Security Engineering Director

About the role

The Manila Security Engineering Lead is responsible for building and operating a world‑class security engineering capability within the Manila Cyber Delivery Centre. This senior technical leader will translate strategy into repeatable, high‑quality engineering solutions at enterprise scale.

Key responsibilities

• Lead delivery of security engineering implementations and integrations.
• Ensure quality, resilience, and consistency across all engagements.
• Define and enforce repeatable engineering patterns, standards, and quality gates.
• Minimise bespoke delivery drift and own the project‑to‑operations handover process.
• Develop engineering leaders and senior engineers, building depth and succession across sub‑domains.
• Partner with Strategy & Architecture to make designs implementable.
• Collaborate with Operations to guarantee operability and maintainability.
• Provide credible engineering input to pursuits, covering solution approach, integration assumptions, resourcing models, delivery risks and client dependencies.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10–14 years of experience in security engineering, including leadership responsibilities.
• Relevant certifications preferred (e.g., CISS, vendor certifications).

Required skills

• Microsoft security technologies.
• Palo Alto Networks solutions.
• AWS security services.
• Google Cloud security offerings.
• CISS certification.