Hands-on Cybersecurity Operations Lead

SMRT Corporation; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SMRT Corporation seeks a hands-on Cybersecurity Operations Manager to lead cybersecurity operations, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of enterprise systems and data through monitoring, incident response and vulnerability management.

You will collaborate with IT infrastructure, cloud, application, and business teams to elevate the security posture, drive continuous improvement, and ensure governance across operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science or related field.
• 5–8 years of experience in cybersecurity or IT security operations.
• Experience in SOC operations and incident response.
• Exposure to cloud security (Azure, AWS, or GCP) preferred.
• Strong knowledge of security operations, incident response, vulnerability, endpoint, network, IAM, and cloud security.
• Hands-on experience with Defender, SIEM, EDR/XDR, and vulnerability management tools.
• Familiarity with KQL, threat hunting, and security analytics is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; effective communication and stakeholder management.
• Proven crisis and incident management capability; ability to work under pressure and manage priorities.
• Certifications (preferred): CISSP, CISM, CEH, Microsoft, ISO 27001.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day cybersecurity operations.
• Oversee security monitoring and threat detection activities.
• Ensure continuous monitoring of alerts, events, and incidents.
• Maintain cybersecurity procedures, standards, and documentation.
• Coordinate incident response with internal teams and external vendors.
• Conduct root cause analysis and prepare post-incident reports.
• Manage threat intelligence and proactive threat hunting.
• Oversee vulnerability assessments and remediation efforts.
• Ensure timely patching and security hardening across systems and networks.
• Track and report cybersecurity risks and remediation progress.
• Drive exposure reduction and security posture improvements.
• Provide regular reports on security operations and risks to management.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cloud, application, and business teams.
• Drive continuous improvement of cybersecurity capabilities.

Skills

SOC operations

Incident response

Threat hunting

Cloud security

KQL

Security analytics

Stakeholder management

CISSP

CISM

CEH

ISO 27001

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, Computer Science

Tools

Microsoft Defender

SIEM

EDR/XDR

Vulnerability management tools

Job description

SMRT Corporation seeks a hands-on Cybersecurity Operations Manager to lead cybersecurity operations, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of enterprise systems and data through monitoring, incident response and vulnerability management.

You will collaborate with IT infrastructure, cloud, application, and business teams to elevate the security posture, drive continuous improvement, and ensure governance across operations.