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APAC Information Security Operations Lead

Optiver
🇦🇺SydneySeniorFull-timePosted December 18, 2025

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Information Security Operations Lead who combines deep security knowledge with strong coaching, mentoring, and leadership capabilities. Reporting directly to the Global Head of Information Security, this role works in conjunction with regional security leads to help shape the team's roadmap, coach engineers through complex challenges, and drive alignment with global security objectives.

  • Build and lead a high-performance team of security engineers and analysts, managing performance, career development, and delivery
  • Oversee day-to-day security operations, ensuring efficient triage, investigation, escalation, and resolution of security events
  • Lead the team during high-severity incidents, coordinating efforts across engineering, business, and global stakeholders
  • Work with engineers to identify automation 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 stakeholders

Requirements

  • 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.

What You'll Get

  • Performance-based bonus structure
  • The chance to work alongside diverse and intelligent peers in a rewarding environment
  • Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
  • Daily breakfast, lunch and an in-house barista
  • Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages
  • Regular social events, including a company trip every two years