IoT Technology Security Specialist

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: Business Area: VB Internet of Things Vertical Posting Country: Portugal Full Time / Part Time: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together. With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference. Join Us At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact. Joining Vodafone IoT’s team means being part of a growing, purpose-drivenorganisationat the forefront of innovation. Our teams are made up of curious minds, problem-solvers, and forward-thinkers across the world who thrive in a collaborative, high-performing, inclusive environment. What you’ll do The IoT Technology Security Specialist manages the interface to the IoT Line of Business (LoB) and to the Business Product Manager associated with your products/platform/developments. You will be assigned to one or more products and their value streams for product development, with the focus of this role on Enterprise IT Security and IoT Security capabilities. It will be necessary to negotiate,manageandagreedemand into the practice for these products and manage the backlog, new features definition, roadmapprioritisation,operationalgovernanceand reporting. You will work with wider practice leads, vendors,technologyand operations teams to build the technology plan to inform and deliver the product/platform strategy and roadmap. This will require you tounderstand thetechnology,cybersecurityandcompliancefor theIOTproducts that are to bedelivered. You will work on the creation of capabilities and product feature requirements for developmentsrelated to securityworking jointly with thebusinessproduct managers. You will then translate these into lower-level product/platform/operating model requirements ensuring these are underpinned by an E2E technical architecture (includinguser journeys and service models) working with other roles in Technologyteams. Additional responsibilities for IoT Technology Security Specialist include:
- Own andprioritisethe security/compliancerelated features backlog usingSAFeprinciples and WSJF scoring.
- Ensure compliance with internal and external security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Identifyand manage security risks across IoT platforms, implementingproactive measuresworking with technology leadsto drive andprioritizerisk reduction.
- Collaborate with security architects and compliance teams to embed security into designs and delivery.
- Interface and support IoT Delivery Agile Release Teams, working with RTEs, Scrum Masters, Technical Leads, and Enterprise Architects to deliver secure designs, development, testing, and production deployment. Who you are
- University degree as relevant to the role
- Strong understanding of enterprise IT security principles, compliance frameworks, and risk management
- Strong collaboration, communication, team working and influencing skills
- Relevant product,platformsand technology experience with exposure to Platform Eco-systems
- Ability to build E2E technology plans specific to products and platforms
- Customer-centric focus ideally with experience defining capabilities and features through customer co-creation
- In-life technology management and KPI performance relevant to products
- Experience building technical specifications for products and in turn user stories, service models, in conjunction with business and technology teams
- Backlog management andprioritization
- Managing in multi-market and global environments
- Experience leading and delivering high performance through teams in Telecoms and/or Technology industry roles
- Agile product development experience (e.g.,SAFe, Spotify, Scrum) and qualifications
- Experience with Office and Collaboration apps, also product development tools e.g., Jira, Confluence.
- Security certifications (e.g.fromISC2,ISACA, COMPTIA) desirable Not a perfect fit? Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re exci