( Information Security Specialist ) American Express Careers, American Express Virtual Assistan[...]

American Express; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 27,552 - 41,328; Full time

Job summary

American Express is seeking an Information Security Specialist to join our Providence team. The role focuses on translating business needs into robust reporting and metrics, building data pipelines, and maturing security-focused analytics.

You will work with a range of technologies to deliver insights and safeguard data across complex environments. The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience in data processing, relational databases, and big data ecosystems, with strong SQL skills and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Data Systems, Computer Science, or Statistics Analytics preferred.
• Experience with data pipelines, ETL/ELT, batch and real-time processing.
• Experience with MS SQL and PostgreSQL in a data warehouse.
• Familiarity with Hadoop ecosystem (Greenplum, Spark, Hive, HDFS).
• Experience with BI/analytics platforms (PowerBI, Tableau, Looker, Data Studio, Qlik).
• Strong SQL performance tuning and stored procedures knowledge.
• Ability to mine data, derive insights, and communicate options.

Responsibilities

• Translate commercial requirements into reporting and metrics solutions.
• Combine proprietary technologies to aid prototyping and product insights.
• Architect data pipelines and frameworks for complex data curation.
• Lead data analysts and information security analysts.
• Manage multiple initiatives and meet time-sensitive purchaser requirements.
• Adapt to changing requirements and priorities.
• Identify data discrepancies and ensure data integrity.
• Analyze statistics to identify trends and patterns.
• Perform query tuning and optimization.
• Collaborate with the director and security team to mature reporting applications.

Skills

Data pipelines

ETL/ELT

Analytical thinking

Independent worker

Problem solving

Communication

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Data Systems, Computer Science, or Statistics Analytics

Tools

MS SQL

PostgreSQL

Greenplum

Hadoop

Spark

Hive

HDFS

Elastic

PowerBI

Tableau

Looker

Dataproc

Data Studio

Qlik

Job description

Position Overview

Information Security Specialist – Salary: $20-30/Hour – Location: Providence, USA – Bachelor's Degree required.

Responsibilities

• Translate commercial enterprise requirements into reporting and metric solutions.
• Combine modern solutions related to proprietary technologies/products and aid the development/recognition of prototypes and product insights.
• Architect and construct frameworks which include information pipelines to process complex data curation & extraction requirements.
• Lead and set direction for data analyst / information security analysts.
• Handle more than one initiatives in parallel and guide time‑sensitive purchaser requirements.
• Capacity to conform to changing requirements, methodologies, and priorities.
• Apprehend diverse complicated data sets and derive relevant insights to remedy client requirements/struggles.
• Select/examine data discrepancies/statistics exception problems and paint to ensure data consistency and integrity.
• Analyze statistics and metrics to identify underlying trends and patterns.
• Carry out query tuning and optimization.
• Cope with customer relationship and expectations.
• Collaborate effectively, work carefully inside a coordinated team environment, and hold composure while managing time‑sensitive limits or confronting system issues.
• Work with Director and other data security professionals to outline approach and roadmap to mature reporting application.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s diploma in Engineering, Data Systems, Computer Science, or Statistics Analytics is favored.
• At least 4 years of actual‑international experience with:
• Data pipelines along with the principles of ETL, ELT, batch processing, real‑time processing, and complex event processing.
• Relational databases within a data warehouse (MS SQL and PostgreSQL).
• Massively parallel processing databases (Greenplum).
• Massive data ecosystems like Hadoop and cloud computing services (Spark, Hive, HDFS, and Elastic).
• Analytics and enterprise intelligence platforms that provide outputs inside the form of result units, measures, metrics, and reports using data exports, visualizations, dashboards, and post to API (PowerBI, Tableau, Looker, Dataproc, Data Studio, and Qlik).
• Stable experience in developing stored procedures (methods and functions) and query overall performance tuning, sizing, & optimization.
• Strong analytical/problem solving capabilities with the capacity to genuinely articulate answer alternatives.
• Potential to data mine, display and tune very large data sets.
• Statistical security domain knowledge is preferred (e.g., equipment and technology).
• Independently driven – potential to innovate, pursue solutions, and interact with partners autonomously without supervision.
• Revel in extra programming languages: Python, C#, Java, JavaScript, and many others (a plus).

American Express is an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status.