Digital Forensics Analyst

MUFG Bank, Ltd.$85K — $123K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent experience
  • Preferred experience in Security Governance, Risk Management, or Incident Response
  • Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK
  • Understanding of network protocols and operating systems including Windows, Unix, Linux, MacOS
  • Ability to document technical details concisely.

Responsibilities

  • Assist in cybersecurity threat detection and mitigation as part of a global team
  • Help investigate cybersecurity incidents using various tools
  • Analyze digital artifacts to identify intrusion methods
  • Support policy and procedure development for information security
  • Compile reports on cybersecurity activities and threat trends
  • Contribute to security operations playbook development
  • Aid in incident response across MUFG's network

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Retirement plans and educational assistance
  • Paid maternity and parental leave
  • Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays
  • Opportunity for discretionary performance-based bonuses
Full Job Description
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.

In this role, you will focus on researching potential cybersecurity threats to various systems, technologies, operations, and programs throughout multiple environments. You will perform analysis based on this research to determine the risk to the organization. Responsibilities include assisting in rapidly responding to potential incidents and events to minimize risk exposure and ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of assets and business processes. Additionally, the Digital Forensics & eDiscovery analyst assists Digital Forensics Examiners and eDiscovery professionals. This entry-level position is responsible for evidence intake, case administration, documentation, data handling, chain-of-custody maintenance, equipment management, and other support functions that enable forensic and eDiscovery investigations.

The role is designed for individuals beginning a career in digital forensics, cybersecurity, legal technology, or eDiscovery. The Assistant performs structured and repeatable tasks under supervision while developing knowledge of forensic processes, evidence handling procedures, legal hold requirements, data preservation practices, and investigative workflows.

The position does not perform independent forensic analysis or issue investigative conclusions. Instead, it serves as a foundational role supporting examiners and investigators throughout the lifecycle of a case.

Major Responsibilities
  • Assist in performing cybersecurity threat detection, assessment, and mitigation efforts as part of a 24/7 global team
  • Assist with investigations of potential cybersecurity events across multiple environments using various tools and techniques
  • Conduct analysis of artifacts to determine methods of intrusion and best course of resolution while driving security improvement
  • Support the development of information security policies, standards, and procedures
  • Help create reports analyzing activities or trends both within and outside of the organization
  • Support the development of security operations detections, playbooks, and automations to ensure threat detection, monitoring, response, and forensics activities align with best practices, minimize gaps in detection and response, and provide comprehensive mitigation of threats
  • Support incident response activities across MUFG's global network
  • Assist in the production of various reports which identify and analyze relevant upcoming and ongoing threats to the enterprise
  • Research evolving threats, techniques, tools, and vulnerabilities in support of information security efforts
  • Stay current with information security program developments, industry frameworks, changes in the company, industry trends, and current security practices
  • Support inquiries from compliance teams such as IT risk management and internal and external auditors to ensure documentation is complete and processes are in compliance with information security policies

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, or related discipline or equivalent work experience
  • Experience in one or more security domains including Security Governance and Oversight, Security Risk Management, Network Security, Threat and Vulnerability Management, or Incident Response and Forensics preferred

Desired Skills
  • Experience with security data collection, analysis and correlation
  • Well-developed analytic, qualitative, and quantitative reasoning skills
  • Demonstrated creative problem-solving abilities
  • Security event monitoring, investigation, and overall incident response process
  • Strong time management skills to balance multiple activities and lead junior analysts as needed
  • Understanding of how to pivot across multiple datasets to correlate artifacts for a single security event
  • Experienced with Endpoint Detection & Response, email security, web application firewall, an cloud security tooling.
  • Ability to perform risk analysis utilizing logs and other information compiled from various sources
  • Understanding of network protocols, operating systems (Windows, Unix, Linux, MacOS, databases), and mobile device security
  • Knowledge of the various types of cyber-attacks and their implementations
  • A fundamental understanding of enterprise cybersecurity frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain
  • Ability to document and explain technical details in a concise, understandable manner
  • Experience in operational processes such as security monitoring, data correlation, troubleshooting, security operations, etc.

Education

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.

The typical base pay range for this role is as follows:
  • New York / New Jersey: $85k-$123k
  • Non-New York / New Jersey: $85k-$107k

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.

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

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