Cyber Security Program Analyst

DSO National Laboratories; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Scholarship opportunities

Job summary

DSO National Laboratories is seeking a Cyber Security Program Analyst to join the Information Division in Singapore. You will research the latest security threats, perform program analysis to detect vulnerabilities, and operate tools to speed up bug finding through parallelization.

The role emphasizes deep technical expertise or leadership potential, with career dialogues and a robust development framework. Competitive remuneration and scholarship opportunities are provided.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in CS or related field.
• Experience in compilers and program analysis (static/dynamic).
• Experience in C/C++, Python and PowerShell.
• Experience with virtualization, web development, or infra automation tools.
• Passion for programming and security; prior research is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on current system security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Apply program analysis techniques to automatically find bugs in systems and software.
• Utilize computational tools to accelerate bug finding through parallelization.

Skills

Compilers experience

Program analysis (static/dynamic)

C/C++ programming

Python

PowerShell

AI/ML interest

Passion for programming

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS / Computer & Communication Systems / Information Science / Computer Engineering / Computer Forensics / Electrical & Electronics Engineering / Network Technology / Mathematics

Tools

QEMU/KVM virtualization

Ansible

PXE/DHCP/IPMI

Job description

The Information Division focuses on capabilities and technologies that enables the SAF to harness and exploit information in the battlefield. Capability areas include cyber security, data analytics and fusion, artificial intelligence, robotics autonomy, manned- unmanned system teaming, and vulnerabilities assessments and operations research. Our mission in Information Assurance Programme is to seek both near-term and longer-term solutions to national security challenges in cyberspace. In recent years, these include protection of critical infrastructures, autonomous vehicles, IoT, and embedded devices. We also seek broad-based AI techniques to tackle cyber analytics challenges, these include machine learning, Natural Language Processing and game theory.

People are DSO’s greatest asset. You will get to realise your career aspirations and develop your own niche either as a deep technical expert or a leader in the team. With frequent career dialogues and a robust training and development framework, we will provide you with the necessary development tools for you to reach your potential. You will also be recognised and rewarded through competitive remuneration packages and scholarship opportunities.

Cyber Security Program Analyst

In this role, you will:

• Conduct research in the latest system security threats and vulnerabilities
• Conduct in-depth program analysis techniques and tools to automatically find bugs in systems and software
• Operate computational tools to expedite the parallelization of bug finding effectively and efficiently

• Master / Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science / Computer & Communication Systems / Information Science / Computer Engineering / Computer Forensics / Electrical & Electronics Engineering / Network Technology / Mathematics or related qualification.
• Experience in compilers, program analysis (static/dynamic)
• Experience in C/C++ programming, Python and Powershell programming
• Experience in one of more of the following: (1) basic database and networking programming, programming Windows and Linux virtualization systems; (2) web development using web framework (HTML/XHTML, CCS, Javascript, FLASK, etc); (3) virtualization of software such as QEMU or KVM; (4) basic infrastructure automation/setup (PXE, DHCP, IPMI, Ansible)
• Passion for computer programming and computer security
• Prior research experience will be advantageous
• Interests in applications of AI and machine learning are welcome