Ericsson Looking for Head of IT Security Access Control India at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

About this opportunity

We are now looking for a Head of IT Security Access Control India. In this role, you will guide, mentor, and challenge individuals and teams to improve services and operational procedures. The customer and employee experience are crucial while delivering secure and complaint services. The objective is to be a trusted business partner at the forefront, upholding our IT Security posture for effective risk-based protection of Ericsson.

The Access Control services includes Roles & Authorization Management for Global Enterprise SAP Landscape (multiple environments), Third Party Access Request Evaluation & Enablement (suppliers) and Privileged User Access Control Administration!

What you will do

You will give input to the IT Security strategy work to set strategic priorities, objectives, and key results

You will support your team with individual performance management talks, competence development, salary reviews and to achieve work-life balance

You will take measures to ensure services are within agreed SLAs & budget and will measure and follow-up teams commitments and overall performance

You will ensure that our services and operations are follows internal/external requirements (policies, directives, processes, ISMS (ISO 271001/27002), GDPR & SOX regulations

You will participate in IT audits (internal/external) and drive management action remediation’s and will align with internal stakeholders to proactively assess any impact to own teams’ services, operations, and support needs

You will help the organization to work through sophisticated technology challenges and to provide innovative and broad approaches within own domain and will continuously drive and find ways to improve own procedures & operations!

You will bring

Senior leadership and broad IT Security expertise, IT service management, supplier management and stakeholder management

Ability to communicate efficiently with a broad cross-section of stakeholders to explain and implement security measures

Good understanding of ISO 27001/27002 controls and how they should be implemented to secure information technology environments

Deep knowledge in SAP Roles & Authorizations (ERP, GRC, Analytics platforms)

Experience from IT audits and how to remediate risks

Key Qualifications:
Education: Degree majoring in Computer Science / IT Engineering

15+ years of work experience including people management

10+ years of hand on experience in SAP Security

Shown experience leading geographically distributed teams and running large-scale projects and excellent analytical skills and ability to formulate strategies and concepts

Demonstrated ability: S4/HANA Security, HANA Security 2.0, SAP GRC, Audit Management, ISMS (ISO 27001/27002), regulatory requirements such as EU-GDPR/SOX

SAP Certified Technology Professional – System Security Architect is considered a merit

Security professional certifications – CISM, CISA, CISSP, CRISC or other such certifications/accreditations are a big plus

Other preferred Certifications Management: PMP (or) Similar is a merit

Security experience with S/4 HANA implementation, SAP HANA 2.0, Fiori authorizations is a plus

Knowledge on working with Policy based access control (PBAC) would be an added advantage

Good understanding on overall governance, risk management and internal / External Audit Management

Why join Ericsson?

At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build never seen before solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

What happens once you apply?

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Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that’s why we nurture it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team.

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