Senior Staff Engineer (IT Security)

Ams Osram; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm in Penang is seeking an IT Security professional to handle security software, respond to incidents, and secure systems. Ideal candidates have a degree in IT, 2-5 years of relevant experience, and strong IT security skills. This role requires effective collaboration with an international team and proficiency in English.

Qualifications

• 2 - 5 years professional IT experience with security relevance expected.
• Strong English language is required.
• Open to lateral entrants with significant experience.

Responsibilities

• Handling security software and infrastructure.
• Incident Response for security incidents in the corporate network.
• Hardening and securing Linux and UNIX devices.

Skills

IT security skills

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Basic IT knowledge about networks

Education

Degree in IT

Degree in Information Security

Tools

Powershell

Bash

Python

Job description

What we expect

• Handling of security software and infrastructure (firewalls, anti-malware systems, Security Monitoring).
• Hardening and securing at scale of Linux and UNIX devices.
• Incident Response - reporting and resolution of security incidents in the corporate enterprise network.

Who we are looking for

• Degree in IT preferred, degree in Information Security a plus. Open to lateral entrant with significant experience and skills.
• 2 - 5 years professional IT experience with security relevance expected.
• Strong IT security skills founded in broad basic IT knowledge about networks, Operating Systems, design and architecture and overall security safeguards.
• Knowledge of common security systems (firewalling, XDR/EDR, SIEM), broad basis of general IT skills, ideally some programming / scripting skills such as Powershell, bash or Python.
• Analytical skills required to drill deep in security challenge.
• Team players absolutely required - candidate must integrate with the local Malaysia team and play together with the rest of the team internationally.
• Must be able to function well in an international team with members from Europe and Asia.
• Strong English language is required.

Who we are looking for

• Degree in IT preferred, degree in Information Security a plus. Open to lateral entrant with significant experience and skills.
• 2 - 5 years professional IT experience with security relevance expected.
• Strong IT security skills founded in broad basic IT knowledge about networks, Operating Systems, design and architecture and overall security safeguards.
• Knowledge of common security systems (firewalling, XDR/EDR, SIEM), broad basis of general IT skills, ideally some programming / scripting skills such as Powershell, bash or Python.
• Analytical skills required to drill deep in security challenge.
• Team players absolutely required - candidate must integrate with the local Malaysia team and play together with the rest of the team internationally.
• Must be able to function well in an international team with members from Europe and Asia.
• Strong English language is required.

Contact

Ronald Heon Lon Yip will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

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