Cyber Threat Analyst

OCBC Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Holistic benefits package

Community initiatives

Learning & professional development

Wellbeing and growth support

Job summary

OCBC Bank is seeking a Cyber Engineering - Risk professional in Singapore to monitor, analyze and respond to real-time cyber threats within a 24x7 SOC located in the East. You will work with engineering teams to identify risks and strengthen cybersecurity posture.

The role requires a degree/diploma in cyber security or related field, knowledge of SIEM/IDS, incident response, and threat intelligence. A proactive, collaborative mindset and willingness to thrive in a bank-scale security program are

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in cyber security or related field.
• Knowledge of common network tools such as ping, traceroute, nslookup.
• Familiarity with cyber defence policies, procedures and regulations.
• Understanding of LAN/WAN/MAN/WLAN networks.
• Experience with SIEM and IDS tools.
• Knowledge of various attack types and threat classes.
• Experience with vulnerability assessment tools and capabilities.
• Incident response knowledge and handling methodologies.
• Understanding of attack lifecycle stages and post-incident review.
• Familiarity with cyber defence reporting structures within an organization.
• Awareness of system and application security threats (e.g., code, network, and runtime risks).
• PL/SQL language skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyze/investigate and escalate real-time security events.
• Provide timely detection, identification and containment of attacks.
• Determine effectiveness and impact of observed attacks.
• Log security events and manage till closure; ensure SLAs.
• Support reporting and documentation of cyber security events.

Skills

Cyber security degree

Network tools knowledge

Cyber defence policies

Network architectures (LAN/WAN/WLAN)

SIEM & IDS knowledge

Attack types knowledge

Vulnerability assessment tools

Incident response

Attack stages understanding

PL/SQL knowledge

Education

Degree or Diploma in cyber security

Tools

SIEM

IDS

Network scanning tools

Job description

WHO WE ARE

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

WHY JOIN

Protecting our customers' assets and data is at the heart of everything we do at OCBC. As a Cyber Engineering - Risk professional, you'll play a critical role in safeguarding our systems and networks from cyber threats. You'll be part of a team that's shaping the future of cybersecurity in the financial industry.

HOW YOU SUCCEED

To succeed in this role, you'll need to stay one step ahead of emerging threats. You'll work closely with our engineering teams to identify and mitigate risks, and develop strategies to protect our systems and data. You'll need to be proactive, collaborative, and always looking for ways to improve our cybersecurity posture.

WHAT YOU DO

Candidates will be trained and subsequently perform monitoring and analysis of cyber threats that occur within the organisation. Candidates will be working normal office hours in a 24x7 cyber security operations centre (located in the East).

MAIN RESPONSIBILITY

• Perform monitoring, analysis/investigation and escalation of real-time security events.
• Provide timely detection, identification and containment of possible cyber-attacks/intrusions.
• Determine the effectiveness and impact assessment of an observed attack.
• Log security events and manage till closure Ensure that Service Level Agreements are met
• Additional responsibilities will include reporting, documenting cyber security events, as well as supporting the team in cyber security related matters.

WHO YOU ARE

• The candidate should ideally hold a Degree or Diploma related to the field of cyber security.
• Knowledge of common network tools (e.g., ping, traceroute, nslookup)
• Knowledge of cyber defence policies, procedures, and regulations
• Knowledge of different types of network communication (e.g., Local Area Network [LAN], Wide Area Network [WAN], Metropolitan Area Network [MAN], Wireless Wide Area Network [WWAN], Wireless Local Area Network [WLAN])
• Knowledge of SIEM, Intrusion Detection System (IDS) tools and applications
• Knowledge of different classes of attacks (e.g., passive, active, insider, close-in, distribution)
• Knowledge of vulnerability assessment tools, including open source tools, and their capabilities
• Knowledge of incident response and handling methodologies
• Knowledge of general attack stages (e.g., footprinting and scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks)
• Knowledge of the cyber defence service provider reporting structure and processes within one’s own organization
• Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities (e.g., buffer overflow, mobile code, cross-site scripting, Procedural and injections, race conditions, covert channel, replay, return-oriented attacks, malicious code)
• Language/Structured Query Language [PL/SQL]

WHO WE ARE

As Singapore's longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we're on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia's leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive base salary.
• A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle.
• Community initiatives.
• Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities.
• Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

Equal opportunity.

Fair employment.

Selection based on ability and fit with our culture and values.

WHAT WE OFFER:

Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

Let’s build the bank we need for the future we want. Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.