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Principal Engineer, Cybersecurity GRC

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-07 Singapore Full-time On-site ICT

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Market rate

S$15,000–S$25,000/mo (S$180,000–S$300,000/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

JOB DESCRIPTION Job Description As a Principal Engineer (GRC), you will execute and own day to day cybersecurity governance, risk and compliance activities across StarHub's business units. You will ensure our digital assets and projects comply with internal security policies and Singapore telco regulatory obligations (e.g., IMDA, CSA, TCS, BCS, CCoPv2) while uplifting our detection and response capabilities. You will collaborate with internal teams, our MSSP, and external consultants to deliver security reviews, exercises, and remediation on time and to a high standard.

Responsibilities

  • ● Regulatory Compliance & Governance (Execution)Maintain Cybersecurity
  • ● Management (CSM) documentation and contribute to 5G policy development to align
  • ● with regulatory obligations and deadlines.Plan and execute-together with
  • ● appointed consultants and internal stakeholders-the following annual/biennial
  • ● activities, including drafting and socialising reports and tracking remediation
  • ● to closure:Bi Annual Host Configuration Reviews for CII and CII supporting
  • ● assetsAnnual Table Top Exercises (TTX) across major stakeholdersBiennial
  • ● external audits with auditors and key business unitsMaintain audit ready
  • ● artefacts and ensure submissions meet expected timelines and quality.
  • ● Security Engineering & OperationsPartner with the MSSP and platform owners to
  • ● ensure comprehensive 24 7 log ingestion and monitoring coverage; onboard new log
  • ● sources and use cases.Tune SIEM/SOAR detections and playbooks; develop runbooks
  • ● to reduce mean time to detect/respond.Track and drive vulnerability remediation
  • ● for assigned systems; ensure adherence to SLA (e.g., critical within 14 days)
  • ● and report status to stakeholders.Support incident response (IR): triage,
  • ● containment coordination, evidence preservation, and post incident reviews;
  • ● facilitate lessons learned and control improvements.Develop or enhance
  • ● automation (e.g., scripts/dashboards) for evidence collection, risk tracking,
  • ● and compliance reporting.
  • ● Risk Management & AssurancePerform risk assessments and threat modelling for

Requirements

  • ● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information
  • ● Technology, or related field.5-8 years' hands on experience in cybersecurity
  • ● engineering and/or GRC within a telco or similarly regulated environment.
  • ● Familiarity with Singapore regulatory landscape (IMDA, CSA, CII requirements)
  • ● and enterprise frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001).
  • ● Demonstrated experience in one or more of: identity & access management (RBAC,
  • ● MFA, PAM), cryptographic controls, vulnerability management, firewall policy
  • ● reviews, log analysis, packet/stream analysis, SIEM/SOAR tuning, and incident
  • ● Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to prepare reports for
  • ● technical and senior, non technical stakeholders.Able to participate in
  • ● on call/after hours support during critical cybersecurity incidents.
  • ● Preferred Certifications (nice to have): GCIH, GCFA, CISA, CISSP (or
  • ● equivalent).