Job Description

About Synechron:

We have a strong score on Glassdoor and genuinely have a great working environment that is both rewarding and flexible and caters very well to those with children whilst nurturing an impressive staff retention rate! We are well established against our competitors and whilst we\'re outside of the "big four" Consulting firms, we are neither too big nor too small to tackle any technical or business challenges that our clients face.

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron\'s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Consulting, Design, Cloud, Data, and Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms.

IT Risk and Control - this is responsible for implementing and managing all technology-related controls over IT and information risk and business continuity, supports the provision of disaster recovery solutions, performs risk assessments, and manages business recovery plans and the business recovery facility. Information Secuity is also the responsibility of this function.

Purpose of the role:

• To ensure effective management and control of information security, IT and information risk for MUSI by ensuring all appropriate Security, IT and common sense controls are in place, that these controls are being followed and that this is evidenced across the whole business and IT department.
• The role will involve liaising with the other information security functions within the MUS international business and the client group to ensure a consistent approach to all controls, standards and policies is adopted across the organisation.
• To ensure all necessary Information Security controls are in place and that an appropriate strategy to protect the firm from all Cyber, external and internal threats is defined and being implemented.
• To develop, implement and manage compliance with appropriate IS and IT Security policies, standards and procedures.
• To support the relationship and associated reporting requirements between Technology and internal and external bodies eg auditors, management committees, Tokyo head office, regulators (via Compliance), Operational Risk.

Job Requirements

In this role, you will be responsible for information/cyber security across the client banking arm and securities business under a dual-hat arrangement. Under this arrangement, you will act and make decisions on behalf of both the bank and the securities business, subject to the same remit and level of authority, and irrespective of the entity which employs you.

• Analyzing and finding threats in various systems (SIEM, etc)
• Threat Analytics
• Incidence Response
• Malware Analysis
• Forensics awareness
• Purple Teaming
• Awareness of Mitre Attack Framework
• Usecase development
• Playbook development
• Creating and running with Dashboard and Reporting.
• Support Operational Risk management
• Be seen as the Information Security centre of excellence for MUSI and ensure MUSI adopt an appropriate and professional response on any information security issues raised by the organisation\'s business activities
• Liaise with IT teams to ensure information security alerts, threats and vulnerabilities across the IT estate are highlighted, managed and mitigated within appropriate timescales
• Monitor and proactively manage all IT Security toolsets such as:
• SIEM
• Darktrace
• Other relevant Security tooling
• Liaise with Technology and Business teams as necessary to ensure all MUSI systems meet MUSI security standards and/or agree appropriate measures to mitigate the risk where they don\'t.
• Maintain an up to date, working knowledge of current laws, regulations and best practices relating to information security.

Awards:

2023: NEW! Synechron name winner of Best Places to Work for 2023 Article

2022: Voted in Top 25 Best Companies to Work for (Business Intelligence Group)

2021: Winners of Gold Globee Award Honouring Employer Excellence for Career Growth, Development & Training (2021 Business Excellence Awards)

2021: Synechron Recognized Silver Level Awards for COVID-19 Support Strategy

2020: Winners of Team of the Year\' Award (US FinTech Awards 2021)

2020: Synechron Finlabs Wins Gold Stevie Award (2020 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards)

Synechron\'s Diversity Statement

Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference\' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant\'s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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