Senior Security Engineer (Managed Operations)

ABP Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A cybersecurity firm in Singapore is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to lead day-to-day security operations. Responsibilities include supervising a team of cybersecurity engineers, overseeing incident response, and ensuring compliance with security policies. Candidates should hold a degree in a related field and possess strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. Familiarity with tools like Tenable and PAM is preferred. The role may require providing remote support outside of office hours.

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant field is essential.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills required.
• Experience supervising or guiding engineers is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of cybersecurity engineers.
• Ensure timely operations and monitoring tasks are completed.
• Provide oversight of ticket queues and handle assigned tickets.

Skills

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to coordinate across teams

Education

Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Tenable

Privilege Access Management (PAM)

Tripwire

Database Security

Job description

Overview

The Senior Security Engineer (Managed Operations) leads the day-to-day security operations and ensures the organisation maintains a strong and resilient cybersecurity posture. This role supervises a team of cybersecurity engineers, oversees incident response, optimises security platforms, and drives operational excellence across all security functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise cybersecurity engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and performance feedback.
• Ensure daily operations, monitoring tasks, and follow-ups are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Provide oversight and management of ticket queues, ensuring all assigned tickets are handled within agreed SLAs and taking direct ownership where required.
• Support assigned security platforms, including onsite troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and incident reporting.
• Act as an escalation point for complex incidents, coordinating with subject matter experts as needed to resolve issues.
• Perform end-to-end incident handling, including initial analysis, containment, remediation, and preventive recommendations.
• Support platform upgrades, health monitoring, tuning activities, and performance optimisation.
• Work closely with team supervisors to coordinate and execute change request activities within allocated change windows.
• Lead planning, review, tracking, verification, and documentation of changes.
• Ensure operations align with organisational security policies, compliance requirements, and industry best practices.

Candidate Requirements

• Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Skilled in Infrastructure, Network, and/or Security Tools, with relevant hands-on experience in security operations, monitoring, or incident response.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to perform root cause analysis and write clear incident reports.
• Experience in supervising or guiding engineers is an advantage.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to coordinate across teams and work under pressure.
• Able to provide remote support outside office hours, including weekends and public holidays when required.
• Skilled in handling tools such as Tenable, Privilege Access Management (PAM), Tripwire, and Database Security preferred.