Data Security Specialist, VP

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.

EXPERIENCE

• 5-7 year of experience in data security and protection
• Must have experience with data classification and labeling tools including BigID and Microsoft Purview
• Proven experience in Data Security Posture Management (DSPM), including the assessment, management, and improvement of an organization's data security posture
• Experience in implementing DSPM tools and technologies
• Experience in identifying and mitigating data security risks through continuous monitoring and evaluation of data security practices
• Proven experience in data classification and labeling technology, controls, and processes
• Familiarity with data security considerations for AI/ML systems, including privacy, data leakage, and regulatory risk
• Experience working with stakeholders such as Data Privacy, IAM, Security Engineering, and Data Security teams
• Experience in testing alignment with governance standards and cybersecurity frameworks and advising on data security strategies
• Experience defining and reporting metrics and KPIs/KRIs/KCIs
• Cybersecurity experience in a regulated banking or financial environment preferred

FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

• Strong understanding of DSPM principles, including data discovery and classification across traditional data stores and AI-related data pipelines, risk assessment, policy management, incident response, and compliance management
• Ability to define and implement data classification patterns for scanning tools
• Ability to implement adaptive security measures based on data sensitivity and regulatory requirements
• Proficiency in using DSPM tools to gain visibility into data assets and user activities, and to enforce least privilege principles
• Proficiency in reporting and analyzing data security metrics
• Experience in developing and executing data security strategies
• Knowledge of data protection and data loss prevention (DLP) technologies
• Ability to adapt data classification requirements to security tools
• Experience with integrating data classification results with security tools for enrichment and enhanced security
• Ability to apply data classification and labeling controls to datasets used for AI training, testing, and inference
• Ability to integrating data classification results with downstream systems to enable safe data usage in analytics and AI-enabled platforms

FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Attention to detail and commitment to quality
• Strong presentation and writing skills

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Data Security Engineer role plays a critical function in enabling the secure use of data across emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), by ensuring that sensitive, regulated, and proprietary data is appropriately discovered, classified, governed, and protected throughout its lifecycle. This position is responsible for assessing and managing the organization's data security posture by continuously evaluating current security practices and identifying vulnerabi