Cybersecurity Engineer | Threat Hunting, IR & SIEM Expert

N2N Connect Bhd; Malaysia; Remote; MYR 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

N2N Connect Bhd is seeking a skilled cybersecurity professional to monitor alerts from SIEM/EDR/DLP, perform threat hunting, and analyze logs to trace adversary activity. The role involves deploying and fine-tuning SIEM, WAF, IPS/IDS, and SOAR automations while strengthening governance and defensive controls.

You will lead incident response efforts and drive security training, collaborating with teams to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience monitoring and triaging security alerts from SIEM/EDR/DLP platforms.
• Proficient in threat hunting to identify intrusions and adversary behavior.
• Analytical skills to map attack patterns from logs and network data.
• Familiar with core security tools like SIEM, WAF, IPS/IDS, and automation (SOAR).
• Ability to review security posture, gaps, and governance with recommended improvements.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, triage, and investigate security alerts from XDR, EDR, SIEM, DLP, and other cybersecurity platforms to ensure rapid detection and response.
• Conduct threat hunting activities to proactively identify risks, malicious behaviors, and potential intrusions across networks and endpoints.
• Analyse system logs, intrusion artifacts, and network traffic to trace adversary activity, map attack patterns, and uncover vulnerabilities.
• Manage, deploy, and optimize core cybersecurity tools, including SIEM, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), IPS/IDS, and other defensive systems. Including SOAR Automations.
• Review the company's overall cybersecurity posture, identify gaps, and propose and execute initiatives to strengthen governance, policies, and technical defenses.
• Continuously review and harden network, application, and system security to mitigate emerging threats.
• Stay ahead of evolving cyber threats by monitoring news, threat intelligence feeds, and security advisories, ensuring proactive risk mitigation.
• Lead and support incident response processes, including containment, eradication, root cause analysis, and recovery efforts.
• Conduct staff training and security awareness programs to build a culture of cybersecurity vigilance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure security is integrated into projects and operational processes, aligning with internal standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Threat hunting

Security monitoring

Incident response

Log analysis

Network security

Regulatory awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SIEM

EDR

DLP

WAF

IPS/IDS

SOAR

XDR

Job description

N2N Connect Bhd is seeking a skilled cybersecurity professional to monitor alerts from SIEM/EDR/DLP, perform threat hunting, and analyze logs to trace adversary activity. The role involves deploying and fine-tuning SIEM, WAF, IPS/IDS, and SOAR automations while strengthening governance and defensive controls.

You will lead incident response efforts and drive security training, collaborating with teams to ensure compliance with standards and regulations.