AI Cyber Defence Lead & SOC Architect

Singtel Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Singtel Group invites an AI Cyber Defence Specialist to lead threat management across SOC, vulnerability, threat hunting, and DFIR. The role reports to the CISO Office and emphasizes intelligence-led, AI-enabled security aligned with regulatory expectations.

You will oversee SOC operations, drive MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detections, and manage MSSP/MDR partners while coordinating with internal and external stakeholders during incidents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Cybersecurity or related field.
• Minimum 5 years in cybersecurity with hands-on SOC, IR, and DFIR experience.
• Proven incident response leadership for major incidents (ransomware, data breaches).

Responsibilities

• Lead 24x7 SOC operations including MSSP/MDR partners with defined SLAs.
• Own SOC model: playbooks, escalation matrix, and process improvements with AI.
• Drive detection engineering across SIEM/EDR/XDR; map use cases to MITRE ATT&CK.
• Ensure log source coverage for endpoints, servers, and networks.
• Oversee SOAR automation for enrichment, triage, and containment.
• Define and report SOC KPIs/KRIs to CISO and management.
• Lead response to zero-day and emerging vulnerabilities; coordinate patches.
• Structured threat hunting using threat intel, MITRE ATT&CK, telemetry.
• Develop hypotheses and hunts; translate findings into detections.
• Gather intel from commercial/government/open sources; derive TTPs.
• Operationalise threat intel; manage IOC ingestion and TIP.
• Act as security incident responder across internal and external teams.
• Manage MSSP/MDR vendors, IR retainers, budgets; ensure tooling efficacy.
• Present threat landscape and trends to CISO.
• Support audits/regulatory inspections with evidence of controls.
• Coordinate with stakeholders during security incidents; manage partnerships.
• Other duties as business requirements evolve.

Skills

Analytical

Problem Solving

Independent Working

On-call Readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Cybersecurity

Tools

Elastic

Microsoft Sentinel

Google SecOps

QRadar

CrowdStrike

Microsoft Defender

Tenable Nessus

Job description

Singtel Group invites an AI Cyber Defence Specialist to lead threat management across SOC, vulnerability, threat hunting, and DFIR. The role reports to the CISO Office and emphasizes intelligence-led, AI-enabled security aligned with regulatory expectations.

You will oversee SOC operations, drive MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detections, and manage MSSP/MDR partners while coordinating with internal and external stakeholders during incidents.