Service Delivery Manager (Security Vulnerabilities and Remediations Management)

The Service Delivery Manager is responsible for overseeing the end-to-end management of security vulnerability remediation processes. This role requires a deep understanding of security best practices, risk management, and IT service delivery. The successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, prioritise, and mitigate security vulnerabilities by rolling out patches and fixes, ensuring the protection of organisational assets.

• Engage the Cyber Security team closely on the vulnerability management program, in the identification, assessment and prioritization of business-relevant vulnerabilities.

• Identification of solutions for assessed vulnerabilities.
• Develop and implement effective remediation plans according to the designated timelines.
• Track and manage remediation progress, ensuring timely closure of vulnerabilities.
• Engage stakeholders for any scheduled downtime to deploy remediation in the production environment.
• Coordinate with IT teams to implement necessary patches, updates, and configuration changes.
• Establish and maintain a vulnerability remediation knowledge base.

• Coordinate with stakeholders for impact analysis.
• Develop rollback contingency plans for implementation challenges.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Maintain up-to-date risk registers and reports.

• Ensure the delivery of high-quality security vulnerability management services.
• Monitor service performance metrics and identify areas for improvement.
• Manage service-related incidents and problems.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Prepare monthly reports on progress and status of the remediation program.
• Ensure adherence to designate Service-Level Agreements

• Lead and manage a team of specialists in the remediation program.
• Assign tasks, set goals, and provide performance feedback.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Minimum of Diploma or Bachelor’s in information technology or relevant field
• Proven experience in security vulnerability management and remediation.
• Strong understanding of IT service management frameworks (ITIL, ITSM).
• Knowledge of security standards and regulations (e.g., ISO 27001, PCI DSS).
• Experience with vulnerability scanning and assessment tools.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Team management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

• Strong experience in execution of security incident management and response
• Relevant certifications in Information Security or IT service management.
• Conversant with the knowledge of software products ranging from Solaris OS, Linux OS, Windows OS, Hypervisors (Nutanix, VMWare, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure, Oracle VM, Apache & IIS Web Servers, Open SSL, IBM Websphere & CA Siteminder.