Snr IT Security Spclst

About this role

Leadership and Strategic Oversight

· Mentor a team of IT Security Specialist

· Assist section head to define and maintain the security advisory and risk assessment framework aligned with corporate cybersecurity strategy.

Risk Assessment and Governance

· Oversee enterprise and project-level security risk assessments, ensuring all critical systems, projects and changes are evaluated.

· Establish a standardized process for identifying, classifying, and mitigating IT and cyber security risks.

· Maintain the security risk register and ensure tracking and closure of mitigation plans.

· Report significant risks and mitigation progress to senior management and governance committees.

· To align and execute IT security risk assessment according to Group Risk IT risk assessment methodology

Project Security Review

· Lead security assessments for new IT and digital transformation projects, ensuring compliance with policies and guideline

· Review solution designs and architectures to identify potential vulnerabilities or control gaps.

· Provide formal risk acceptance or go-live recommendations and documented in NFR

· Integrate “security-by-design” principles into project lifecycle processes.

RFP and Vendor Security Evaluation

· Oversee security reviews for RFPs, vendor solutions, and third-party engagements.

· Ensure security requirements are clearly defined in RFPs and vendor contracts.

· Coordinate and review third-party risk assessments and recommend mitigation actions.

Operational Excellence

• Monitor performance, completeness and effectiveness of all managed security tools and controls.
• Implement automation and process improvement to reduce operational overhead
• Define KPIs and SLAs for tool uptime, incident response and compliance posture.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

· Ensure all security controls meet internal and external regulatory requirements.

· Own the documentation of policies, procedures, operation manual and security standards related to managed systems

· Lead internal and external audits for the security technologies under this section.

· Drive remediation plans for audit findings and ensure timely closure.