GSOC Analyst - Overnight shift

TorchStone Global
New York, NY

Company Description

TorchStone Global is a risk mitigation and security advisory firm dedicated to serving the unique needs of leading organizations and individuals worldwide. Led by a team of experienced security professionals, TorchStone provides customized solutions to safeguard clients’ most valuable assets – people, capital, and information. The firm specializes in addressing complex challenges, from personal safety to cybersecurity and wealth protection, using global proprietary resources. TorchStone is committed to delivering discreet and effective strategies for navigating and mitigating security risks.


Position Overview:


TorchStone is hiring a full-time, embedded GSOC Analyst for the security operational nerve center for one of our clients. The GSOC’s operations are full time, 24/7/365, and in person. The incumbent’s primary remit focuses on delivering exceptional intelligence reporting and incident response to assist our client as they strive to provide best in class security at scale. The incumbent will serve as the first point of contact for rapid response to emerging issues that affect the client’s employees, properties, or business operations.


The GSOC Analyst will engage effectively with business partners, client security staff and leadership to provide a crucial backstop to the organization’s security program through timely and effective communication of emerging threats to enable managers to mitigate risk and make great business decisions.

Commensurate with an impact role on an established team, this is a high visibility position that requires curiosity, thoughtfulness and a dedication to independently solving the big problems; imagination and flexibility are key factors for success. The right candidate will bring their subject matter expertise in security, intelligence analysis, communications, and incident response. They will then seamlessly combine hard skills with soft, demonstrating value for business partners as well as client security stakeholders.


Duties/Responsibilities:


·      Serve as the focal point for analysis and distribution of operative information that affects the client’s employees, properties, or operations.

·      Manage a high volume of incoming and outgoing communications, directives, requests and reports with a clear security imperative.

·      Triage information for dissemination to relevant security stakeholders or business units.

·      Liaise with client security management, or external first responders to assist in coordinating incident responses.

·      Manage the client’s mass information system to inform stakeholders of emerging security situations, risks, or threats accurately and efficiently.

  • Serve as the focal point for communication to the organization and its partners for crisis management purposes, as well as business resiliency or disaster recovery.


Education/Experience:


·      Bachelor’s Degree in Intelligence Studies, Homeland Security, or Security Management, or related field

·      4 years’ experience on a global threat monitoring security team with progressive management roles or equivalent; all four of which will be in an intelligence management environment

·      Experience with the collection and analysis of threat intelligence

·      Expertise in a security related field, to include security risk management and associated operational processes that support a highly matrixed and progressive corporate security organization

·      Ability to communicate complex issues effectively, verbally and in writing

·      Authorization to work in the U.S.

·      Superior research and writing skills related to the position

·      Professional demeanor with a positive, customer focused attitude

·      Ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and prioritize accordingly

·      A strong commitment to ethical private-sector intelligence practices

·      The ability to maintain confidentiality around security-specific information

·      Must be able to work in 24/7/365 GSOC. Shift work, and in-office presence are required.

·      Must be able to pass a background check and a pre-employment drug screening


Preferred Qualifications:


·      Master’s Degree or equivalent education and related experience

  • Expertise with the collection and analysis of threat intelligence

·      Strong experience with global security

·      Expertise with tools and tech such as Dataminr, iOS, Everbridge and associated applications

  • Experience in workplace incident management and investigations
  • Experience with emerging security technologies

·      Executive level briefing and writing skills

  • Intermediate to advanced use of Microsoft Suite, as well as project management software

·      In addition to excellence in the field of intelligence, an understanding of comprehensive corporate security

·      Operations to include crisis operations, risk management, and crisis communication best practices

·      Experienced in corporate security for a global company

·      Experience writing and publishing standards and policies in a GSOC application

·      Skilled in developing metrics and in conducting security-related trend analysis


Key Incumbent Attributes:


·      Ability to work flexible hours

·      Dedication to speed and precision

·      Commitment to diversity of thought and

professional opinion

·      Flexible, high output mindset

·      Ownership focused

·      Ability to scale at the speed of the client


Featured benefits


Salary 90K Medical insurance, Vision insurance, Dental insurance, 401(k), Disability insurance, paid paternity leave, Paid maternity leave