Head of AppSec & AI Governance – Banking Security

TAT IT Technolgies; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 500,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

TAT IT Technolgies is seeking an Executive Manager to lead a security engineering squad covering AppSec, AI Governance, and Compliance Trail in Abu Dhabi. This 1LoD role owns delivery against 2LoD policies, ensuring SLA adherence and CBUAE inspection-readiness.

You will consolidate tooling, drive integration architecture, and act as primary 1LoD to 2LoD Risk and AI CoE, with hands-on experience in Azure and AWS security and DevSecOps.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in cybersecurity engineering with 5+ years proven leadership across DevSecOps, cloud security, and AI/LLM security.
• Banking or regulated-industry experience essential.
• Hands-on delivery across CI/CD security, IaC security, and AI/LLM security.
• Familiarity with CBUAE Decree‑Law 6/2025, Enabling Technologies Guidelines, AI/ML Guidance Note, NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 42001.

Responsibilities

• Operate a multi-workstream security squad across AppSec, AI Governance, Continuous Security Validation, and Compliance Trail. Ensure delivery aligns with 2LoD policies and CBUAE inspection-readiness.
• Own the consolidated tooling stack, integration architecture, and DefectDojo→Attestation→Power BI evidence chain for audit reporting.
• Chair the Security Champions Guild and report monthly DevSecOps Governance Dashboard to 2LoD leadership with clear risk metrics and remediation posture.
• Align engineering controls with regulatory requirements (CB UAE) and global frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001).
• Embed security into CI/CD pipelines across Azure and AWS; drive IaC security, container security, and automated control validation.
• Lead 3-Lines-of-Defense operations and coordinate with 2LoD for policy interpretation and independent testing.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Cloud Security

DevSecOps

AI/LLM Security

Regulatory Compliance

Stakeholder Management

Governance

Tools

SonarQube

Snyk

ServiceNow IRM

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

AWS Security Hub

DefectDojo

Power BI

Job description

TAT IT Technolgies is seeking an Executive Manager to lead a security engineering squad covering AppSec, AI Governance, and Compliance Trail in Abu Dhabi. This 1LoD role owns delivery against 2LoD policies, ensuring SLA adherence and CBUAE inspection-readiness.

You will consolidate tooling, drive integration architecture, and act as primary 1LoD to 2LoD Risk and AI CoE, with hands-on experience in Azure and AWS security and DevSecOps.