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The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.The analyst for Incident Response Planning and Operations is responsible for cyber security wargaming and incident readiness program. While the focus is the Americas, this role has strong engagement and collaboration with other regions and our Home Office in Japan. The main goals are to prepare our Global Incident Response team, as well as relevant stakeholders on cyber readiness.
Major Responsibilities- Supporting role for Program Leadership:
- Support a comprehensive cyber wargaming and incident readiness program.
- Contribute to tabletop exercises with enterprise risk management and incident response strategies.
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure exercises reflect realistic threat scenarios.
- Exercise Design & Execution:
- Design and facilitate cyber incident tabletop exercises, red/blue team simulations, and strategic wargames.
- Develop injects, scripts, and after-action review processes.
- Incorporate threat intelligence and emerging risks into exercise scenarios.
- Readiness Assessment:
- Evaluate organizational response capabilities and identify gaps in incident response plans.
- Produce detailed reports and recommendations for improvement.
- Track remediation efforts and maturity over time.
- Stakeholder Engagement:
- Work closely within Enterprise Information Security teams to identify areas of improvement.
- Collaborate with IT, security operations, legal, communications, and executive leadership.
- Present findings and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
- Continuous Improvement:
- Monitor trends in cyber threats and incident response best practices.
- Integrate lessons learned from real incidents and exercises into future planning.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or related field.
- 1 year or more in cybersecurity, with experience in incident response or threat management.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, writing and analytical skills.
- Some experience in influencing, designing or facilitating tabletop exercises or cyber simulations.
- Ability to document and explain technical details in a concise, understandable manner
- Relevant technical and industry certifications in cybersecurity
- Good understanding of NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, and other cybersecurity frameworks.
- Knowledge in one or more security domains including Incident Response and Forensics, Security Governance and Oversight, Security Risk Management, Network Security, or Threat and Vulnerability Management.
- Knowledge of cloud security, AI assisted Incident Response, DevOps, and application security.
- Strong tasks and time management skills.
- Japanese languages knowledge or fluency.
- Knowledge of the various types of cyber-attacks and their implementations.
- Experience in operational processes such as security monitoring, data correlation, troubleshooting, security operations, etc.
- Experience with information security risk management, including information security audits, reviews, and risk assessments.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.
- Prior work experience in a global company or financial industry.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience
Visa sponsorship/support is based on business needs. We do not anticipate providing visa sponsorship/support for this position.
The typical base pay range for this role is as follows:
- New York / New Jersey: $85k-$123k
- Non–New York / New Jersey: $85k-$107k
depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation. Additionally, our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with the eligibility requirements and respective terms of each) that includes comprehensive health and wellness benefits, retirement plans, educational assistance and training programs, income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities, paid maternity and parental bonding leave, and paid vacation, sick days, and holidays. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please click the link below.
Our hybrid work schedule is four days on-site and work remotely one day per week.
MUFG Benefits Summary
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent education and experience
- At least 1 year of cybersecurity experience, including incident response or threat management experience
- Excellent communication, facilitation, writing, and analytical skills
- Experience influencing, designing, or facilitating tabletop exercises or cyber simulations
- Ability to document and explain technical details concisely and clearly
- Relevant technical and industry cybersecurity certifications
- Understanding of NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, and other cybersecurity frameworks
- Knowledge of incident response and forensics, security governance, security risk management, network security, or threat and vulnerability management
- Knowledge of cloud security, AI-assisted incident response, DevOps, and application security
- Strong task and time management skills
- Japanese language knowledge or fluency
- Knowledge of cyberattack types and their implementations
- Experience with security monitoring, data correlation, troubleshooting, or security operations
- Experience with information security audits, reviews, and risk assessments
- Ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority
- Prior experience in a global company or financial industry
What We Do
MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with over 2,500 locations in more than 50 markets including the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia and Oceania. The Group has over 170,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. Through close partnerships among our group companies, the Group aims to be the world's most trusted financial group, flexibly responding to all of the financial needs of its customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges.
