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Security Operations Specialist
First Data
Jersey City, NJ, United States
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Description
Position Description Overview
First Data is a global corporation with offices and operations in 22 U.S. States and 37 countries in Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC) is responsible for creating and disseminating security-related products and proactively monitoring worldwide events that might have an impact on First Data’s assets, employees, or operations in the U.S. and overseas. These events include civil unrest, natural disasters, fires, accidents, utility outages, and weather phenomena. The JSOC monitors access to First Data facilities as well as various alarm and security systems. In addition, the JSOC assists employees on business travel by providing security and safety briefings when traveling overseas. The JSOC is a 24/7/365 operation
Job Responsibilities
• Global Security & Investigations (GSI) has overall responsibility for ensuring the safety and security of all First Data personnel and facilities worldwide. Key program areas that fall under GSI include Executive Travel & Protection, Investigation & Operations, Intelligence & Threat Analysis, Health & Safety, Personnel Screening and Physical Security.
• GSI is currently seeking an entry to mid-level professional candidate who can assume the role of a Security Operations Specialist within a state of the art, Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC). This opportunity will provide the candidate with excellent experience in an enterprise Corporate Security and Intelligence environment. As part of the JSOC team, the incoming candidate will be primarily responsible for providing timely alerts and writing short briefs for First Data senior leadership focusing on security, weather, or business continuity issues that arise around the world. Moreover, the candidate will actively support other tasks in the JSOC, including incident response, crisis management support, and managing the Security & Data Privacy Hotline.
First Data (NYSE: FDC) is a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, serving approximately six million business locations and 4,000 financial institutions in more than 100 countries around the world. The company’s 22,000 owner-associates are dedicated to helping companies, from start-ups to the world’s largest corporations, conduct commerce every day by securing and processing more than 3,000 transactions per second and $2.4 trillion per year. To learn more about First Data, visit FirstData.com.
Job Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, particularly in History, Political Science, International Relations, Economics, Criminal Justice, or another related field.
• MS Office Suite, SharePoint, Knowledge of Security Systems, Computer Networking
• Knowledge and interest in world events, including political, social, and economic issues; Strong desire to participate in analytics and research of world events as they pertain to First Data resources.
• Ability to master numerous internal and vendor security software programs
• Solid writing skills with a keen eye for grammatical accuracies. Strong oral communication skills, with an ability to relay incident details concisely and accurately
• Self-Starter – Highly motivated and quality conscious – requiring little or no supervision. Ability to work with a team of physical security experts under potentially stressful conditions.
• Ability to provide timely, accurate reports for senior leadership. Supervisors are often tasked to write Informational Reports, sometimes in less than 15 minutes, which detail events occurring around the world and assess their potential impact on First Data’s assets, employees, or operations
• Veterans with an Honorable discharge, Military spouses, or Active Reserve status a plus.