Engineer / Lead Engineer (Governance & Exercises), Home Team Sustainment Centre

Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX); Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A role at the Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) focusing on governance and exercises to ensure crisis preparedness within Home Team Departments. The position requires collaboration in planning and executing exercises, maintaining compliance, and enhancing cyber readiness. Ideal candidates will hold a degree in Computer Science or a related field with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or IT-related equivalent is required.
• Certifications in Cybersecurity and Networks are preferred.
• Knowledge of Government or Home Team Ops systems & networks is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure systems are compliant with policies and standards.
• Plan, design, and conduct exercise programs for cyber readiness.
• Conduct annual Cybersecurity Exercises and Training Workshops.

Skills

Effective communication

Time management

Organizational skills

Troubleshooting

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Computer Science or IT-related equivalent

Job description

What the role is:

The job-holder will work closely with Head (Governance & Exercises), in the governance of HTSC Operations and to ensure the crisis preparedness of Home Team Departments (HTDs) through regular training and exercises.Job-holder will be part of a closely knitted team to successfully implement the Enhanced Exercise Regime for MHA, as well as keeping HTSC Operations compliant to statutory policies and standards.

What you will be working on:

He/She is responsible for the following:Governance• Ensure that the systems within HTSC are compliant to the latest policies and standards.• Conduct of timely Vulnerability Assessment (VA), Penetration Testing (PT) and RMM (Risk Management Methodology) in accordance to IM8 requirements based on system classification.• Maintain Risk Register and ensure that residual risks that cannot be remediated are accepted by the approving authority.• Ensure that all evidence and artifacts are documented and stored for audit purposes.• Propose, review and monitor existing and new KPIs.• Any other work that is required for the governance of HTSC Operations.Exercises Coordination and Development• Work closely with respective Home Team Departments (HTDs) by leading the planning, design and conduct of HTD exercise programmes to raise overall cyber readiness of the Home Team to mitigate any potential cyber-attacks.• Supervision of external consultants’ work to ensure that exercise objectives and outcomes are achieved.• Assist in the planning and coordination of various sectoral and national level exercises that are required by CSA CCoP 2.0 and GovTech IM8.• Conduct of annual Cybersecurity Exercises with HTDs• Conduct of Training Workshops for all Exercise Participants• Conduct of Crisis Communications Workshop(s) for MHA Communications RepresentativesExercises Planning• Assist in the procurement of professional services for conduct of cybersecurity exercises for MHA• Co-manage the various exercise requirements across the four domains of HTSC and ensuring the vendors can deliver as per service level agreements.• Establishing engagement sessions with project management team for introduction and understanding of nominated systems.• Working with stakeholders to identify cyber risks and designing threat scenarios which are realistic and relatable, based on the emerging threats and risk assessment.• Develop the contents for enhanced e-Learning course modules.• Plan and deliver the training cycle to ensure that exercise fatigue to be kept to the minimum.• Developing and reviewing evaluation methodology for cyber exercise.

What we are looking for:

• Degree in Computer Science or IT-related equivalent.• Certifications in Cybersecurity and Networks are preferred.• Government or Home Team Ops knowledge and good understanding of their systems & networks are preferred.• Strong effective communications skills.• Good time management and organisational skills.• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.• A team player with the ability to work autonomously.* All new hires are appointed on a two-year contract in the first instance and will be assessed and considered for permanent tenure over time, based on performance.As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.All applicants will be updated on the status of their applications within 4 weeks upon closing of the advertisement.#LI-JO1

About Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)

HTX is the world’s first Science and Technology agency that integrates a diverse range of scientific and engineering capabilities to innovate and deliver transformative and operationally-ready solutions for homeland security. As a statutory board of the Ministry of Home Affairs and integral to the Home Team, HTX works at the forefront of science and technology to empower Singapore’s frontline of security. Our shared mission is to amplify, augment and accelerate the Home Team’s advantage and secure Singapore as the safest place on planet earth.