Head of Information Security - John Keells Holdings PLC

John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH), Sri Lanka’s largest conglomerate, is seeking a highly qualified, experienced professional to Head the Information Security Operations as per established Zero trust policy framework, guidelines, and procedures. This is a key leadership role as part of the Group IT function and will report in to the Group CIO and CISO.

Job Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Operationalize the approved Zero Trust Security policy framework, ensuring continuous verification, least privilege access, and micro-segmentation.
• Continuously enhance the procedures and SOPs as well make recommendations to enhance policies and governance models in line with ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR, and PDPA.
• Effectively govern and operationalize the approved SOC/SOAR strategy of the group to ensure effective management of threat intelligence, forensic investigations, and incident response.
• Ensure periodic audits to ensure compliance and to identify improvement areas in line with Group IT and Cyber-resilience strategy.
• Develop cybersecurity awareness and training programs, including phishing simulations and stakeholder engagement.
• Provide effective leadership to the team both internal and external to effectively execute the above.

Person Specifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT or Computer Science.
• Specific Qualifications in Security related areas will be an added advantage.
• 10+ years of experience in IT strategy/operational management with at least 5+ years in security operations.
• Familiarity with security stacks of Cisco, Microsoft, Palo Alto, CyberArk, Cloudflare,  AWS, and GCP will be an added advantage.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills are of the essence.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, and CCSP are highly desirable.
   

If you have what it takes to be a part of a dynamic team in driving the next frontier of Security operations then we invite you to apply. Please send in your applications by 10th of April 2025.