Role Summary

The main responsibility of this role is to own the Island.io platform end-to-end as a strategic capability, responsible for platform direction, security alignment, user experience, and delivery. Acts as the single point of accountability for the platform across business, security, and engineering stakeholders.

Design and implement Island.io platform capabilities, including advanced policy configuration, browser controls, integrations, and troubleshooting and prepare the transition to operations. 

Key Responsibilities

Platform Ownership & Strategy

• Define and own the Island.io roadmap aligned to Zero Trust, DLP, and digital experience goals
• Act as the decision authority for all platform configuration and policy changes

Platform Implementation & Configuration

• Configure Island policies, controls, and integrations
• Implement browser-based security controls (DLP, access restrictions, session controls)
• Build reusable configurations and policy patterns
• Enable integrations 

Delivery Oversight

• Lead implementation and deployment of the platform
• Propose backlog prioritisation (BAU vs enhancements vs incidents)
• Ensure platform stability, performance, and scalability

Security & Risk Alignment

• Work with CISO office to define control strategy (risk-based policies)
• Ensure effective integration with SOC for monitoring and incident response
• Balance security enforcement with user experience

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary interface between:
  • Security (CISO / SOC)
  • Platform teams
  • Business service owners (PRM / SDMs)
• Translate technical capabilities into business outcomes

CoE Leadership

• Build and lead the Island CoE capability
• Define standards, patterns, and best practices
• Mentor engineers

• 10+ years of experience in infrastructure design, systems architecture, or cloud engineering roles
• Proven expertise with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including services such as compute, storage, networking, and databases
• Proven experience in end user computing and device security (endpoint security)
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure automation, infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
• Solid understanding of networking protocols, including TCP/IP, gateway technologies, VPN technologies.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, ELK stack, Datadog, or New Relic
• Knowledge of security best practices, including identity and access management, encryption, network security, certificates 
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement disaster recovery and business continuity solutions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Experience in Agile or DevOps environments
• Preferred: Experience building or operating a CoE or platform team
• Preferred: Experience with Island.io or similar (e.g. Talon, Chrome Enterprise, SSE platforms)

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