Team Manager, Platform Security

The Cyber Security Defense Department (CSDD) is responsible for safeguarding all Rakuten companies and users from cyber threats, ensuring the security and integrity of Rakuten Group's global internet services.

We oversee all aspects of both Secure Development and Security Operations for services developed within the group, with dedicated security teams and operation centers strategically located in key regions worldwide.

As our global ecosystem grows, we are scaling our defense capabilities to stay ahead of sophisticated threat actors. We are looking for a leader to transform our platform security from reactive to proactive, ensuring resilience at the speed of our business.

We are looking for a strategic and hands-on Manager to lead our platform security team. You will be responsible for the end-to-end security posture of Rakuten’s hybrid infrastructure, spanning both public cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) and private cloud environments. You will lead a team of security engineers to embed "security-by-design" into our development lifecycle while ensuring proactive monitoring, rapid incident response, and operational stability across our global ecosystem.

To deliver comprehensive cybersecurity by embedding robust security into the design, development and delivery of Rakuten's products for our customers' peace of mind and protecting Rakuten's production systems for our global ecosystem's operational resilience.

Build and maintain strategies for Rakuten’s platform security, spanning both public cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) and private cloud environments

Manage the platform security team and defend Rakuten services and IT systems from advanced cyber attacks and crimes by partnering with our SOC and threat intelligence team

Oversee the design and implementation of core platform security controls such as security guardrails, identity and access management (IAM), and network security for both public and private cloud environments

Lead the strategy for continuous monitoring, threat hunting, and rapid incident response to maintain the resilience of production systems

Contribute to the improvement of cyber resilience in the organization and industry through the development of cyber professionals by defining and tracking key security performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the efficacy of our defense controls and the security health of our hybrid infrastructures