Cyber Exercise Planner – Associate

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $97,000.00 and $154,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Description

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Cyber Exercise Planner to join our team. As a Cyber Exercise Planner, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our organizations cybersecurity posture by developing and executing comprehensive cyber exercises. These exercises will simulate real-world cyber threats and incidents to test and improve our incident response capabilities.

Role Objectives

Exercise Planning: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, plan, and coordinate cyber exercises, ensuring they align with organizational goals and objectives.

Scenario Development: Create realistic cyberattack scenarios, considering current threat landscapes, to challenge the incident response teams capabilities.

Execution: Conduct tabletop, functional, and full-scale cyber exercises to assess the organizations readiness to respond to cyber incidents.

Documentation: Maintain detailed exercise plans, reports, and documentation of findings and recommendations for improvement.

Analysis: Evaluate the performance of participants during exercises and identify areas for improvement in incident response procedures and protocols.

Training and Awareness: Provide training to employees on cybersecurity best practices and lessons learned from exercise outcomes.

Incident Response Improvement: Work with stakeholders to implement recommendations from exercise findings to enhance the organizations incident response capabilities.

Stay Informed: Keep abreast of emerging cybersecurity threats, trends, and technologies to ensure exercises remain relevant and effective.

Qualifications and Skills

Experience in the financial sector or regulatory environment a must.

Proven experience in cybersecurity, incident response, or related roles.

Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles, technologies, and best practices.

Previous experience in planning and executing cyber exercises or drills.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Ability to adapt to evolving cyber threats and technologies.

Certifications in Security and/or Business Continuity are a plus.

Additional Requirements

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. SMBC provides reasonable accommodations for employees and applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.