Remote Security Engineering Lead — Threat Defense

Inchcape; Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning & Development

Career Growth

Skills Advancement

Flexible Work

Health & Wellbeing

Special Leave

Work Tools

Job summary

Inchcape is seeking a Security Engineering Technical Lead in the Philippines to implement and maintain technical security controls across the Cyber Team. You will work with the Security Architect, SOC and Threat teams, and GRC to mitigate risks while ensuring day-to-day operations remain unaffected.

You will mentor junior engineers, manage security tooling, and drive incident response leadership. A strong background in EDR/XDR, IAM/PAM, SIEM, and cloud security is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity operations, engineering, or a similar role.
• Hands-on experience deploying, administering, and optimizing EDR/XDR platforms.
• Experience managing and fine-tuning email security solutions.
• Strong knowledge of IPS/IDS, WAF, and SASE technologies.
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Privileged Access Management (PAM) platforms.
• Experience using SIEM and SOAR technologies.
• Ability to develop and implement security automation workflows.
• Experience securing Active Directory environments.
• Experience reviewing cloud architectures and identifying security risks and gaps.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, GIAC, or cloud security certifications are an advantage but not required.
• Proven ability to mentor and support technical team members across different experience levels.
• Self‑driven, with the ability to design and recommend solutions independently with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Implement and deploy new technical security controls.
• Manage and support day‑to‑day operations of security tools and platforms.
• Optimize security controls to defend against emerging and existing threats.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, working closely with IT Operations.
• Ensure controls comply with internal security standards and support GRC risk mitigation.
• Produce and maintain documentation, procedures, and operational reports.
• Monitor performance metrics such as availability, utilisation, and effectiveness.
• Collaborate with SOC and Threat teams to continuously improve security posture.
• Provide technical leadership during major incidents.
• Mentor and support junior security engineers.

Skills

EDR/XDR platforms

SIEM/SOAR

Email security

IAM/PAM

WAF/IPS/IDS

Active Directory security

Security automation

Incident leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

EDR/XDR platforms

SIEM tooling

SOAR tooling

IAM/PAM tools

Email security tools

GRC tools

WAF tooling

Job description

Inchcape is seeking a Security Engineering Technical Lead in the Philippines to implement and maintain technical security controls across the Cyber Team. You will work with the Security Architect, SOC and Threat teams, and GRC to mitigate risks while ensuring day-to-day operations remain unaffected.

You will mentor junior engineers, manage security tooling, and drive incident response leadership. A strong background in EDR/XDR, IAM/PAM, SIEM, and cloud security is essential.