Assistant Vice President, Global Threat Hunting

MUFG Bank, Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank is looking for an AVP for their Global Threat Hunting Centre in Singapore. This role demands a proactive approach to cyber threat detection and requires at least 5 years of experience in threat hunting, digital forensics, and incident response. The ideal candidate will be skilled in coding, possess security certifications, and have excellent communication abilities. This position offers a dynamic working environment collaborating with various cybersecurity teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in threat hunting, digital forensics and/or incident response.
• Experience in Threat Hunting frameworks such as PEAK and TAHITI.
• Possess security certifications such as SANS Advanced Incident Response.

Responsibilities

• Perform threat hunting and detection engineering across global Banking group.
• Implement detection-as-code for threat hunting program.
• Refine maturity of Threat Hunting and Detection practices.

Skills

Threat hunting

Digital forensics

Incident response

Python coding

Data analytics

Open source tools

CICD pipelines

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field

Tools

PEAK

TAHITI

Job description

Job Responsibilities

The AVP of Global Threat Hunting Centre is responsible for performing threat hunting and detection engineering to proactively hunt for and detect cyber threats across the Banking group globally. This role involves implementing a threat hunting program and methodology, establishing detection engineering to achieve the program objectives, and collaborating with global cybersecurity teams to build a robust and resilient cyber defence posture.

This role is required to work closely with Global SOC, Threat Intelligence and Incident Response operations to ensure effective response to global incidents, collaborate with technology Infrastructure stakeholders on the engineering front, and participate in global initiatives related to threat detection and log collection.

This role will be based in Singapore and report to the Director and VP of Global Threat Hunting Centre for APAC.

Threat Hunting and Detection Engineering

• Be part of the Global Threat Hunting Centre operations, ensuring threat hunting programs that are intel-led, continuous and effective to enable timely detection of security threats across the Bank.
• Implement detection-as-code as the core tenet of the Threat hunting program. Build up detection engineering capabilities with automated pipelines to accelerate and expand coverage of threat detection across the various IT assets and environments, both on-premise and on cloud.
• Continuously refine and elevate the maturity of the Threat Hunting and Detection Engineering practices, such as introducing AI / ML to further enhance the hunting and detection capabilities.
• Provide program-level reporting on the hunting results and security posture to both Head Office and APAC management. Collate and report a set of global metrics and QA to measure program effectiveness and maturity.
• Adopt continuous education to be equipped with knowledge of the latest techniques, tactics and procedures of cyber threats, and to elevate skills and knowledge.
• Operate as part of a Global team across multiple time zones, jurisdictions and business environments.

This role is crucial for maintaining the security and integrity of the Bank’s information systems, and the ideal candidate should be a proactive individual, achievement-oriented, and strong team player.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience in threat hunting, digital forensics and/or incident response, with experience in Threat Hunting frameworks such as PEAK and TAHITI.
• Experience in coding such as with Python, data analytics, open source tooling and/or CICD pipelines.
• Possess security certifications such as SANS Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting and Digital Forensics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted applicants will be notified.