Rakuten | Security Engineer

Security Engineer

Business Overview
Rakuten bank is online-based bank in Rakuten group which reached 14 million accounts for the first time in Japanese internet banks.

Department Overview
The System Division is an organization that can engage in all tasks related to its all system, such as planning, development, operation and maintenance, etc., ranging from basic business systems to user applications for iPhone / Android. The systems are open architectures and we are also actively adopting open source technology. As taking on the important role of IT that determines the success or failure of the banking business, which is a social infrastructure, you can also enjoy the taste of it.

In such an environment, we are looking for new friends who can mutually stimulate and grow together.

We System Security Supervisory Department work on designing security systems against cyber attacks, fraudulent money transfer and money laundering.

We Rakuten bank provide online based services as internet bank, but criminals also attack over internet.

So we are needed as professionals who can take care of authentication design, monitoring fraud actions, detecting cyber attacks, reviewing systems in terms of system security, designing backend security.

System security members can brush up a skill at the forefront of financial internet services to contribute to updating system security or related security rules.

Why We Hire
Our objective is to handle security risks in growing internet banking services.

Our KPIs are the number of occurred fraud, prevented fraud and so on in order to protect assets of our customers and our bank itself.

Position Details
Our department consists of two teams, one is cyber attack handling team and the other is bank security team.

In cyber attack handling team, we mainly work on tasks in order to protect asset of our customers such as desiging security systems against attacks to internet banking, detecting and monitoring fraudulent actions, reviewing systems in terms of security, vulnerability testing and so on.

In bank security team, we mainly work on tasks in order to protect asset of our bank such as promoting trainings against targeted mail attacks, handling information security consultation from user department, updating system security related rules.

As for management, we every day have meetings in the morning and evening, share individual schedules, progresses, issues, taskes, knowledge, know-hows and skills.

Then we report important themes and discuss about that in the top management meeting every week.

Members’ mission is to clarify security issues with curiosity and adventure spirits, plan a actions with expertise and related knowledge and finally complete it.

- Experiences of planning system security
- Experiences of consulting system security

- Experiences to maintain information security rules
- Experiences of vulnerability assessment
- Experiences of incident handling against cyber attacks

・About 10 members
・Almost all are from mid-career recruitment