Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Ørsted; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global renewable energy company in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Security Specialist to enhance its Cyber Security Engineering team. This role involves designing and optimizing enterprise security tools and managing advanced security capabilities, mainly focusing on Microsoft’s 365 security suite. Candidates should have proven experience in cyber security engineering with a solid understanding of SOC operations and security best practices. Join us to protect our critical infrastructure from cyber threats.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in cyber security engineering.
• Hands-on experience with core security platforms.
• Familiarity with defence-in-depth concepts and MITRE ATT&CK framework.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize enterprise security tools.
• Implement advanced security capabilities.
• Perform analysis to ensure effective tool operation.
• Support security investigations and incident response.

Skills

Proven experience in cyber security engineering

Hands-on experience with security platforms

Familiarity with Zero Trust and MITRE ATT&CK

Understanding of SOC operations

Experience with coding and scripting

Tools

Microsoft’s 365 security suite

EDR

NDR

XDR

SIEM

Job description

Join us in this role where you’ll be one of our dedicated cyber security experts in our Cyber Security Engineering team. You should be ready to take on the role of a Security Specialist who understands the end-to-end lifecycle of security tools from deployment and management to optimization and integration. You will play a key role in ensuring that our security stack remains robust, efficient, and aligned with evolving threat landscapes. You combine deep technical expertise with strategic thinking and can drive continuous improvement across our cybersecurity ecosystem.

Welcome to Corporate Information Security

You’ll be part of Cyber Defence Centre where you, together with your colleagues, will design, build, and manage the core security stack to support our business units across IT and OT environments. As a team, we provide expertise in both offensive and defensive security. We are a global team located in multiple countries and delivering across different time zone

You’ll play a crucial role in protecting and defending critical infrastructure from cyber threats.

You’ll play an important role in:

• designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise security tools across multiple domains, including but not limited to endpoint security, email security, network security, vulnerability management
• designing, implementing, and managing advanced security capabilities across Microsoft’s 365 security suite providing deep technical and strategic expertise on Microsoft’s advanced security solutions
• developing and implementing security automation workflows and integrations to enhance and streamline effectiveness
• performing analysis, and reporting to ensure security tools operate effectively and as expected
• partnering with other security specialists in the Cyber Defence Centre to improve efficiency, effectiveness and performance. This would include supporting security investigations and collaborating with the incident response team to resolve issues efficiently.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have proven experience in cyber security engineering within the domains listed in the role description
• have hands-on experience with core security platforms including Microsoft’s 365 security suite, EDR, NDR, XDR, and SIEM
• have experience translating and implementing security requirements into technical configuration and use cases
• are familiar with Zero Trust, defence-in-depth concepts and MITRE ATT&CK framework and its use in improving threat detection and response capabilities
• have a solid understanding of SOC operations and good security practices in the field in general
• have experience with coding and scripting to orchestrate and automate security processes and responses is an advantage.