Chief Systems & Cloud Security Architect

HBL; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 14,000,000 - 20,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Habib Bank Limited is seeking a senior security leader to develop and implement an enterprise-wide Systems & Cloud Security strategy. You will set standards, guide governance forums, and oversee security across data centers, networks, virtualization, endpoints, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.

The role requires steering architecture reviews, hypervisor hardening, and security controls across AWS, Azure, and other platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science or Information Security or MIS.
• CCSP, CISM, CISSP, ISO, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer / Solutions Architect, or GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer certifications.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Information Technology/Information Security/IT Risk Management.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the enterprise-wide Systems & Cloud Security strategy.
• Establish and maintain security standards, baselines, and architectural principles for infrastructure and cloud workloads.
• Provide input to security governance forums, steering committees, audit committees, and senior leadership.
• Oversee security posture of data centers, servers, networks, virtualization platforms, endpoints, containers, Kubernetes and cloud environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
• Lead security architecture assessments, design validations, and hardening initiatives across IT infrastructure.
• Oversee virtualization platform security including hypervisor hardening and secure VM templates.
• Lead the implementation of cloud-native security controls (AWS/Azure Defender, WAF, DDoS protection, CWPP).
• Govern secure design of cloud network architectures (Transit Gateway, VPC/VNet segmentation, peering, private link services).
• Oversee CIEM to minimize excessive permissions and misconfigurations across multi-clouds.
• Ensure continuous security risk assessments, configuration reviews, and vulnerability management.
• Drive Zero Trust, IAM security, network segmentation, endpoint protection, CSPM.
• Coordinate cyber defense initiatives with SOC and IR teams.
• Oversee incident investigations and rapid remediation of findings.

Skills

Security strategy

Cloud security

Security governance

Security risk management

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor's in CS/InfoSec/MIS

CCSP

CISM

CISSP

AWS Security Specialty

Azure Security Engineer/solutions architect

GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

CWPP

CIEM

Job description

Habib Bank Limited is seeking a senior security leader to develop and implement an enterprise-wide Systems & Cloud Security strategy. You will set standards, guide governance forums, and oversee security across data centers, networks, virtualization, endpoints, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.

The role requires steering architecture reviews, hypervisor hardening, and security controls across AWS, Azure, and other platforms.