Security Operations Specialist

Job Description:

The Security Analyst is responsible for supporting a broad range of Physical Security Operation functions to protect Fidelity's most critical assets, including its people, facilities, information, and reputation. This role supports the monitoring of critical infrastructure, day-to-day security operations, and enterprise risk management efforts through a combination of operational oversight, intelligence-led activities, and incident response support.

A key component of the role is maintaining a strong onsite security presence and serving as a primary resource for life safety events, medical emergencies, security incidents, and operational issues that may impact associates, facilities, or business operations. The Security Analyst works closely with business partners, security vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure security programs, policies, and procedures are effectively implemented and maintained.

In addition to onsite operational responsibilities, the Security Analyst provides support across multiple functions within Fidelity Global Security, including Global Intelligence, Security Infrastructure, Threat Management, and Investigations.

The role partners closely with teams across these disciplines to support intelligence collection and analysis, threat monitoring, security technology initiatives, incident response activities, investigative efforts, and enterprise risk mitigation programs. This cross-functional engagement helps ensure a coordinated and effective security posture, enabling Global Security to proactively identify, assess, and respond to threats and operational challenges across the firm.

Success in this role requires strong analytical capabilities, sound judgment, excellent communication skills, and the ability to make informed decisions in fast-paced and time-sensitive situations. The successful candidate must be comfortable engaging with all levels of management, business stakeholders, vendors, private-sector partners, and government agencies.

This role is based onsite in our Galway office and requires employees to be in the office 5 days per week.

Key Skills and Experience

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Experience partnering with internal and external stakeholders on security assessments, projects, and initiatives.
• Strong project management, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Proven judgment in identifying, assessing, and appropriately escalating risks.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Experience developing and delivering presentations to both individual and group audiences.
• Strong analytical and research capabilities utilizing a broad range of information sources.
• Ability to assess the credibility, relevance, and reliability of information from multiple sources.
• Understanding of physical security operations, access control systems, incident management, and life safety procedures.
• Ability to perform effectively in high-pressure situations requiring rapid decision-making and sound judgment.

The Value You Deliver

• Provide real-time security monitoring, reporting, and analysis to support operational decision-making.
• Identify, assess, and communicate emerging threats, risks, trends, and significant events that may impact Fidelity operations.
• Support daily physical security operations, life safety programs, emergency response activities, and incident management processes.
• Serve as a primary onsite point of contact for medical emergencies, security incidents, and events affecting associates, facilities, or business operations.
• Support access control administration, security technology initiatives, vendor management, and onsite security projects.
• Conduct open-source research and intelligence analysis to support investigations, risk assessments, and security planning activities.
• Prepare reports, presentations, briefings, situational awareness products, and stakeholder communications.
• Support investigations, after-action reviews, lessons learned initiatives, and information-sharing efforts.
• Identify and escalate security concerns, vulnerabilities, and emerging threats identified through operational activities and intelligence research.
• Collaborate with domestic and international security partners to enhance situational awareness, threat monitoring, and information sharing.
• Provide analysis and reporting on issues affecting both physical and cyber security environments, enabling proactive risk mitigation and business continuity planning.

Support Global Security functions, including Intelligence, Security Infrastructure, Threat Management, Investigations, and other security initiatives as business needs require.

Foster strong partnerships across the business while contributing to a safe, secure, and resilient environment for Fidelity associates, operations, and assets.

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