting and incident response following best practices and control frameworks.
• Mentor analysts and serve as escalation point; provide security metrics, threat landscape updates, and trends.
• Build, enhance, and automate security tools and processes; develop automation solutions.
• Lead complex security investigations and contribute to strategic improvements of the security posture.
• Develop and maintain security dashboards, metrics, and executive-level reporting.
• Develop and maintain security tools, playbooks, and SOAR workflows to improve SOC efficiency.
• Provide Incident Response support when analysis confirms an actionable incident.
• Communicate with stakeholders and senior management to provide updates on security incidents and resolutions.
• Participate in internal projects to increase SOC efficiency and improve tooling; maintain and update security documentation, including incident reports and KB articles.
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide analysis of trending security data from various devices across layers.
• Apply threat hunting techniques using custom queries, behavioral analysis, and threat modeling frameworks.
• Develop and share information with SOC analysts and external teams.
• Support agile and fast-moving environment by challenging and improving existing processes.
• Mentor and advise other departments on security practices.

• The permanent right to live and work in the United Kingdom; role based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• Bachelor’s degree in Security, Forensics, Cyber Security, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in an information security / cyber security role.
• Desirable: experience as a security analyst, incident handler/responder, security engineer, or penetration tester.
• Knowledge of cyber security methodologies and frameworks (e.g., Cyber Kill Chain, MITRE ATT&CK/D3
  
  FEND).
• Knowledge of technical security solutions (firewalls, SIEM, NIDS/NIPS/HIDS/HIPS, EDR, DLP, SOAR, proxies, network analytics, cloud security).
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, FTP, SSH, SSL/TLS, HTTP; network analysis and security applications.
• Knowledge of common malware threats and attack methodologies.
• Proficiency in scripting and programming languages (Power Shell, Python, Bash, .NET, Java, C, etc.).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code.