VP, Threat Detection & Security Engineering

SGX Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

SGX Group is seeking a Vice President, Information Security to lead the design, development, and optimization of advanced detection capabilities across SIEM, EDR, NDR, and cloud platforms. You will work with SOC, incident response, threat intelligence, and IT teams to strengthen threat hunting, detection tuning, and rapid incident response.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, strong stakeholder management, and measurable improvements in control and risk mitigation within a fast‑paced

Qualifications

• At least 10 to 15 years of relevant experience, preferably in financial services or asset management industries, with a minimum of 5 years in cybersecurity platforms.
• In‑depth knowledge and experience in information security policy and principles.
• Experience in MAS technology related guidelines such as Technology Risk Management Guidelines, Cyber Hygiene, Outsourcing guidelines etc.
• Strong technical knowledge of common security tools (e.g., EDR, SIEM, SOAR, XDR, email security, vulnerability management, cloud security).
• Experience tuning detection rules, configuring integrations, and conducting process enhancement.
• Demonstrate ability to operate in diverse environments and cultures and enjoys working in challenging and fast‑paced environment.
• Self‑initiated, meticulous, versatile, analytical and inquisitive.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to wide and diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain security detection rules and use cases across SIEM, EDR, NDR, and cloud security platforms.
• Create detection logic based on known threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Develop behavioral analytics and anomaly detection models.
• Map detections to MITRE ATT&CK | MITRE ATLAS framework techniques.
• Continuously tune detection rules to improve effectiveness and reduce false positives.
• Analyze emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and attack trends.
• Translate threat intelligence into actionable detection content.
• Assess detection coverage against evolving cyber threats.
• Identify gaps in monitoring and recommend improvements.
• Work with teams to develop hypotheses and supporting detection content.
• Collaborate with threat hunters to identify previously unknown threats.
• Convert successful threat‑hunting findings into permanent detections.
• Improve event correlation and alerting strategies.

Skills

EDR

SIEM

SOAR

XDR

Cloud security

Threat intelligence

MITRE ATT&CK

Detection tuning

Threat hunting

Incident response

Tools

CISSP

CISM

GCIA

GSEC

Job description

SGX Group is seeking a Vice President, Information Security to lead the design, development, and optimization of advanced detection capabilities across SIEM, EDR, NDR, and cloud platforms. You will work with SOC, incident response, threat intelligence, and IT teams to strengthen threat hunting, detection tuning, and rapid incident response.

The role emphasizes strategic thinking, strong stakeholder management, and measurable improvements in control and risk mitigation within a fast‑paced