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Your role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Head of Zero Trust Engineering and Hardening to manage the modernization and automation of our firewall rule and policy exception hardening process in addition to leading our Network and Application engineering team whilst also aligning and driving Zero Trust Initiatives across Tech Services. The successful candidate will also play a crucial role in chairing and directing the Lateral Movement Forum and the External Connectivity Governance forums that set the direction of these topics within UBS.

Experience with firewalls, firewall management and risk assessment
Experience with firewall rule and network automation
Experience with Zero Trust and external network connectivity
Experience with security engineering and software engineering and development
Experience with DDOS, IDS/IPS, WAF, WAP, Network detection and response
Contribute to reduction of all security and operational risks, in line with policies and standards
Identify opportunities to improve our processes
Have a bias for action and ability to deliver

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We're dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That's why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we're more than ourselves.

We're committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

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.

Your team

The Zero Trust Engineering and Hardening team is part of Cyber technology Strategy and Architecture and is about 50 people strong. It performs firewall rule assessment and management and engineering of core critical network security controls. Automation and process re-engineering is critical to the success of the team going forward, particularly the firewall rule management processes that risk assess, review and approve firewall requests, work needs to be done to optimize and modernize the way this is done to reduce risk within the bank.

Your expertise

Network Security Experience
Ability to influence and work across orgs to drive key results and outcomes. There are key partnerships within Automation Services, Cyber Defense and Networks that must be developed and maintained to be successful
Expertise in development best practice.
Experience with process engineering and optimization.
Experience with risk assessments.
Experience developing and leading high performing teams

About us

UBS is the world's largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.