APAC Information Security Operations Lead

Who we are

Optiver is a global market maker founded in Amsterdam with offices in London Chicago Austin New York Sydney Shanghai Hong Kong SingaporeTaipeiand Mumbai. Established in 1986 today we are a leading liquidity provider with close to 2000 employees in offices around the world united in our commitment to improve the market through competitive pricingexecutionand risk management. By providing liquidity on multiple exchanges across the world in various financial instruments weparticipatein the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets. We provide liquidity to financial markets using our own capital at our own risk trading a wide range of products: listed derivatives cash equities ETFsbondsand foreign currencies.

Whatyoulldo

We are seeking ahands-onInformationSecurity Operations Lead who combines deep security knowledge with strong coaching mentoring and leadership capabilities. You will guide the team through operational challenges foster their development and ensure the ongoing integrity ofOptiverssecurity operations.

Reporting directly to the Global Head of Information Security this role will work in conjunction with the other regional security leads with your focus extending beyond individual technical executionyou willhelpshape the teams roadmap coach engineers through complex challenges and drive alignment with global securityobjectives.

Main responsibilities include:

• Build and lead a high-performance security engineers and analysts including managing performance careerdevelopmentand delivery.

• Oversee day-to-day security operations ensuring efficient triage investigation escalation and resolution of security events

• Continuously refine operational processes and partner with global security teams to drive alignment in processes standards and tooling.

• Lead the team during high-severity incidents coordinating efforts across engineering business and global stakeholders.

• Work with engineers toidentifyautomation opportunities reduce toil and improve detection and response capabilities.

• Act as the primary point of contact for operational security topics within APAC and build strong partnerships with all stakeholders.

• Contribute to the long-term strategy and roadmap for global security operations.

Who you are

Optiverneedsour nextAPAC Information Security Operations Leadtohave:

• Leading or mentoring security engineers SOC analysts incident responders or security operations teams.

• Broad experience with EDR SIEM vulnerability management identity security and cloud security tooling.

• Experience defining and maturing operational processes: alerting triage incident response playbooks tooling and escalation workflows.

• Understanding of SOC workflows detection tuning/engineering playbook development and operational runbooks.

• Experience leading or coordinating incident response efforts across cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated experience building high-performing collaborative teams in fast-paced environments.

• Championing a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

• Cloud security (AWS M365) identity management (Entra ID SSO conditional access) and data protectiondesirable.

• Automation with Python or PowerShelldesirable.

Whatyoullget

Youlljoin a culture of collaboration and excellence whereyoullbe surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Driven by a passion for continuous improvementyoullthrive in a supportive high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues working collectively to tackle some of the most complex problems in the financial markets.

In return for yourexpertise you will have access to a range of Optiverperks including:

• A performance-based bonus structure unmatched anywhere in the industry.

• The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment.

• Trainingmentorshipand personal development opportunities.

• Daily breakfastlunchand an in-house barista.

• Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages.

• Regular social events including a company trip every two years.

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process.

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