Cybersecurity Engineer (Tenable, Trellix), Financial Services

KERRY CONSULTING PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Kerry Consulting PTE. LTD. seeks a Principal Security Engineer to advance the group’s security posture in a large, technology-driven financial services environment in Singapore.

The role focuses on building and operating enterprise security platforms, with emphasis on vulnerability management using Nessus Pro and Trellix endpoint protection. You will lead security deployments, coordinate remediation, and support incident response across on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments, while working with

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of hands-on security engineering in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise with vulnerability management using Nessus Professional.
• Hands-on experience with Trellix and broader endpoint security tooling.
• Cloud security experience (5+ years), preferably AWS, and strong networking with scripting knowledge.
• Proven ability to lead security technology implementations from proof-of-concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, optimise, and manage enterprise security technologies across on‑prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Lead deployments, coordinate remediation, and perform platform upgrades; support incident response.
• Collaborate with vendors and cross‑functional teams to troubleshoot and improve security posture.

Skills

Security leadership

Vulnerability management

Incident response

Regulatory compliance

Tools

Nessus Professional

Trellix

EDR/XDR

SIEM

SOAR

PAM

IAM

WAF

IDS/IPS

Job description

Overview

Our client is a well-established organisation within the Financial Services sector, operating a large-scale, technology-driven environment with a strong focus on security, resilience, and regulatory compliance. They are seeking an experienced Principal Security Engineer to strengthen their cybersecurity capabilities and support the ongoing enhancement of enterprise security platforms.

Role

This is a senior hands-on engineering position responsible for the design, implementation, optimisation, and lifecycle management of enterprise security technologies across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. A key focus will be on vulnerability management usingNessus Professionaland enterprise anti-virus / endpoint protection usingTrellix, alongside broader security technologies such as SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, DLP, PAM, IAM, WAF, and IDS/IPS. The successful candidatewill lead security solution deployments, manage remediation and platform upgrades, support critical incident response, conduct implementation testing, work closely with vendors and internal stakeholders, and provide technical guidance to other engineers.

Requirements

• At least10 years of hands-on security engineering experiencewithin complex enterprise environments, with strong experience implementing and operating cybersecurity platforms.
• Strong practical expertise invulnerability management, particularly Nessus Professional, including vulnerability identification, remediation coordination, platform administration, and ongoing operational management.
• Hands-on experience managingenterprise anti-virus / endpoint security solutions, particularly Trellix, together with broader exposure to technologies such as EDR/XDR, SIEM, SOAR, DLP, PAM, IAM, WAF, and IDS/IPS.
• Minimum5 years of cloud security experience, including security design and management of cloud-native services, preferably within AWS environments, complemented by solid networking, system hardening, Unix/Linux, and scripting knowledge.
• Proven ability to independently lead security technology implementations from POC through production rollout, troubleshoot complex issues, engage vendors and cross-functional teams, and support security incidents, audit, risk, and regulatory requirements. Relevant security and cloud certifications would be advantageous.