Linux/Unix Security Engineer, GIS

UOB; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

6255 UOB Innovation Hub 2 Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur seeks a Security Engineer to strengthen the bank’s Linux/UNIX security posture. You will implement hardening, manage privileged IDs, and document security standards while coordinating with IT and application teams.

The role requires 5–7 years of relevant experience, a diploma/degree in IT or security, and familiarity with tools like Chef and Splunk. On-call duties may be required.

Qualifications

• Diploma/Degree in engineering/Computer Science/IT/Cyber Security from a recognized institution.
• Professional security qualifications (e.g., SANS, CISSP, CISA, CISM) are favourable but not mandatory.
• 5–7 years of overall experience; strong Linux/UNIX security administration skills.

Responsibilities

• Support Linux/UNIX security hardening and system access control.
• Lead password and privileged ID management via CyberArk or equivalent.
• Maintain security standards documentation and process controls.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to secure bank infrastructure.

Skills

Linux/UNIX security

SUDO access control

Documentation writing

Stakeholder management

Education

Diploma/Degree in engineering/Computer Science/IT/Cyber Security

Tools

Chef

Splunk

Job description

Company: 6255 UOB Innovation Hub 2 Sdn Bhd

About UOB

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of more than 500 branches and offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. In Asia, we operate through our head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, as well as branches and offices. Our history spans more than 80 years. Over this time, we have been guided by our values – Honorable, Enterprising, United and Committed. This means we always strive to do what is right, build for the future, work as one team and pursue long-term success. It is how we work, consistently, be it towards the company, our colleagues or our customers.

Job Description

United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of around 500 offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. UOB's purpose is to build the future of ASEAN. Our purpose guides The UOB Way – that defines our unique culture and belief system, anchored on our values of being Honourable, Enterprising, United and Committed, and our people philosophy of Care, Growth and Trust.

About The Department

UOB Innovation Hub 2 (InnoHub2) is a UOB-wholly owned subsidiary and a Centre of Excellence based in Malaysia, providing Group Business Services (GBS) to support the UOB Group. Started in 2021 with technology application design, development and support, InnoHub2 is expanding beyond technology services to deliver other business services to support the Bank’s growth ambition. We are looking for talented and motivated individuals to be part of the pioneer team spearheading the development and delivery of the new services.
As part of the InnoHub2 team, you will have the opportunity to work on Group initiatives and gain regional business exposure. We are dynamic, passionate and purposeful about delivering trusted financial solutions that enables business growth. An exciting career progression with varied opportunities awaits you at IH2. Come grow your career with us.

Job Responsibilities

The Security Engineer will support the day-to-day operations and development of the bank security suite of products with key objective in designing, developing, deploying, maintaining and enhancing the Bank’s infrastructure security capabilities specifically for Linux/UNIX platforms.

• Handle change requests for Linux/UNIX systems.
• Perform Linux/UNIX server takeover process and security hardening compliance verification processes.
• Support rectification of security hardening failures for Linux/UNIX servers in accordance with the established Bank’s Security Standards.
• Carry out rectification of password change failures for privileged accounts.
• Perform audit extraction and review for Linux/UNIX systems. · Write documentation (Security Standards, Access Control Baseline, Processes).
• Responsible for Linux/UNIX security hardening in accordance with the established Bank’s Security Standards.
• Assess the security access control for bank-wide Linux/UNIX servers by performing pre-production compliance checking.
• Periodically conducting user access review for systems and applications. Provide technical expertise in the area of Linux/UNIX security matters and work closely with Application Development team to establish and develop application access control matrix.
• Granting and assignment of access privileges based on the approved access control matrix for Linux/UNIX platform.
• Troubleshoot access and privilege issues. Identify and rectify issues, as well as proper escalation to management.
• Provide appropriate technical guidance and advisory on Linux/UNIX platform security matters.
• Implementation and administration of System Access Control using SUDO on Linux/UNIX platform.
• Responsible for Linux/UNIX privileged IDs lifecycle (On-boarding to CyberArk Password Vault, rectification of privileged IDs password change failures, and decommissioning of privileged IDs).
• Develop and establish access control baseline, processes and procedures to ensure open system environment is properly and accurately secure in accordance with the regulatory, bank and industry standards.
• Communicate effectively with a variety of internal teams and third-party service providers/vendors
• Capable of managing a variety of priorities and deliverables in an operational, interrupt driven environment with minimal guidance or supervision
• Resolve standard/routine issues with no guidance and complex/unusual issues with minimal guidance.
• Willingness to perform on-call duties as and when required.

Job Requirements

• Diploma/Degree in engineering/Computer Science/IT/Cyber Security from a recognized education institution
• Professional security related qualification (e.g., SANS, CISSP, CISA, CISM, etc.) will be favourable although not mandatory Technical Skills:
• Overall experience 5 – 7 years of experience
• Minimum 5+ years strong experience with Linux (Red Hat, Suse, CentOS) and UNIX (Solaris, AIX) Security Administration.
• Preferably have system administration experience on Windows, Database and Network devices.
• Good communications skills with ability to influence others and provide recommendations.
• Ability to write documentation (Security Standards, Access Control Baseline, Processes)
• Experience in software configuration management tools (Chef) and log monitoring tools (Splunk) is a plus.
• Good stakeholder management skills to collaborate with other departments.
• Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of security principles, banking products and services.

Be a part of UOB Family

UOB is an equal opportunity employer. UOB does not discriminate on the basis of a candidate's age, race, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or other non-merit factors. All employment decisions at UOB are based on business needs, job requirements and qualifications. If you require any assistance or accommodations to be made for the recruitment process, please inform us when you submit your online application.