Senior Cybersecurity Analyst (Incident Response & Threat Hunting)...

Nanyang Technological University; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Institute of Education (NIE) in Singapore invites applications for a Senior Cybersecurity Analyst (Incident Response & Threat Hunting) on a 3-year contract. The role leads end-to-end response efforts, coordinates with MSSP and internal teams, and drives proactive threat hunting across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments.

The ideal candidate holds a degree in a relevant field and 8+ years IT operations experience with strong hands-on expertise in SIEM, EDR, forensics, and

Qualifications

• University degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related discipline.
• 8+ years IT operations experience, with 4 years in incident response, threat hunting, or security investigations.
• Experience leading cybersecurity incident investigations across endpoints, networks, identities, cloud, and applications.
• Hands-on with SIEM, EDR, digital forensics, log analysis, threat detection, and security monitoring.
• Knowledge of cyber threat intelligence, attack techniques, incident handling, and investigation methodologies.
• Experience developing or improving detection use cases and incident response procedures.
• Familiarity with cloud security, identity security, and modern enterprise attack vectors.
• Experience coordinating with service providers, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, CISSP, SC-200 or equivalent advantageous.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills; passion for learning, security automation, and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end incident response lifecycle from detection to recovery.
• Assess and triage incidents escalated by MSSP.
• Investigate across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and applications.
• Coordinate incident response with internal teams, MSSP, vendors.
• Proactive threat hunting to identify emerging threats.
• Develop detection use cases and improve monitoring capabilities.
• Correlate threat intel with telemetry to identify risks.
• Maintain incident response playbooks and escalation workflows.
• Plan cyber incident response exercises and lessons learned.
• Support implementation and operationalisation of security tech and automation.

Skills

Incident response

Threat hunting

Security operations

Cybersecurity investigations

Threat intelligence

Cloud security

Identity security

Security monitoring

Detection use cases

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related discipline

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Digital forensics

Log analysis

Job description

ABOUT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (NIE)

The National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore, is Singapore’s national teacher education institute and we are proud to be an integral part of the nation’s education service. We play a key role in the preparation of teachers and in the provision of teacher professional and school leadership development programmes. We are committed to our vision of being An Institute of Distinction: Leading the Future of Education and our mission to Inspire Learning, Transform Teaching and Advance Research. Read more about NIE here.

NIE invites suitable candidates to apply for the position of Senior Cybersecurity Analyst (Incident Response & Threat Hunting) within the Division of Academic Computing & Information Services (ACIS). This is a 3-year contract position.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end incident response lifecycle, including detection, investigation, containment, remediation, and recovery.
• Assess and triage cybersecurity incidents escalated by the managed security service provider (MSSP).
• Conduct and lead investigations across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and application environments.
• Coordinate incident response activities with internal teams, vendors, MSSP, and external incident response partners.
• Perform proactive and intelligence-led threat hunting to identify emerging threats and suspicious activities.
• Develop and improve detection use cases, monitoring capabilities, and security operations processes.
• Correlate threat intelligence with institutional telemetry and security exposures to identify potential risks.
• Maintain incident response playbooks, investigation procedures, and escalation workflows.
• Plan and conduct cyber incident response exercises, lessons learnt reviews, and resilience validation activities.
• Support the implementation, enhancement, and operationalisation of cybersecurity technologies, automation initiatives, and security projects.

Requirements

• A University degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of IT operations experience where 4 years in incident response, threat hunting, security operations, or cybersecurity investigations.
• Experience leading cybersecurity incident investigations across endpoint, network, identity, cloud, and application environments.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, digital forensics, log analysis, threat detection, and security monitoring technologies.
• Knowledge of cyber threat intelligence, attack techniques, incident handling processes, and investigation methodologies.
• Experience developing or improving detection use cases, monitoring capabilities, and incident response procedures.
• Familiarity with cloud security, identity security, and modern attack vectors affecting enterprise environments.
• Experience coordinating incident response activities with service providers, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as GCIH, GCFA, GCIA, CISSP, SC-200, or equivalent would be advantageous.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills, with a passion for continuous learning, innovation, security automation, and emerging technologies.

Closing Date

The closing date of the advertisement is 9 November 2026. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Other Information

NIE staff can take chartered buses at their own expense from or near their home to the NIE campus. This is subject to the availability of bus routes and seats.