Cyber Security Data Operations Engineer - Associate

About this role

We are looking for a Cyber Security Data Operations Engineer to join BlackRock’s Technology & Operations organization.

This role sits within a team responsible for building reliable, secure, and observable data pipelines in a highly regulated environment. You will work closely with technology, operations, and information security partners to deliver data products that enable transparency, automation, and risk‑informed decision making at scale.

The ideal candidate is an engineer at heart—comfortable working end‑to‑end across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and governance—who values clean design, strong documentation, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

· Lead requirements gathering sessions and understand business priorities for design and solutioning of applications for the Cyber Security team.

· Own and manage a data analytics application roadmap, and prioritization of features against business needs

· Build KPIs, KRIs and dashboards in a low code cyber security data analytics platform.

· Design and recommend functional solutions using best practices

· Develop cross-functional relationships with the Cyber Security teams to prioritize new features and metrics based on business impact

· Builds custom reports to support product enhancements

· Capture business requirements, translate them into requirements for architects & developers and prioritize them

· Ensure requirements evolve into user documentation such that they are simultaneously published as features get released

· Drive adoption of new features for systems by working closely with engineers along with organizing and participating in user acceptance testing

· Data Requirements and documentation

· Ensure data interfaces between all teams is fully documented and agreed

· Provide support to business users by generating ad-hoc reports, investigating potential issues with data flow, and/or researching the viability of a suggested improvement

· Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

· Excellent writing and editing skills combined with strong presentation and public speaking skills

· Basic understanding of SaaS platforms and technology systems

· Experience with the full software development lifecycle

· Two plus years of related experience working in financial services / technology / Cyber Security in business process improvement/engineering/project or product management.

· Product Management, Project Management, Business Analysis experience

· Experience working with systems developers in external vendor organization, preferably in an agile environment

Other Desirable Skills & Abilities:

· Experience with databases and writing simple SQL queries

· Strong verbal and written communication

· Ability to gather, analyze, and present data to different audiences

· Ability to understand a process at a high level, while still drilling into details

· Have a thorough understanding of process mapping, data collection, data analysis, procedure writing, and writing effective requirements documentation

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.