Assistant Vice President, Global Threat Hunting

Robert Walters; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global recruitment agency is seeking an Assistant Vice President for Global Threat Hunting in Singapore. The candidate will manage threat detection and engineering while collaborating with cybersecurity teams globally. Responsibilities include implementing threat hunting methodologies and enhancing detection capabilities through advanced technologies. Ideal candidates should possess over 5 years of relevant experience and communicate effectively with stakeholders. This role operates within a hybrid work model and contributes to a crucial security function in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in threat hunting, digital forensics and/or incident response.
• Experience with Threat Hunting frameworks such as PEAK and TAHITI.
• Possess security certifications like SANS Advanced Incident Response.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for threat hunting and detection engineering.
• Implement a threat hunting program and collaborate with cybersecurity teams.
• Provide program-level reporting on hunting results and security posture.

Skills

Threat hunting

Digital forensics

Incident response

Coding (Python)

Data analytics

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

CICD pipelines

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Vice President, Global Threat Hunting

Location: Singapore

Perm/Contract/ Full-time/Part-time: Permanent

Hybrid/Remote: Hybrid

Who We Are

Robert Walters is the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.

Our Outsourcing service delivers recruitment for some of the world's top employers, and we are currently recruiting on behalf of one our client which is the Fifth largest global bank globally by assets, with 2400 locations in over 50 markets. Our client has approximately 360 years of history. Its global network has over 180,000 employees. It was ranked as the fourth largest in the world.

The Role

Our client is seeking a Assistant Vice President, Global Threat Hunting in the Financial Services.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global team, providing top-tier service to existing and prospective clients while expanding the business on a product and global level.

The successful candidate will be responsible for acquiring new clients, managing existing relationships, and contributing to the company's mission of becoming a Top Clearer worldwide in commodity markets.

Job Responsibilities

The AVP of Global Threat Hunting Centre is responsible for performing threat hunting and detection engineering to proactively hunt for and detect cyber threats across the Banking group globally. This role involves implementing a threat hunting program and methodology, establishing detection engineering to achieve the program objectives, and collaborating with global cybersecurity teams to build a robust and resilient cyber defence posture.

This role is required to work closely with Global SOC, Threat Intelligence and Incident Response operations to ensure effective response to global incidents, collaborate with technology Infrastructure stakeholders on the engineering front, and participate in global initiatives related to threat detection and log collection.

This role will be based in Singapore and report to the Director and VP of Global Threat Hunting Centre for APAC.

Threat Hunting and Detection Engineering

• Be part of the Global Threat Hunting Centre operations, ensuring threat hunting programs that are intel-led, continuous and effective to enable timely detection of security threats across the Bank.
• Implement detection-as-code as the core tenet of the Threat hunting program. Build up detection engineering capabilities with automated pipelines to accelerate and expand coverage of threat detection across the various IT assets and environments, both on-premise and on cloud.
• Continuously refine and elevate the maturity of the Threat Hunting and Detection Engineering practices, such as introducing AI / ML to further enhance the hunting and detection capabilities.
• Provide program-level reporting on the hunting results and security posture to both Head Office and APAC management. Collate and report a set of global metrics and QA to measure program effectiveness and maturity.
• Adopt continuous education to be equipped with knowledge of the latest techniques, tactics and procedures of cyber threats, and to elevate skills and knowledge.
• Operate as part of a Global team across multiple time zones, jurisdictions and business environments.

This role is crucial for maintaining the security and integrity of the Bank's information systems, and the ideal candidate should be a proactive individual, achievement-oriented, and strong team player.

Job Requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience in threat hunting, digital forensics and/or incident response, with experience in Threat Hunting frameworks such as PEAK and TAHITI.
• Experience in coding such as with Python, data analytics, open source tooling and/or CICD pipelines.
• Possess security certifications such as SANS Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting and Digital Forensics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.

This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organisations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.

Client promotes collaboration and aims to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.

This advert is posted and reviewed by Resource Solutions India Private Limited, trading as Robert Walters.

As we are continuously hiring for all our clients in the region, we will retain your CV in our database for any other positions that may fit your profile. Therefore, please let us know if you are not agreeable to that.