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Cyber Security Specialist

Employer
UBS
Location
Canton of Zürich (CH)
Salary
Competitive Package
Closing date
29 Oct 2020

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Cyber Security Specialist

Switzerland - Zürich

Information Technology (IT), Group Functions

Job Reference # 218525BR    City  Zürich

Job Type  Full Time

Your role

Are you innovative, analytical and deeply motivated by the fascinating and bound to grow world of Cyber Security?
Are you willing to play an active role within our worldwide UBS Cyber Defense environment?
Are you fascinated by designing, building and optimizing custom cyber detections using the latest technologies and security products?

We’re looking for such a person, a blue team expert, to:

• design, develop and implement new strategies and techniques aimed at detecting potential malicious activities and attacks, before they cause a negative impact
• create a testing framework, ensure reproducibility in simulating malicious activities and attacks, and confirm appropriate detection (on-premise and in the cloud)
• improve the effectiveness and quality of the current detection ecosystem and reduce the number of false positive
• work closely with our colleagues from cyber monitoring, cyber assurance, cyber threat intelligence, threat response and security engineers to constantly improve the security posture of the bank
• ensure that proper use cases, operational controls, procedures, tests and documentation are in place to quickly move detection capabilities from test to production

Your team

You will be working in the Detection Engineering unit of the Advanced Analytics team and be based within the Mission Control Center in Zurich. The Advanced Analytics team, part of the Chief Information Security Office (CISO) within Group Technology, strives to detect malicious activities within the UBS IT infrastructure as well as complex cyber-attacks in early phases of attack lifecycle. It is a young and empowered team always seeking excellence and continuous improvement. As a Cyber Security Specialist, you'll play an important role in designing our next detection capabilities and protect the firm from cyber-attacks.

Your expertise

• ideally 1 to 3 years of experience in information security, SOC, threat detection or in a comparable environment in a technical field, with a focus in security
• experience with deployment of custom cyber security solutions including hands-on work (scripting and coding, ideally in Python)
• can-do attitude, you can prototype a solution, you like to code and build ad-hoc solutions
• good understanding of threat actors, threat frameworks, tactics, techniques and procedures used by cyber adversaries
• preferably one or more security certifications (SANS, CompTIA,…)
• strong analytical, problem-solving and synthesizing skills when dealing with complex issues and the ability to take personal ownership and drive remediation
• a team player, always professional while also keeping a casual setting
• passionate in technical topics and how things work, curious, and interested in coding
• capable of understanding needs of stakeholders and converting requests into products and services
• fluent in English with the ability to describe complex concepts to different streams and stakeholders

About us

Expert advice. Wealth management. Investment banking. Asset management. Retail banking in Switzerland. And all the support functions. That's what we do. And we do it for private and institutional clients as well as corporations around the world.

We are about 60,000 employees in all major financial centers, in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

Join us

We're a truly global, collaborative and friendly group of people. Having a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace is important to us. And we support your career development, internal mobility and work-life balance. If this sounds interesting, apply now.

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce

 

Company

COVID-19 update: We're still hiring! From our recruitment process to our onboarding experience – it's safe for all and virtual for roles and locations that require it. Even while sitting apart, we are one team.

UBS works with individuals, families, institutions, and corporations around the world to help answer some of life's questions – whether through award winning wealth management advisory, investment banking and asset management expertise, or private and corporate banking services in Switzerland*.

We're a team of more than 66,000 colleagues, collaborating across all major financial centers in 50 countries**. We strive for excellence in everything we do, and this has awarded us recognition across our businesses. We offer a collaborative, international and diverse working environment that rewards passion, commitment and success – and are regularly recognized as an attractive employer*

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