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Cyber and IT Security Engineering Principal Specialist SG

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In-Office or Remote
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Senior level
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2 Locations
Senior level
Leads the design, implementation, and operationalization of enterprise cybersecurity solutions across endpoint, network, application, cloud, and identity domains. Ensures IT systems meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements; manages security programs and stakeholders; analyzes risks; recommends infrastructure protections; maintains security technologies; and mentors colleagues. The role requires strong expertise in firewalls, IDS/IPS, proxies, operating-system security, cryptography, networking, VPNs, and information-security best practices.
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Key Responsibilities

  • Responsible for ensuring IT systems and applications within our organization meet the needs of the business while adhering to security best-practices, compliance and regulatory requirements.

  • Responsible and accountable for delivering security solutions and fully operationalizing the key security tools for the bank. 

  • Experience in leading and implementing multiple security solutions and technologies across one or more IT Security domains (EDR, PAM, SIEM, IPS/IDS) 

  • Exposed to other domains such as Cloud Security

  • Manage security programs and stakeholders to ensure security practices are implemented as per policy, standards, SOPs and processes. 


Requirements:

  • Minimum a Bachelor's degree in computer science
  • Security industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, SANS, GSEC, etc are preferred.

  • Other industry certifications such as PMP, ITIL, Microsoft, CISCO (preferred, but not required)

  • Minimum 5-8 years’ experience working in a large-scale IT environment; Including 5 years of information security and risk experience within the past 6 years; including risk analysis, endpoint, server, network and web application security.

Technical/Functional skills

  • Good  understanding of TCP/IP protocol and OSI Seven Layer Model.

  • Strong knowledge of security best practices and concepts.

  • Analyzes & prepares recommendations relating to security for existing IT infrastructures / Applications.

  • Expert understanding of firewall technologies.

  • Advance knowledge & Hands-on experience in supporting and maintaining enterprise IT Security solutions and technologies such as Firewall, IDS/IPS and Proxy, etc

  • Advanc knowledge of Windows and/or Unix-based systems / architectures and related security.

  • Advance knowledge of cryptography / cryptographic systems

  • Advance level of knowledge of LAN / WAN technologies

  • Knowledge of VPN technologies.

  • Be able to articulate threats and risk to business and technology leaders.

Personal skills (Soft Competencies [Core/Leadership])

  • Ability to plan, organize and prioritize tasks to complete within established time frames. 
  • Highly result oriented and can work independently.
  • Ability to build relationships and interact effectively with internal and external parties.
  • Strong analytical, technical, and communication (both oral and written) skills.
  • Strong interest in the field of information security.
  • Creative, independent with good problem solving skills.
  • Ability to work effectively as a team

Leadership

  • Expert in analytical skills and able to make decisions, exhibit sound and accurate judgment when tackling challenges

  • Mentor, train and advise colleagues

  • Consistently consume and contribute to documentation to ensure up to date relevant body of knowledge that will directly ensure work is done correctly and completely

About UsWith operations that span 15 different markets across the region, the opportunity to expand your experience, test your capabilities, and exhibit your resilience is ample. #teamCIMB is always keen to welcome the ones who are ready to make that very special difference – for themselves and the bank.

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