JOB PURPOSE:
Own build readiness, testing orchestration, and controlled handover, coordinating with the Design team for inputs. Enforce gates, close defects, and produce audit-ready validation packs for assigned programs across corporate and asset IT Security programs.
Core Responsibilities:
Readiness governance and gates
- Operate exit-gate governance across environments; verify prerequisites (access, certs, backups, rollback)
- Supervise Go/No-Go forums and ensure documentation of risks, exceptions, and compensating controls with Cybersecurity sign-off
- Maintain change calendars aligned to asset windows and blackout periods
Test planning, data, and environments
- Supervise the build of end-to-end test plans covering functional, negative, resilience, and integration scenarios
- Ensure observer participation (Ops, platform SMEs) for test credibility
Defect, risk, and issue management
- Manage defect triage; assign owners/severity; track fix SLAs and re-tests
- Maintain RAID logs; escalate blockers; quantify residual risk at release
Validation packs and traceability
- Supervise compilation of validation packs (plans, results, evidence, traceability matrices); ensure versioned storage and approvals
- Ensure achievement of first-pass acceptance by QA/Excellence and ensure quick resolution of returns
Handover and run readiness
- Validate runbooks, monitoring/alerting, and L1/L2 training completion; confirm operational SLOs and DR artifacts
- Confirm SIEM/SOAR mappings and case workflows prior to go-live
- Stakeholder coordination and communications
- Facilitate cutover rehearsals; publish comms plans, RACI, and hyper care schedules
- Provide weekly readiness dashboards and risk summaries to governance forums
Continuous improvement
- Track change success rate and checklists accordingly
Security Control Evaluation, POC, and Implementation
- Lead the evaluation of IT Security controls, technologies, and solutions to ensure alignment with organizational strategy, Cybersecurity requirements, business priorities, and operational needs
- Oversee Proof of Concept activities, including scope definition, success criteria, stakeholder alignment, execution oversight, and outcome reporting
- Assess solution suitability based on security effectiveness, integration capability, scalability, compliance alignment, operational impact, supportability, and long-term value
- Recommend fit-for-purpose IT Security controls and technology solutions based on outcomes, risk reduction value, operational readiness, and enterprise direction
RequirementsQualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or equivalent from a recognized and accredited university is required
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or equivalent from a recognized and accredited university is preferred
Years of Experience:
- 6-8 years in a relevant industry, preferably with majority in IT security delivery across corporate and asset environments
