Cyber MUM Associate

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Position Overview ABOUT APOLLO Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be: The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals. The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses. A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference. We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who: Outperform expectations Challenge Convention Champion Opportunity Lead responsibly Drive collaboration As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together. OUR BENEFITS Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family. Please reach out to your Human Capital Business Partner for more detailed information on specific benefits. POSITION OVERVIEW: Apollo’s Cybersecurity team is currently seeking an Associate of Cyber Assurance, to join our dynamic and distributed Cyber Security team. The team is responsible for protecting the environment from cyber risks, responding to threats, educating resources on cyber best practices, and running cyber controls. In this role, you will join a highly-visible team of Cyber experts responsible for defining and assessing security control compliance across Apollo. This includes data related to identity and access, vulnerabilities, and configurations. A key aspect of the role will be to cultivate a strong understanding of the data available from various sources to enable the Cyber Assurance Team to be effective in its ability to automate control execution and compliance detection. You will collaborate with various teams across Cyber and Engineering to identify information sources and leverage available databasing and reporting technologies to aggregate the sources and align the data to the team’s assurance capabilities. A fundamental understanding of cybersecurity principles, risk management, and compliance frameworks (particularly SOX and SOC 1) is essential to your success in this role. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Identification of information sources across Apollo to enable Cyber Assurance Team to successfully assess security control compliance across the Firm. Design and develop complex queries, and/or leverage API connectivity, to extract data from information sources, and work with various teams within Apollo Engineering to ensure continuous automated extraction for ingestion into centralized Cyber data warehouse. Monitor automated assurance processes to ensure reliability, availability, and security. Coordination of issue management activities, including remediation plan tracking and communication across Apollo Engineering. Assist with control execution and testing activities for regulatory control reviews throughout the year. Documentation of processes and procedures for Cyber Assurance programs. Identify opportunities for, and assist in implementing, control execution efficiencies to better enable control processes via automation and enhanced auditability Develop and implement automated control validation to assess security compliance across systems. Contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of metrics across Cyber Assurance programs. Qualifications & Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Minimum 3 years of experience in Cyber Risk & Controls, including but not limited to Identity and Access Management, Infrastructure and Application Security, and Vulnerability Management. Proficient with databasing technologies, creating complex SQL queries, hands-on experience working with APIs, and automating data extraction (familiarity with scripting and robotic process automation a plus). Experience with compliance frameworks such as SOX and SOC 1, particularly with respect to audit requirements. Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills, highly organized, and detail-oriented, with the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical teams. Collaborative team player who works effectively in cross-functional teams, actively contributing ideas and collaborating with colleagues to achieve common goals. Independent problem solver capable of working autonomously, taking initiative to tackle complex challenges, and driving solutions with minimal supervision while remaining accountable for outcomes.