Senior Specialist, Network Security

Closing Date : 31/07/2025

Senior Specialist, Network Security

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1. Awarded For

• Most Preferred Employers in Telecommunication Industry (2022, 2023 & 2024)
• Bronze Winner in Cross-Generational Workforce Engagement (2024)
• Gold Winner for Excellence in Workplace Culture (2021)

Role

The Day-To-Day Activities
The Technical Manager - Technology Strategist – Network Security position is responsible for developing secure network architecture and a roadmap to protect U Mobile's network infrastructure and data, adopting the principle of Security-by-design approach. This role will work closely with the relevant engineering teams to design and implement security solutions for U Mobile's network and wholesale services.

Key Accountabilities
• Custodian of mid-term network strategy and architecture for network security
• Develop a comprehensive security architecture meeting industry standards and regulatory requirements, to support both U Mobile network and wholesale network services
• Develop network security solutions, adopting Network Security by design
• Track and study new/emerging network security technologies and industry trends, prioritizing and putting them into business perspective/importance for UM adoption

• Work closely with U Mobile ISD security team to develop and maintain security frameworks, guidelines, and best practices for mobile application development and deployment

• Represent network for network security strategic inputs for overall corporate security policy

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to communicate security requirements and foster a security-aware culture
• Lead RFP/RFQ for new network security solutions

• Provide network security strategy to support the yearly budget planning (AOP)

About You
1. Education/What people Know:
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronic/Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CSSP, CISM, or equivalent

2. Experience/What people Have Done:
• Min 7 years working experience in network security or related roles
• Project experience in network security, particularly in the wholesale telecommunications solution
• Knowledge and experience with risk management frameworks, compliance standards relevant to wholesale operations, as well as experience working with regulatory compliance in the telecommunication industry is a plus point

3. Competencies/What people Can Do:
• Knowledge and experience in security practices, protocols, and architecture – e.g. firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems, security gateway, IP-security tunnel, security certificates (PKI), and encryption solutions
• Good IP engineering design and implementation knowledge
• Knowledge in cloud security and emerging security technologies in telecommunications
• Strong acumen of technical and business

4. Personal Attributes/Who people Are:
• Business focus and customer-centric - passionate in delivering best value to the customer
• Strong strategic critical thinking mindset and attentive to details; able to make strategic recommendations and proposals; identifying potential risks and proposing mitigations
• Self-motivated, positive, open, with a “can-do” attitude; agile and able to learn fast
• Strong communication, inter-personal skill, and professionalism in representing U Mobile externally, in industry forums, and MCMC etc.

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What’s Next?
Once you have applied online, our team will review your application and due to a high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be notified.