System Security Manager

Hong Leong Bank Berhad; Selangor; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Leong Bank Berhad in Malaysia seeks a dual‑capacity security leader who will manage a system security engineering team while serving as the primary SME and hands‑on lead for Privileged Access Management (MasterSAM). You will harden, optimize, and govern endpoint, data, PAM, key management, and secure file transfer security across the Bank and regional units.

The role bridges technical execution with governance, audit/RCSA compliance, and operational efficiency, while mentoring engineers,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• 7+ years in system security engineering/operations with leadership experience.
• Banking/financial services background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead security engineers, manage workload and capacity, and drive succession planning.
• Enforce RACI frameworks across IT, Platform, Security, and Service Desk teams.
• Oversee PAM (MasterSAM) architecture, access policies, and password vaulting.
• Manage OS/server hardening, encryption, SSL lifecycle, and malware scanning.
• Ensure governance, audit readiness, and regional security centralization initiatives.
• Automate workflows, monitor tool health, and drive incident response SLAs.

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Automation

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, IT, or related field

Tools

MasterSAM

SEP

Carbon Black

JAMF

MaaS360

HSM

SFTP

SSL management

Job description

If you are looking to excel and make a difference, take a closer look at us…

Overview

Dual-capacity role managing a system security engineering team while serving as the primary SME and hands‑on lead for Privileged Access Management (MasterSAM). Responsible for hardening, optimizing, and governing endpoint, data, PAM, key management, and secure file transfer security across the Bank, regional entities, and business units. Bridges technical execution with governance, audit/RCSA compliance, and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Governance

• People & Capacity Management: Direct and mentor security engineers, balance workload bottlenecks, and plan team capacity.


• Frameworks & Development: Enforce clear RACI matrices across internal/regional IT, Platform, Security, and Service Desk (FOTS) teams.


• Drive talent development via the 70:20:10 framework for succession planning.

Domain Oversight & Technical Execution

• Key, Encryption & SSL: Oversee HSM and ESKM governance; drive end-to-end SSL certificate lifecycle automation (e.g., auto-ticketing).


• Endpoint & Mobile Security: Manage XDR and NBA protection stacks, coordinate pre-deployment health checks with FOTS to ensure total agent registration.


• File Transfer & Boundary Security: Eliminate single points of failure in secure file transfer environments and modernize legacy platforms with automated malware scanning.


• System Integrity: Maintain CIS server hardening benchmarks, source code scanning, OS access controls, and vendor PC security checks.

Operational Efficiency & Continuous Improvement

• Automation & RCSA: Automate routine workflows, auto-ticketing, and access requests; streamline RCSAs to remove redundant checks.


• Health Monitoring & SLAs: Continuously track tool health, agent connectivity (heartbeats), and signature updates across PAM/IAM/XDR/NBA tools. Enforce incident response/resolution SLAs and conduct Root Cause Analyses (RCAs).


• Lifecycle & Delegation: Manage End-of-Support (EOS) lifecycles for security agents. Offload Level 1 support tasks to regional teams and enforce pre-deployment security mandates.

Compliance, Audit & Regional Governance

• Audit & Baselines: Respond to internal/external audits within set timelines and maintain strict compliance baselines across production/non-production systems. Adhere to Group Compliance, PDPA, AML/CFT, and Code of Conduct.


• Regional Service Reviews: Conduct regular service reviews, gap analyses, asset inventories, and lead cross-border security centralization initiatives.

MasterSAM SME & Individual Contributor

• Act as hands‑on administrator and technical authority for enterprise PAM (MasterSAM).


• Plan and execute MasterSAM architecture separation and migration projects for scalability and security isolation.


• Design, audit, and maintain access policies, password vaulting, session recording, and credential rotation across Windows and Unix/Linux (Solaris, AIX, RHEL, Euler).


• Manage L3 escalations and handle integrations with directory services, SIEM, and provisioning workflows.

Education

Skills and Experience We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, IT, or related field.

Experience

7+ years in system security engineering/operations; 2+ years in technical team leadership. Background in banking/financial services preferred.

Technical Expertise

• OS/Infra: Solaris, AIX, RHEL, Euler, Microsoft Windows Server.


• PAM & Security Tools: MasterSAM, SEP, Carbon Black (CBR), JAMF, MaaS360.


• Encryption & Data: HSM, TecTia, SFTP, SSL management, DLP, malware scan solutions.


• Scripting/Monitoring: Ability to build/use custom scripts/dashboards for heartbeat and connectivity tracking.

Preferred Certifications

• CISSP, CISM, or CISA.

About Hong Leong Bank

We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China.

We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation. Candidates are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available. Expanding on our “Digital at the Core” ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life‑long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.