Cyber Security Technical Advisor (GRC) – AVP

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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.

Job Summary:

This role is a member of the CISO of America’s team and will provide consultation and support within the Cybersecurity GRC function. The primary focus will be on the design, implementation, and testing of security controls, ensuring that technical systems and information assets are appropriately protected. The role also emphasizes comprehensive risk management, including the identification, assessment, and management of inherent, control, and residual risks. Additionally, the successful candidate will have expertise in cloud security, ensuring robust protection across major cloud providers.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Risk Management: Prioritize the identification, assessment, and management of inherent, control, and residual risks. Develop and implement comprehensive risk mitigation strategies.
• Control Framework: Drive implementation, sustainability, and maturity of the firm’s Information Security control framework.
• Benchmarking: Execute benchmark technology processes against industry standards such as NIST 800-53, NIST CSF, CRI Profile, CIS Benchmarks, OWASP in conjunction with MUFG policies and standards.
• Assessment: Assess control design, operating effectiveness, and sustainability in support of Information Security commitments to align with all applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and procedures.
• Guidance: Provide clear and consistent communications to lines of business related to cybersecurity topics. Guide the lines of business through assessments, translating the technology/security questions so that they can be understood by the business; then guide them as to how to gather the required information.

Additional Responsibilities may include:

• Collaboration: Interact with internal and external teams across various levels within the organization, Audit & IT Controls teams, internal risk committees, and external state and federal agencies (e.g., OCC, FRB).
• Regulatory Knowledge: Maintain a high degree of knowledge with current and proposed security changes impacting regulatory, privacy, and security industry best practice guidance, leveraging technological solutions to meet enterprise needs.
• Remediation: Ensure gaps are addressed via remediation plans with timely resolution which address root cause of control failures.
• Reporting: Compile and distribute program level reporting to relevant stakeholders.
• Governance: Support Information Security oversight and governance by ensuring our control environment is monitored through relevant KRI/KPIs.
• Risk Communication: Establish and drive a clear risk picture to the lines of business through daily contact on risk and security issues.

Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum of 3-5 years' experience in a combination of risk management, information security, and IT roles.  Prior audit experience a plus.
• Cloud Security: In-depth knowledge of cloud security practices and technologies for major providers and may include:
  • Implementing identity and access management (IAM) policies to control user access.
  • Utilizing encryption for data at rest and in transit.
  • Configuring security monitoring and logging to detect and respond to threats.
  • Applying security patches and updates to cloud infrastructure.
• Risk Management: Strong understanding and prioritization of risk management concepts, including inherent risk, control risk, and residual risk.
• Control Design and Implementation: Extensive experience in designing, implementing, and testing security controls to ensure they are effective and sustainable.
• Documentation: Experience in writing process documentation and designing/executing control test scripts.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Knowledge of domestic and international banking regulations (Reg W, Basel II, FFIEC, GDPR, etc.) and experience with enforcement agencies oversight activities (regulatory examinations, matters requiring attention (MRAs), consent orders, etc.) within a global systemically important financial institution's information technology and information security environments.
• Technical Understanding: Understanding of the regulatory environment and regulations related to technology risk, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Reserve Board (FRB) expectations.
• Certifications: Professional certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CISM, CGEIT, CSX, CISSP.
• Collaboration: Ability to constructively work both independently and in collaborative environments involving all levels of management and employees.
• Multitasking: Ability to manage multiple priorities concurrently, prioritize, and efficiently complete responsibilities while maintaining the highest quality.
• Skills: Excellent analytical, organizational, and conceptual skills. Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Education & Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Security or a closely related discipline, or equivalent related experience.

The typical base pay range for this role is between $110K - $135K 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.