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Incident Response Planning and Operations, Assistant Vice President

Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?

Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.

With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.

Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.

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.

Job Summary  

The AVP 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 

  • Program Leadership:
    • Develop and manage a comprehensive cyber wargaming and incident readiness program.
    • Align 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.
  • 5+ years or more in cybersecurity, with experience in incident response or threat management.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, writing and analytical skills.
  • Experience designing and 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
  • Experience with information security risk management, including information security audits, reviews, and risk assessments 
  • Strong understanding of NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, and other cybersecurity frameworks.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally and influence without direct authority.
  • Prior work experience in a global company preferred.

Desired Skills 

  • 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 security, networks, databases, and applications 
  • 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. 

The typical base pay range for this role is between $104K - $131K 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.

MUFG Benefits Summary

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (including (i) the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, (ii) the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, (iii) the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and (iv) the California Fair Chance Act) to the extent that (a) an applicant is not subject to a statutory disqualification pursuant to Section 3(a)(39) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 8a(2) or 8a(3) of the Commodity Exchange Act, and (b) they do not conflict with the background screening requirements of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA). The major responsibilities listed above are the material job duties of this role for which the Company reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of conditional offer of employment, if any.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experience of our workforce to create opportunities for our colleagues and our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender expression, gender identity, sex, age, ancestry, marital status, protected veteran and military status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

 

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