Remote Day-Shift Security Engineer — AI-Driven MSP

AImagineers; Manila; Remote; PHP 1,116,000 - 1,283,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

13th-month pay

HMO from day one

Connectivity allowance

MacBook and AI tools

Tenure bonuses at 12 and 24 months

Team-focused environment

Job summary

AImagineers is hiring a security engineer to run threat detection and response for Australian clients from Manila. You will own the security baseline, manage Defender/Intune configurations, run Essential Eight assessments, and lead incident response.

This is a real security role with a dedicated team backing you and a clear 18‑month growth plan. Work hours align with Australian time, and the position is fully remote from the Philippines with a competitive monthly package.

Qualifications

• Hands-on EDR or MDR operations experience with modern tooling.
• Strong Microsoft Defender, Entra ID CA and Intune security configuration.
• Working knowledge of Australian Essential Eight or CIS/NIST CSF.
• Incident response experience with clear written incident reports.
• Clear written English; ability to explain risk to a business owner.
• Reliable home setup: two internet connections and power backup.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and triage Huntress EDR and identity threat alerts across clients.
• Lead incident response: contain, investigate, fix, and write the incident summary.
• Own the security baseline: Conditional Access, Defender, Intune, MFA and least privilege.
• Run Essential Eight assessments for Australian clients and track fixes.
• Deliver the security programme: policies, hardening, scripted checks and audits.
• Run phishing simulations and security awareness training for client staff.
• Help clients answer cyber insurance and security questionnaires.
• Review changes and coach other engineers on secure practice.
• Keep incident response and breach-notification runbooks current.

Skills

EDR/MDR operations

Huntress EDR

Incident response

Defender for Endpoint

Entra ID CA

Intune security

Tools

Huntress

Defender for Endpoint

SentinelOne

CrowdStrike

Job description

AImagineers is hiring a security engineer to run threat detection and response for Australian clients from Manila. You will own the security baseline, manage Defender/Intune configurations, run Essential Eight assessments, and lead incident response.

This is a real security role with a dedicated team backing you and a clear 18‑month growth plan. Work hours align with Australian time, and the position is fully remote from the Philippines with a competitive monthly package.