• Location: New York NY
• Type: Perm
• Job #25373

Company Overview:
A leading global sovereign wealth fund with over 2,000 employees across 12 locations worldwide is seeking an AVP, Threat Prevention to join their Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Resilience team. This role focuses on protecting the firm's information technology and digital assets while supporting its digitalization journey securely.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain security controls in areas such as DLP, EDR, NDR, Cloud Security, Firewalls, or WAF
• Perform Monitoring & Event Triage as part of a global cybersecurity operating model
• Continuously assess and enhance the effectiveness of existing controls to address evolving cyber threats
• Monitor dashboards, logs, and alerts, and respond accordingly
• Troubleshoot and refine security policies and configurations for optimal performance and compliance
• Perform initial triage of detections and enrich events with contextual data
• Conduct periodic rule-tuning based on emerging threat patterns and false-positive analysis
• Work closely with network, identity, and application security operational teams for consistent policy enforcement
• Maintain up-to-date runbooks, SOPs, and configuration baselines
• Evaluate new features from DLP, EDR, NDR, Cloud controls, Firewall, or WAF, and pilot enhancements
• Participate in post-incident reviews to identify gaps and recommend platform-level mitigations

Qualifications:

• A degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field
• Hands-on experience configuring and managing DLP, EDR, NDR, Cloud Controls, Firewalls, or WAF
• Strong understanding of cloud-based security architectures, zero-trust principles, and secure web traffic inspection
• 5–7 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, threat analysis, or security engineering
• Familiarity with SIEM and SOAR
• Knowledge of operating systems and networks such as Unix, Windows, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, TLS, and Proxy concepts
• Ability to automate tasks via PowerShell, Python, or Bash
• Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, GSEC, CompTIA, or vendor-specific credentials

Compensation:
Salary: $130,000 – $150,000, Plus Bonus