IT Security Engineering, Manager (Malaysian) - Financial Industry

Duties:

• Develop and maintain deep technical and functional knowledge and be the SME for WAF, while supporting other emerging tools/services, as part of the new NetSec Engineering & Operations team.
• Lead, coordinate and ensure the delivery of change implementation are carried out in accordance with the defined ITILv3 processes.
• Function as the L3 Technical Engineer and primary escalation point for WAF services to business units and internal teams within Group IT Security and Group Technology.
• Lead, coordinate and manage planned change requests and implementation as well as coach NetSec Ops service requests.
• Manage and coordinate potential incidents escalations, for investigation, along with the relevant internal or external stakeholders
• Lead and manage the communication and coordination of the NetSec incident response actions with business units and ensure smooth and proper closure of the Incident Response cases.
• Contribute to the design & planning requirements on new initiatives and upgrades related to WAF and Firewall through close collaboration with vendors and internal teams within Group Security Engineering.
• Contribute to build, review and handover BAU requirements including guidelines, baselines and SOPs for Group IT Security Operations, to manage the implemented IT Security solutions and controls.
• Work closely with Service Management, Security Governance, Security Operations, and Incident Response teams to deliver objectives.
• Provide guidance and expertise to stakeholders and business units as and when needed with regards to NetSec services, mainly on Firewall management.

Requirements:

• Minimum 6 years working experience in IT Security Management role, preferably in Financial Services.
• Bachelor’s Degree from Information Technology or any equivalent discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of working experience with WAF and Firewall technology/products, especially F5, Checkpoint and Palo Alto.
• Reasonable experience on supporting threat detection and analyzer tools such as Skybox, Algosec, IPS/IDS
• Good understanding on next-generation technologies such as SASE, FWaaS & XDR.
• Certifications such as CISSP, or anything related to Cloud/Network Security would be an added advantage.
• Enterprise-level experience in managing IT Security processes and Engineering initiatives.
• Sound understanding of the NIST framework and CIS Benchmarks.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: RM12,000.00 - RM14,000.00 per month

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person