Lead/Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

NETWORK FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NETWORK FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD is seeking a seasoned Cybersecurity Engineer to design, implement, and maintain layered security tools. You will collaborate with security ops, IT, and risk teams to deploy and optimize tools, develop policies, and enhance detection and response capabilities.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in security tooling, 5+ years cloud security, and strong Unix scripting, with vendor and cloud certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• 10+ years hands-on security tooling experience including SIEM/SOAR/EDR/XDR.
• 5+ years managing native security services in cloud (AWS/Azure/OCI/GCP).
• Strong information security, networking, and Unix shell scripting knowledge.
• Experience planning production rollouts and handling unforeseen issues.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Vendor and cloud certifications (AWS Security, AZ-500) are required.

Responsibilities

• Implement security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, AV, and more.
• Deploy native cloud security solutions and third-party security tools in cloud envs.
• Harden and maintain security tools per security and compliance requirements.
• Maintain lifecycle of solutions on approved versions.
• Manage incidents including zero-days and patching with minimal business impact.
• Troubleshoot implementation issues with cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Perform periodic checks to ensure optimal operation and plan future state.
• Conduct comprehensive UAT before rolling out to production environments.
• Partner with vendors to implement security solutions from POC to deployment.
• Apply BAU changes per ITSM processes (change, problem, incident).
• Keep documentation up-to-date for daily activities.

Skills

Security tooling

Cloud security

Unix scripting

Troubleshooting

Independent work

Documentation

Education

CS/Engineering/InfoSec degree

Vendor & cloud certifications

Tools

SIEM

SOAR

EDR

XDR

Anti-Virus

Vulnerability Management

DLP

PAM

IAM

WAF

IDS/IPS

Job description

Position Summary

The Cybersecurity Engineer plays a critical role in helping to design, implement and maintain various security tools that together form a layered defence against cyber threats.

The ideal candidate will work closely with security operations, IT, and risk teams to deploy and optimize security tools, develop policies, and improve detection and response capabilities

Key Responsibilities

• Implement security technologies not limited to SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, Anti-Virus, Vulnerability Management, DLP, PAM, IAM, WAF, IDS/IPS.
• Implement native cloud security solutions and 3rd party security solutions in cloud environments.
• Manage & maintain the security tools ensuring they are hardened as per the security, regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Manage and maintain the technology lifecycle of the solutions to ensure they are running on approved stable versions.
• Manage incidents not limited to zero-day vulnerabilities, patching, misconfigurations with minimal impact to business.
• Troubleshoot implementational issues by working closely with cross functional teams and vendors.
• Perform periodic checks on the solutions to ensure they run optimally and plan for future state considering business growth.
• Conduct comprehensive UAT for the security solutions before rolling out to production environments.
• Partner with vendors to implement security solutions, driving projects from proof-of-concept (POC) to full deployment.
• Implement BAU changes on the tools as part of change management, problem management and incident management, adhering to ITSM processes.
• Continuously update the documentation to ensure the KOPs are available commensurate to daily activities.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Information Security related fields.
• At least 10 years of hands‑on experience in managing security tools not limited to SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, Anti‑Virus, Vulnerability Management, DLP, PAM, IAM, WAF, IDS/IPS.
• At least 5 years of experience managing native security services in cloud environments not limited to AWS, Azure, OCI, GCP.
• Very good understanding of information security, networking concepts, unix environment and shell scripting with troubleshooting complex issues.
• Experience in planning the implementation and production rollout of security solutions with the ability to manage unforeseen issues.
• Ability to work independently with minimum to no supervision with get things done mindset.
• Candidates must have vendor certification and cloud certifications not limited to AWS Security, MS AZ-500.