Executive Manager – Squad Cyber Technical Lead | Dicetek | UAE

Dicetek; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Dicetek, a leading technology solutions provider in the UAE, seeks an Executive Manager – Squad Cyber Technical Lead to drive enterprise-wide DevSecOps, AI governance, and compliance initiatives within a highly regulated banking environment.

The role serves as the 1LoD cybersecurity leader, implementing controls, guiding secure software delivery, and ensuring inspection-readiness in line with UAE banking regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.
• Proven leadership experience managing enterprise cybersecurity programs and engineering teams.
• Strong banking, financial services, or highly regulated industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience within Three Lines of Defense (3LoD) operating models.
• Experience implementing controls in First Line of Defense environments while engaging with governance and assurance functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead four cybersecurity workstreams: AppSec, AI Governance, Continuous Security Validation, and Compliance & Audit Trail Management.
• Ensure adherence to security policies, standards, SLAs and regulatory requirements.
• Own and govern the enterprise security tooling ecosystem (e.g., SonarQube, Snyk, ServiceNow IRM, Open Policy Agent, Defender for Cloud).
• Drive tooling consolidation, platform optimization, and integration architecture initiatives.
• Present DevSecOps Governance dashboards to governance committees and risk stakeholders.
• Collaborate with AI Center of Excellence on AI governance and AI risk controls.
• Chair Security Champions Guild meetings and drive secure development culture.

Skills

DevSecOps Engineering

AppSec

AI Security & Governance

LLM Security

Cloud Security (AWS & Azure)

Security Automation

Continuous Security Validation

SSDLC

IaC Security

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related

10+ years cybersecurity engineering experience

Tools

SonarQube

Snyk

DefectDojo

ServiceNow IRM

OPA (Open Policy Agent)

Job description

Job Title: Executive Manager – Squad Cyber Technical Lead | Dicetek | UAE

Recruiting Company: Dicetek

Job Location: United Arab Emirates

Job Type: Full-Time | Executive Leadership Role

Application Method: Send your updated CV to [e-mail]

Location: UAE
Executive-Level Cybersecurity Leadership Position
Banking & Financial Services Environment
DevSecOps, AI Governance & Cloud Security Focus
Strong Regulatory & Compliance Oversight Responsibilities

Position Summary

Dicetek is seeking an experienced Executive Manager – Squad Cyber Technical Lead to oversee enterprise-wide DevSecOps, AI Governance, Continuous Security Validation, and Compliance Assurance initiatives within a highly regulated banking environment. This role will serve as the primary First Line of Defense (1LoD) cybersecurity leader responsible for implementing security controls, driving secure software delivery, ensuring regulatory compliance, and supporting inspection-readiness in alignment with UAE banking regulations.

Detailed Job Description

As the Executive Manager – Squad Cyber Technical Lead, you will lead a multidisciplinary cybersecurity squad responsible for delivering secure development, AI governance, security assurance, and compliance monitoring capabilities across the organization. You will function as the key liaison between business units, security governance teams, and the AI Center of Excellence while ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and industry standards.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing enterprise security tooling platforms, driving DevSecOps adoption, leading Security Champion initiatives, and enabling secure AI and cloud transformation programs. This role requires deep expertise across cybersecurity engineering, cloud security, AI/LLM security, governance frameworks, and banking-sector regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Lead delivery across four key cybersecurity workstreams:

• Application Security (AppSec)
• AI Governance
• Continuous Security Validation
• Compliance & Audit Trail Management

Ensure adherence to approved security policies, standards, SLAs, and regulatory requirements.

Maintain organizational readiness for regulatory inspections and cybersecurity audits.

Own and govern the enterprise security tooling ecosystem including:

• SonarQube
• Snyk
• ServiceNow IRM
• Security Agent Platforms
• Claude
• Codex
• Open Policy Agent (OPA)
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• AWS Security Hub
• DefectDojo

Drive tooling consolidation, platform optimization, and integration architecture initiatives.

Manage enterprise evidence and attestation workflows from DefectDojo through reporting and dashboarding platforms.

Act as the primary First Line of Defense (1LoD) cybersecurity representative engaging with Second Line of Defense (2LoD) functions.

Collaborate closely with the AI Center of Excellence on AI governance and AI risk controls.

Chair Security Champions Guild meetings and drive secure development culture initiatives.

Resolve cross-workstream priorities and security delivery conflicts.

Present DevSecOps Governance dashboards and security performance reports to governance committees and risk stakeholders.

Support cloud security, DevSecOps, AI security, and compliance transformation programs.

Drive continuous improvement across security engineering, policy implementation, and security automation initiatives.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.

10+ years of cybersecurity engineering experience.

Proven leadership experience managing enterprise cybersecurity programs and engineering teams.

Strong banking, financial services, or highly regulated industry experience.

Demonstrated experience within Three Lines of Defense (3LoD) operating models.

Experience implementing controls in First Line of Defense environments while engaging with governance and assurance functions.

Mandatory Certifications

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)

Plus one or more of:

CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional)

AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate

And one or more of:

CISM (Certified Information Security Manager)

ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer

Certified DevSecOps Professional (CDP) or equivalent

Required Technical Skills

DevSecOps Engineering

Application Security (AppSec)

AI Security & Governance

Large Language Model (LLM) Security

Cloud Security (AWS & Azure)

Security Automation & Orchestration

Continuous Security Validation

Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security

Zero Trust Security Principles

Security Governance & Risk Management

Compliance Monitoring & Audit Readiness

Security Metrics & Reporting

Security Toolchain Integration

Regulatory & Framework Experience

Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE) regulations and cybersecurity requirements

UAE AI/ML Guidance Notes

UAE Enabling Technologies Guidelines

NIST AI Risk Management Framework (NIST AI RMF)

ISO/IEC 42001 Artificial Intelligence Management System

Information Security Governance Frameworks

Regulatory Audit & Compliance Programs

Nice-to-Have Skills

AI Model Governance Experience

MLOps & LLMOps Security

Kubernetes Security

Container Security Platforms

Security Data Lakes & Analytics

Power BI Security Reporting

Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP)

Enterprise AI Platform Security

Recruitment Pro Tip

For this executive-level role, your CV should clearly demonstrate experience in DevSecOps Leadership, AI Governance, Cloud Security, Banking Cybersecurity, Regulatory Compliance, Security Toolchain Management, AI/LLM Security, Enterprise Risk Management, and Security Transformation Programs. Highlight measurable achievements such as regulatory audit success, security posture improvements, vulnerability reduction, cloud security enhancements, DevSecOps adoption metrics, governance programs delivered across large enterprise environments.