Senior Security Engineer, Analytics and Engineering

Jobtailor; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Hong Kong is seeking an experienced security engineering professional to advance detection, response, and automation across cloud platforms. You will shape telemetry pipelines, automate workflows, and improve production delivery while integrating DevOps principles.

The role emphasizes hands-on security operations, threat intelligence, and AI/ML in cybersecurity, requiring strong scripting and cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in Information Security with hands-on roles in Security Engineering, Security Operations, Cyber Threat Intelligence, or Cloud Security.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and enhance infrastructure related to detection & response engineering lifecycle, telemetry and log pipelines, automation and AI.
• Support alert pipeline and detection use case development.
• Build, manage, and optimize agentic workflows for security engineering and detection engineering operations.
• Ensure fast, secure, and reliable delivery of code while maintaining a focus on quality and production readiness.
• Build, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to enhance development workflows.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain IaC templates using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or equivalent.
• Design automated solutions and workflows using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) or hyperautomation platforms.
• Integrate DevOps principles into development lifecycles.
• Build, maintain and enhance our security operations technology stack.

Skills

Security engineering

CI/CD tooling

Scripting

English communication

Tools

Spacelift

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Job description

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and enhance infrastructure related to detection & response engineering lifecycle, telemetry and log pipelines, automation and AI.
• Support alert pipeline and detection use case development.
• Build, manage, and optimize agentic workflows for security engineering and detection engineering operations.
• Ensure fast, secure, and reliable delivery of code while maintaining a focus on quality and production readiness.
• Build, manage, and optimize Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to enhance development workflows.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates or playbooks using tools such as Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent.
• Design and implement automated solutions and workflows using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) or hyperautomation platforms.
• Integrate DevOps principles into development lifecycles.
• Build, maintain and enhance our security operations technology stack.

Requirements

• 5-7 years of experience in Information Security, with technical hands‑on experience in Security Engineering, Security Operations, Cyber Threat Intelligence, or Cloud Security.
• Proven experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. Spacelift, GitHub Actions).
• Proficiency with IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) or familiarity with automation/orchestration platforms.
• Working experience with SIEM, EPP/EDR/XDR, SOAR, Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIPs).
• Working experience with Cloud environments like AWS, Azure and GCP.
• Working experience in the practical implementation of operational, tactical and strategic threat intelligence.
• Experience in applying AI/ML in cybersecurity use cases.
• Highly self‑motivated, attention to detail and outcome driven.
• Highly collaborative team player.
• Proficiency in verbal and written English.