Security Engineer: Incident Response & Threat Hunting

NCS Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NCS Group is seeking a Security Engineer to join our growing security team in Singapore. You will validate detections, conduct log reviews, perform threat hunting, and respond to cybersecurity incidents from triage through containment and recovery.

You will gain mentorship and opportunities to certification to develop end-to-end capability. You will work with SIEM/EDR/XDR/PAM, patch pipelines, and various security tools, collaborating with cross-functional teams to protect critical systems and

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of operating systems (Windows/Linux), networking fundamentals, and application architecture.
• Hands-on exposure to SIEM/EDR/XDR/PAM/Firewalls/IPS and asset/patch management tools.
• Ability to perform structured log reviews and summarise findings clearly.
• Working knowledge of core cybersecurity principles (threats, vulnerabilities, detection vs response).
• Experience supporting phishing investigations, malware triage, endpoint isolation, suspicious login analysis, or account compromise investigations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in operating SIEM/EDR/PAM platforms and patch pipelines.
• Verify and validate detections; tune rules/use-cases to reduce false positives and improve coverage.
• Conduct IOC scans based on threat intel.
• Support configuration, maintenance, and optimization of various security tools and platforms (e.g., antivirus, firewalls, intrusion detection systems).
• Perform log reviews and threat hunting; elevate and track incidents to closure.
• Develop and maintain incident response runbooks, escalation procedures, investigation checklists, and response playbooks.
• Assist in evidence collection, timeline creation, root‑cause analysis, and incident documentation.
• Support containment and remediation actions in coordination with system, network, application, and infrastructure teams.
• Partner with stakeholders to monitor security systems, schedule health checks, and report platform KPIs.
• Stay current with the latest cybersecurity threats, trends, and technologies, actively seeking opportunities to enhance technical knowledge.

Skills

SIEM/EDR/XDR

Threat hunting

Incident response

Log analysis

Networking fundamentals

Phishing investigations

Tools

Splunk

PAM

IPS

Firewalls

Antivirus

Job description

NCS Group is seeking a Security Engineer to join our growing security team in Singapore. You will validate detections, conduct log reviews, perform threat hunting, and respond to cybersecurity incidents from triage through containment and recovery.

You will gain mentorship and opportunities to certification to develop end-to-end capability. You will work with SIEM/EDR/XDR/PAM, patch pipelines, and various security tools, collaborating with cross-functional teams to protect critical systems and