Cybersecurity Operations Engineer - Singpass

Assurity Trusted Solutions Pte Ltd; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual training budget

Annual performance bonus

Job summary

Assurity Trusted Solutions Pte. Ltd. is seeking a security operations professional to secure Singpass, Singapore’s national digital identity system, ensuring reliability and trust in a high-stakes live environment.

You will enhance threat visibility, triage incidents, and drive improvements across infrastructure, applications, and networks, collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to implement robust security controls and optimized operations.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of hands-on security incident operations and response.
• Familiarity with scripting languages (Perl, Python, PowerShell).
• Knowledge of network security monitoring tools and techniques.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Enhance security visibility and monitoring capabilities across Singpass' applications, pipelines, and endpoint systems to ensure comprehensive threat detection and response.
• Identify security gaps within Singpass' operational environment and develop targeted solutions to address these gaps.
• Manage security incident triage processes, ensuring swift and effective responses to potential threats and maintaining operational readiness.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation for security incidents.
• Manage resolution of vulnerabilities reported via Government Bug Bounty Programme.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement security controls.
• Support stakeholders such as the CISO in providing guidance in security controls and design for applications, infrastructure, network, etc.
• Contribute to engineering initiatives to optimise security operations, including AI integration for efficiency.
• Develop customised tooling and processing to support security operations.
• Develop and maintain security documentation and training materials.
• Create and maintain security runbooks and documentation.
• Be familiar with security principles, policies, and industry best practices.

Skills

Security incident operations

Threat detection

Security monitoring

On-call readiness

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Analytical mindset

Problem solving

Team player

Creative and driven

Tools

Perl

Python

PowerShell

Golang

TypeScript

Job description

Assurity Trusted Solutions (ATS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Government Technology Agency (GovTech).As a Trusted Partner over the last decade. ATS offers a comprehensive suite of products and services ranging from infrastructure and operational services, governance and assurance services as well as managed processes. In a dynamic digital & cyber landscape where trust & collaboration is key, ATS continues to drive mutually beneficial business outcomes through collaboration with GovTech, government agencies and commercial partners to mitigate cyber risks and bolster security postures.

What you will be working on

We secure Singpass, Singapore’s national digital identity system, one of the most critical and widely used digital platforms in the country, and a leader in the national identity space. Singpass enables authentication, authorisation, digital signatures, corporate identity (Corppass), government verified data sharing (Myinfo), and secure transactions across both government and private-sector services.

Working on Singpass means working on infrastructure where security, reliability, and trust are non-negotiable. The system must remain robust against constant security threats, operate seamlessly at scale, and support millions of transactions daily. Changes must be carefully evaluated, well-coordinated, and safely executed in a live environment that the entire nation depends on. You will be part of a dynamic team focused on enhancing our cybersecurity capabilities through innovative solutions and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Enhance security visibility and monitoring capabilities across Singpass' applications, pipelines, and endpoint systems to ensure comprehensive threat detection and response.
• Identify security gaps within Singpass' operational environment and develop targeted solutions to address these gaps.
• Manage security incident triage processes, ensuring swift and effective responses to potential threats and maintaining operational readiness.
• Participate in 24/7 on-call rotation for security incidents
• Manage resolution of vulnerabilities reported via the Government Bug Bounty Programme.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement security controls
• Support stakeholders such as the CISO in providing guidance in security controls and design for applications, infrastructure, network, etc.
• Contribute to engineering initiatives to optimise security operations, including the integration of artificial intelligence technologies and processes to enhance capabilities and operational efficiency.
• Develop customised tooling and processing to support security operations.
• Develop and maintain security documentation and training materials.
• Create and maintain security runbooks and documentation
• Be familiar and work with security principles, policies, and industry best practices.

• Relevant certifications in security operations such as CISM, CISSP, GCIH, CySA+ and others is an advantage.
• At least 3-years’ hands-on experience with security incident operations and response; experience is valued over certifications.
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Perl, Python, Powershell, and others
• Experience with Golang and Typescript is advantageous.
• Experience with compliance frameworks is advantageous.
• Passionate about cybersecurity and optimizing processes
• Good understanding of network security monitoring tools and techniques
• Strong understanding of security standards
• Good communication skills across both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proven ability to work in cross-functional environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management abilities
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities
• Collaborative and a team player, self-motivated, creative and driven

Join us and discover a meaningful and exciting career with Assurity Trusted Solutions!

The remuneration package will commensurate with your qualifications and experience.

We thank you for your interest and please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

By submitting your application, you agree that your personal data may be collected, used and disclosed by Assurity Trusted Solutions Pte. Ltd. (ATS), GovTech and their service providers and agents in accordance with ATS’s privacy statement which can be found at: https://www.assurity.sg/ or such other successor site.

• A wholly-owned subsidiary of GovTech.
• An attractive yearly training budget and annual performance bonus.