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IT Security Officer - IT Governance & Security [ITE Headquarters]Institute of Technical Education · Singapore, Singapore
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IT Security Officer - IT Governance & Security [ITE Headquarters]

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-31 Singapore, Singapore Full-time Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market S$4,500–S$8,000/mo

About the Company

A Trailblazer in Career Technical Education and Work-Study Training The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) was established as a post-secondary institution in 1992, under the Ministry of Education. ITE is a principal provider of career and technical education and a key developer of national skills certification and standards skilling Singapore for the future economy. It offers three key programmes - (1) Pre-Employment Training for youths after secondary education (2) Continuing Education and Training for adult learners and (3) Workplace Learning and Work-Study Programmes with employers. Under its 'One ITE System, Three Colleges' Governance Model, ITE has three Colleges - ITE College Central, ITE College East and ITE College West. For more information, please visit our website at https://www.ite.edu.sg MISSION To create opportunities for students and adult learners to acquire skills, knowledge and values for employability and lifelong learning VISION A Trailblazer in Career Technical Education and Work-Study Training VALUES - ITE CARE Integrity Teamwork Excellence Care At ITE, we will help you find meaning and joy in the work you do, to make a difference to our students, and to make your career extraordinary. Higher Education Specialties: Career and Technical Education, Higher Education

Responsibilities

  • ● What the role is
  • ● As an IT Security Officer, you will be responsible for monitoring, analysing, and strengthening the organisation's cybersecurity posture. You will support governance, risk management, incident response, and compliance activities to safeguard ICT systems and data in alignment with Singapore Government cybersecurity policies and ITE's Cybersecurity policies (e.g. IM8, GovTech standards)
  • ● What you will be working on
  • ● Develop frameworks and processes to support both Enterprise and Teaching & Learning business objectives of ITE
  • ● Develop, implement and monitor reporting mechanisms for governance, security and risk practices to support compliance and highlight areas of exposure.
  • ● Review to identify security risks and breaches to ensure the organisation's assets and information are appropriately secured at all times.
  • ● Provide cybersecurity guidance to project teams to ensure secure design and implementation
  • ● Review system architectures and recommend appropriate security controls based on best practices (e.g. Zero Trust, defence-in-depth)
  • ● Support integration of security requirements into system development lifecycle (SDLC)
  • ● Communicate security basics to the general user population including formulating Security Awareness program to raise user awareness and understanding of basic security concepts
  • ● Monitor and review compliance with risk management strategies and practices to ensure ICT-related activities are meeting Singapore Government Instruction Manual and relevant ICT security best practices.
  • ● Conduct threat analysis using threat intelligence sources to identify emerging risks.
  • ● Perform vulnerability assessments and support remediation tracking across systems
  • ● Analyse logs and security events to identify potential security weaknesses and attack patterns.
  • ● Lead in the investigation of cyber security incidents by working with other government agencies such as GovTech and CSA.
  • ● Coordinate incident response activities and support containment, eradication and recover efforts when required
  • ● Monitor and report on cybersecurity posture, risk exposure and compliance status
  • ● Support cybersecurity aspects of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning
  • ● Participate in tabletop exercises (TTX) and incident simulations to improve organisational readiness