Asia-Pacific Security Operations Lead

Generali Insurance Malaysia Berhad; Puchong; On-site; MYR 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Generali Insurance Malaysia Berhad is seeking a Security Operations Country Lead to oversee security operations across Asia. You will connect global cyber defence capabilities with regional priorities, directing incident response and driving continuous improvements in security services.

The role combines hands-on security with senior stakeholder leadership to protect infrastructure, cloud platforms, and data while guiding cross-functional teams and external partners across a diverse

Qualifications

• 15+ years in IT and 15+ years in IT security.
• Senior-level experience leading security operations, service delivery, incident management, or major cybersecurity programmes.
• Strong expertise in infrastructure security, security incident management, application security, vulnerability management, and cloud security.
• Broad understanding of enterprise technology environments, including networks, endpoints, applications, cloud platforms, architecture, and data security.
• Experience handling significant security incidents and coordinating technical, business, and executive stakeholders.
• Knowledge of security operations, risk management, service delivery, audit remediation, and control frameworks.
• Familiarity with Asian regulatory environments, such as HKMA, MAS, Malaysia RMiT, Bank of Thailand requirements, and Indonesia’s financial-services regulations, as well as relevant international regulations.
• The ability to translate complex technical topics into clear business decisions and priorities.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, analytical, and escalation-management skills.
• A degree or diploma in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day security operations and strengthen the organisation’s first line of defence.
• Coordinate the end-to-end management of cybersecurity incidents, requests, changes, and service issues.
• Direct incident response from detection and containment through recovery, executive communication, root-cause analysis, and post-incident improvement.
• Improve security across infrastructure, networks, endpoints, applications, cloud platforms, data, and privileged access.
• Drive vulnerability management, audit remediation, and the implementation of effective security controls.
• Ensure security tools provide appropriate coverage across in-scope technology assets.
• Use service levels, performance indicators, and risk indicators to improve operational quality and resilience.
• Advise senior stakeholders on security priorities, risks, escalations, and response options.
• Partner with regional and local security leaders, delivery teams, business entities, and external providers.
• Contribute to global security programmes while championing a strong, practical security culture across Asia.

Skills

Security leadership

Incident management

Cloud security

Infrastructure security

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

Cybersecurity governance

Education

Deg/ Diploma in CS/ IT/ Eng

Tools

Certifications (CISSP/CCSP/CISM)

Job description

Generali Insurance Malaysia Berhad is seeking a Security Operations Country Lead to oversee security operations across Asia. You will connect global cyber defence capabilities with regional priorities, directing incident response and driving continuous improvements in security services.

The role combines hands-on security with senior stakeholder leadership to protect infrastructure, cloud platforms, and data while guiding cross-functional teams and external partners across a diverse