Job description

With an enduring vision of being the most technologically advanced, innovative and customer friendly financial organization, we, the Most Awarded Bank in Sri Lanka, continue to progress steadily while being the first Sri Lankan bank to be listed amongst the Top 1000 Banks in theWorld.

Our unparalleled record of success is supported by an unmatched suite of digital offerings and superior standards in service, stability and performance.nce. We are poised to ascend to even greater heights in the near futurere.

JOB PROFILE

Security Architecture Strategy: Architect and oversee the evolution of the Bank’s LAN/WAN security ecosystem, ensuring infrastructure scales with digital transformation while maintaining a “Zero Trust” posture.
Regulatory & Compliance Governance: Act as the lead technical liaison for Central Bank regulators and external auditors, ensuring the network infrastructure meets or exceeds industry standards (eg, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001).
Innovation & Risk Mitigation: Spearhead research into emerging threat vectors and oversee the rapid implementation of patches, bug fixes, and vulnerability remedies across the enterprise.
Technical Roadmap: Define the long-term technology stack for security appliances, making high-level decisions on vendor selection and hardware lifecycle management.
AI/ML Adoption & Intelligent Automation: Drive the adoption of AI/ML technologies within the IT Infrastructure domain to modernize operations, focusing on enhancing operational efficiency and service delivery through intelligent automation.
Scalability, Resilience & Future Readiness: Design and maintain a highly scalable, resilient, and adaptable security architecture capable of supporting rapid business growth, evolving digital banking requirements, and emerging network security threats while ensuring high availability and business continuity.
Operational Excellence: Define, document, and enforce global system standards and SOPs to ensure consistency across all network security installations and maintenance activities.
Incident Response Leadership: Serve as the final escalation point for complex security incidents, coordinating high-level troubleshooting for Firewalls, WAF, IPS and AAA services.

APPLICANT’S PROFILE

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology or related field (UGC recognized).
Minimum of 5 to 8 years of progressive experience in network security, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead capacity within an enterprise/banking environment.
Extensive hands-on experience with Firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortigate, CISCO ASA or Checkpoint), IPS, and Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Load Balancers (ADC), Proxy Servers, and Authenticator/AAA systems.
Strong knowledge and hands-on experience in SASE, SD-WAN, and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technologies, including architecture, deployment, and troubleshooting.
A good team player with strong analytical, interpersonal, communication, project management and willing to take-up challenges.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and justify security investments through risk-based reporting.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage high-pressure situations during outages or breaches.

Successful candidate will be provided with an attractive remuneration package, commensurate with benchmarked financial institutions.

Job Location : Sri Lanka
Company Name : Commercial Bank
Salary : 65,000-150,000 LKR
Closing Date : 14/06/2026

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