Cyber Threat Detection and Hunting, VP

About the Role

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Perform threat hunts using SIEM, EDR, and Threat Hunting Tools, based on threat intelligence, threat actor TTPs and IOCs, and Threat Hunting hypotheses
• Weekly/Monthly tracking and reporting of Threat Hunting activity, progress, and metrics
• Threat Hunting supporting incident response
• Serve as backup and rotation for Threat and Vulnerability Intelligence functions
• Support audit and regulatory exams
• Administer tools and platforms and related technologies to support Threat Hunting
• Document and maintain processes and procedures
• Presentations to stakeholders and senior leaders

This is a 24/7 Cybersecurity Operations organization, so you may be occasionally required to perform threat hunting work after hours or on weekends in support of a cyber incident or other threat-related requirement.

Requirements

• 6+ years of prior Threat Hunting or Incident Response experience
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or Bash for automation, data parsing, and custom tooling
• Experience writing detection logic using SIGMA, YARA, Splunk SPL, or KQL
• Ability to develop and maintain scripts for threat hunting workflows and incident response
• Experience using and building AI platforms/agents to automate and build efficiencies
• Experience with Threat or Vulnerability intelligence, assessment, and management (a plus)
• Knowledge of industry standards and frameworks such as NIST, MITRE ATT&CK, TAHITI, PEAK
• Knowledge of SIEM, EDR, Networking, Operating Systems, and Scripting Languages
• Knowledge of AI agents
• 6+ years overall experience working in a global organization
• Minimum of 6 years working directly in Cybersecurity Operations
• Experience working within the Financial Services Industry (preferred)
• Relevant technical and industry certifications (a plus) such as CISSP, ISSMP, SANS, GCIA, CISM, EnCE, CEH, GCFA, GCFE, GCIH, or GSEC
• 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.

Pay

The typical base pay range for this role is as follows: New York / New Jersey: $123,000 – $194,000 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.

Benefits

Our Total Rewards program provides colleagues with a competitive benefits package (in accordance with eligibility requirements and respective terms) 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
• Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays

Schedule

Our hybrid work schedule is four days on-site and one day remote per week.