Director, Cybersecurity Specialist - Mizuho Bank

Mizuho Bank, Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Singapore is seeking a candidate to focus on the technical design and assurance of security controls within a major transformation program. You will work closely with architecture, infrastructure, and engineering teams to ensure that security best practices are integrated during the deployment of modern platforms and systems. The ideal candidate will validate security requirements and lead discussions with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as a single point of contact for all security matters related to the major transformation program.
• Define and validate security requirements for infrastructure, platform, and application designs throughout the transformation lifecycle.
• Review and approve security designs, ensuring alignment with policies, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
• Lead security related discussions and present solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure technical controls like encryption, access management, segmentation, auditing, and logging are included in all build designs.
• Work with other teams to ensure standard security controls and log onboarding are implemented.
• Review low-level configurations to confirm alignment with approved security baselines and hardening guides.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams to verify that security principles are correctly interpreted.
• Participate in technical validation and security testing activities, including working with external vendors for penetration tests.
• Provide support during issue resolutions and non-compliance remediation, advising on design adjustments to meet security requirements.

Job description

Company Profile

THIS ROLE IS FOCUSED ON THE TECHNICAL DESIGN AND ASSURANCE OF SECURITY CONTROLS ACROSS A MAJOR TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM. IT INVOLVES WORKING CLOSELY WITH ARCHITECTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENGINEERING TEAMS TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE TECHNICAL SECURITY CONTROLS ARE DESIGNED AND VALIDATED DURING THE BUILD AND DEPLOYMENT OF MODERN PLATFORMS AND SYSTEMS.
THE SELECTED INDIVIDUAL WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHAPING TECHNICAL DESIGN DECISIONS, VALIDATING PROPOSED CONFIGURATIONS, AND ENSURING THAT THE DELIVERED COMPONENTS ALIGN WITH SECURITY BEST PRACTICES, HARDENING STANDARDS, AND ARCHITECTURAL INTENT.

Job Responsibilities

• Act as a single point of contact for all security matters related to the major transformation program.
• Define and validate security requirements for infrastructure, platform, and application designs throughout the transformation lifecycle.
• Review and approve security designs, ensuring alignment with policies, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
• Lead security related discussions and present solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ensure the technical controls such as encryption, access management, segmentation, auditing and logging are included in all build designs.
• Work with other teams to ensure standard security controls and log onboarding are implemented.
• Review and assess low-level configurations to confirm alignment with approved security baselines and hardening guides.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and platform teams to verify that security principles are being correctly interpreted and applied.
• Participate in technical validation and security testing activities as required, including selecting and working with external vendors to perform penetration tests.
• Provide support during issue resolutions and non-compliance remediation, advising teams on necessary design adjustments to meet security requirements.