Application & Database Security Manager

About the role

As a strategic leader in the Application Security and Access Management team, you will oversee the bank's security framework to safeguard critical financial systems. Shifting from operations to strategic governance, you will manage identity management, database security, and user access lifecycles, enforcing the "Need-to-Know" principle across privileged accounts and third-party integrations. You will ensure strict compliance with regional regulatory standards-including BNM RMiT, PCI DSS, and PDPA-across Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Act as a key gatekeeper for project implementations and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), while maintaining data sovereignty through log monitoring and exposure management. Additionally, you will drive proactive risk management by leading Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSA) and automating User Access Matrix (UAM) reviews. Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders, you will mitigate application-layer threats and maintain meticulous audit trails to protect the bank from insider and outsider risks.