Position: Senior IT Specialist (Signed contract with PERSOL) - Vietnamese only
Location: Nexus Building, 3A - 3B Ton Duc Thang, Sai Gon Ward, Ho Chi Minh
Working time: Mon Fri (9 AM - 6 PM)
Purpose of Role:
Ensure PIPO VN IT/IS achieves and maintains compliance with SBV requirements, and act as liaison between PIPO global team and VN regulators for IT/IS audits.
Responsibilities:
- SBV onsite audit support: 2 days per week of 2 months; Review and revise the audit preparation documents; Identify compliance gaps and risks of the audit readiness; Present audit packages to SBV during onsite inspection
- Regular CIO consulting service: 1 day per week for 1 year; Respond to SBV inquiries; Provide consulting service on VN data compliance obligations
- Language: English (Fluent is a must); Chinese is a plus.
Knowledge and Skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proven ability to achieve targets autonomously. The candidate should demonstrate self-motivation and the ability to work independently under pressure while handling complex IT challenges.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), ability to influence. Able to communicate technical concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical staff. Strong capability to manage risks in ambiguous and complex situations without direct oversight. The candidate needs to demonstrate a proactive approach to identifying potential challenges and devising strategic solutions independently.
- Ability to manage risks in ambiguous and complex situations
- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration skills, in particular, contributing to global and cross-functional teams
- Highly motivated to contribute and grow within a complex area of emerging importance
- Strong understanding of:
- Comprehensive understanding of and compliance with local cybersecurity and data protection regulations, including the Vietnam Data Law, Personal Information Protection, Cybersecurity Law and relevant requirements set forth by the regulators
- Industry standard frameworks (including PCI DSS, ISO 27001)
- Operating and maintaining tools across a range of security domains
- A strong understanding of the Vietnamese digital landscape, including local market trends, customer expectations, and challenges faced in cybersecurity and data privacy.
Minimum requirements:
- 8-10 years of applicable experience designing, deploying and managing a range of IT infrastructure, including: Cloud architecture, application stack including CloudNative, Microservices, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, or OCI
- High degree of integrity and trustworthiness and the ability to lead and inspire change
- Strong Leadership, Communication and Project Management skills
- Demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate new knowledge and remain current on new developments in cybersecurity capabilities and industry knowledge
- In-depth experience in the following:
- Vulnerability management
- Change management
- Disk, file, device, and database encryption
- Microservice architecture
- Logging, monitoring, and security event management
- Database management and administration
- Product management and support.
Preferred skills/qualifications:
- In-depth experience in Data Security, Privacy, and Protection, ideally in a FinTech or payment-related industry
- Experience in deploying and managing standard certification frameworks (including PCI DSS, ISO 27001)
- Previously approved as an Authorised Officer by the Central Bank of VN or by any ther supervisory authority of the financial sector.
- Experience using one or more programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, etc.)
- Familiarity with source code management tools (e.g., Github, Bitbucket)
- Familiarity with securing data across SaaS and IaaS cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform)
- Familiarity with securing data across multiple database technologies (e.g., MySQL, Redis, Hive)
- Familiarity with identifying potential opportunities to Automate and optimize IT controls
- Be able to handle ambiguity and collaborate with a global team
- Be comfortable communicating with business executives and technical teams.
Contact:
- Mail: [Confidential Information]
- SDT/Zalo: 0918.196.610 (Ms.Mai)
