Senior Penetration Tester, Vice President (Open)

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:

Execute timely, thorough, time-bound black/grey/white-box penetration testing of applications and infrastructure assets to identify exploitable vulnerabilities across MUFG assets.  Mentor and train junior team members and peers.  Prepare clear and concise reporting on issues found including severity calculation, steps to reproduce, and mitigation/remediation recommendations. 

Qualifications and Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field; applicable specialized training; or equivalent work experience - equally preferable

• Operational experience penetration testing two or more of the following technology areas: 

  • Network infrastructure (Routers, switches...)

  • Security products and services (FW, IDS, IPS, AV...)

  • Active Directory, servers, services, desktops and mobile devices

  • Operating System (Windows, Unix/Linux/AIX)

  • Databases (MySQL, SQL, DB2...)

  • Cloud and container technologies like AWS, Azure, Oracle and Kubernetes

• 5+ years of experience in application and infrastructure penetration testing, utilizing industry-standard penetration-testing methodologies and security concepts such as OWASP, and the MITRE ATT&CK framework

• Operational experience with one or more programming languages including Java, C#, C, C++, Assembly desired, but not required

• Operational experience in one or more of these areas: Post exploitation, exploitation development, or binary reverse engineering

• 3+ years of experience employing testing frameworks and tools such as Burp Suite, Metasploit, Cobalt Strike, Kali Linux, Nessus, PowerShell Empire, AutoSploit, Ghidra, IDAPro, OllyDbg, Fiddler

• 1+ years of experience in scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, and/or Ruby desired, but not required

• including experience using automated tools and manual testing techniques

• Excellent communication and report-writing skills

Responsibilities:

• Scope and perform penetration testing and vulnerability research of complex proprietary software and hardware for client services

• Create custom tool(s) and/or modify existing tool(s) to aid with automation of vulnerability detection

• Partner with infrastructure and application development teams at MUFG to ensure identified findings are understood and effectively mitigated or remediated in a timely manner

• Continuously research new exploitation/attack techniques against technology stack(s) currently being used across MUFG

• Continuously develop your skills from various resources, including MUFG provided training

• Maintaining familiarity with industry trends and security best practices

• Assist with the development of an internal training program for all levels of penetration testers to grow and develop the technical skills needed to be proficient

• Provide technical training and guidance to junior and peer team members

Other:

• As per MUFG’s work policy, must work onsite 4 days and 1 day remotely.

The typical base pay range for this role is as follows:

• New York / New Jersey: $144k - $194k

• Non–New York / New Jersey: $144k–$180k

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.