Assistant Director

Assistant Director (Home Team/Systems of National Interests/ GCS), CSPC Join to apply for the Assistant Director (Home Team/Systems of National Interests/ GCS), CSPC role at Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA)What The Role Is The successful candidate will be assigned to work in one of the pillars in the division such as “Home Team”, “Systems of National Interests”, or Government Central System - Operationalising (GCS-Ops). Lead a team of senior consultants, consultants and system engineers to provide cybersecurity consultancy through evaluating risk assessment, security design review and plan and review security testing of Home Team/ GCS-Ops/ NI ICT/OT systems to ensure that these systems are well protected while the System owner accepts justifiable risk levels. What You Will Be Working On Perform the risk assessment for Home Team/ GCS-Ops/ NI ICT/OT systems to ensure it is well protected and justify the risks to the System owner for risk acceptance Collaborate with system owners and project team to understand the business and system requirements to analyse and identify cyber and physical threats and formulate project-specific scenarios and potential risks Propose people, process and technology (PPT) cybersecurity mitigation controls on the completed TRA Template and project-specific scenarios Justify residual risk levels for acceptance and approval by the designated approving authority Review the security design of Home Team/ GCS-Ops/ NI ICT/OT systems to identify weaknesses and recommend security solutions or controls Identify, assess and review cybersecurity solutions to secure Home Team/ GCS-Ops/ NI ICT/OT networks and systems Collaborate with system owners and project team to review and provide advice on the final proposed security design and mitigation controls Identify additional risks due to deviations in the final proposed security design and propose mitigation controls Review security testing scopes and plans that validate and verify the security design of the Home Team/ GCS-Ops/ NI ICT/OT systems Review vendor’s system security testing proposals and Penetration Test (PT) plans and, if needed, insert or counter-propose test plans and test cases to ensure comprehensive security testing Provide advice to system owners and project team on the conduct of system security testing and PT Serve as controller to verify the execution of the system security testing and PT Assess findings and recommendations from security testing and PT reports and propose remediation measures Optimise cybersecurity consultancy practices for effectiveness and efficiency of Home Team/ GCS-Ops/ NI ICT/OT systems Develop security reference architectures and threat reference models to optimise consultancy effectiveness and efficiencies Work with team members to develop, operate and publish the security reference architectures and threat reference models Enforce approved security reference architecture and threat reference models during consultancy Analyse lessons learned from consultancy works and incorporate improvements to consultancy models and reference architectures Manage the project’s security deliverables while adhering to the overall system timeline Track project progress and collaborate with the project management team to manage the schedule for the security team Manage Team Capability Development Support team esprit de corps, professional and personal development Develop training plans based on the competency framework (RTEC: Raise + Train + Evaluate = Capability)Identify suitable training programmes/events/seminars for each team role Monitor training budget and provide updates to management Establish knowledge management processes for cybersecurity consultancy knowledge sharing and retention What We Are Looking For Bachelor Degree in Information Communication Technology-related discipline Professional qualifications such as CISSP, SANS, CISA, CRISC or equivalent At least 10 to 15 years of relevant working experience and at least 7 to 10 years of supervisory experience Good understanding and interest in cybersecurity Technically hands-on and curious about the inner workings of technology Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills Good communications and interpersonal relationship skills, stakeholder management Driven and capable to work independently as well as in a team If you share our passion to make a difference in the cyber security landscape, take up the challenge and apply now. All applicants will be notified of whether they are shortlisted or not within four weeks of the closing date of this job posting. For issues with the application, you may drop your resume at Note: CSA will be shifting to Punggol Digital District (PDD) in year 2026Seniority level Director Employment type Contract Job function Information Technology Industries Computer and Network Security Government Administration IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr