Secure by Design Manager for Digital & IT (TOBI)

Aggregate function:  Shared Services
Business Area:  Technology _VOIS
Posting Country:  Romania
Date Posted:  24 Apr 2024
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Permanent

At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.

Your day to day:

As a Secure by Design Manager in the Global Cyber Strategy & Secure by Design team you’ll act as the interface between the technical disciplines and the business to carry out technically orientated security assessments, setting security requirements for new products and services, and also assessing compliance and risks.


 
Also, you’ll have an important advisory role across the business and are required to provide security design and architecture guidance as well as general security consultancy, acting as a cyber coach to agile projects and programme teams to ensure that future infrastructures and products for Vodafone globally are secure.

 

This role specifically covers Secure by Design for Digital & IT – chatbot/Tobi program.

With these activities, you will have a great impact on our business:

  • You’ll ensure that all global products, services, and infrastructure for Enterprise customers, consumers, or being used internally by Vodafone are secure by design and will meet an appropriate technology security level and demonstrate that all potential risks are being mitigated to an acceptable level to assure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data
  • Provide advice and guidance to internal and external customers on security-related matters. Define, communicate, and ensure that suppliers and third parties understand and comply with Vodafone’s security standards
  • Leadership and teamwork are essential in this role, the Secure by Design manager needs to work closely with the business and technology architecture teams, design and operations teams, and the other security teams e.g., Risk & Compliance, Ethical Hacking, Security Operations, and Corporate Security. The role holder will also be required to manage external resources and coach Security Champions in the agile teams
  • You will help change the perception that security is an inhibiter and work to demonstrate that security can be a business differentiator by enabling the business with secure by design for its products and services.  To achieve this, proactivity, and an attitude to identify best practices that can be spread to other APIs are key success factors
  • From this role is expected to give clear guidance for implementing security controls in complex environments

With these skills, you are a great candidate:

  • 3-5 years of work experience in the field of cybersecurity
  • Strong professional experience in information technology, Cyber security as well as experience with security in agile ways of working, DevSecOps
  • Good knowledge/experience with securing cloud environments, web services, CI/CD pipelines, container security, connectivity, user access management, networks and penetration testing experience beneficial
  • One or more of the following: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, GIAC, TOGAF, SABSA or equivalent
  • Proactive
  • Excellent analytical skills with a problem-solving mindset
  • Full English proficiency

Sounds like the perfect job? We’ve got even more to offer:

  • Work from Home – hybrid approach  
  • Medical and dental services 
  • Life and hospitalization insurance 
  • Dedicated employee phone subscription 
  • Special discounts for gyms and retailers 
  • Annual Company Bonus 
  • Ongoing Education – we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills  
  • You get to work with tried and trusted web-technology 
  • Getting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company 
  • Flexible Vacation – Take time off when you need it, we trust you  
  • Special Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave 

 
We recognize and celebrate the importance of diversity and inclusivity in our workplace so that we are as diverse as the customers and communities we serve. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination especially related to but not limited to race, color, age, veteran status, gender identification, sexual orientation, pregnancy, ethnicity, disability, religion, political affiliation, trade union membership, nationality, indigenous status, medical condition, HIV status, social origin, cultural background, social or marital status. 
 
Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? We are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job advert, we encourage you to apply as you may be just the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help see how your skills fit in.  

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Vodafone is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised and rewarded. We are committed to promoting Inclusion for All with the belief that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business. We actively encourage everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey.