Senior Lead - IT Security Delivery

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 Requirements Qualifications: - 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

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