Security Engineer, Intelligent Platforms

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-21 Singapore, sg Full-time Hybrid ICT

Company shared salary

NA

Market rate

S$6,000–S$10,000/mo (S$72,000–S$120,000/yr)

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

About the Company

NCS is a leading AI Tech Services company. With a 15,000-strong team across the Asia Pacific, NCS scales its platforms and capabilities to provide clients with greater agility and AI expertise across a range of Industries. Embracing a strong ecosystem of global partners, NCS transforms technology services delivery combining AI with digital resilience to drive real business impact. NCS is a subsidiary of the Singtel Group. We are driven by our AEIOU beliefs-Adventure, Excellence, Integrity, Ownership, and Unity-and we seek individuals who embody these values in both their professional and personal lives. We are committed to our Impact: Valuing our clients, Growing our people, and Creating our future.

Responsibilities

  • Validate detections, perform log reviews and threat hunting, advice on patching decisions, and respond to cybersecurity incidents from triage through containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident improvement.
  • 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 the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of various security tools and platforms.
  • Perform log reviews and threat hunting; escalate 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

Requirements

  • 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.
  • Ability to manage support teams, engage stakeholders, handle escalations, and meet service commitments.
  • Strong written/oral communication; stakeholder/vendor management; ability to coach junior engineers
  • Analytical thinking with solid problem-solving and decision-making skills.
  • Professional and/or Technical Certifications CISSP/ GIAC GSEC, GCIH, GMON/ Splunk/ CCNP security or equivalent.

Benefits

  • Mentorship and certification opportunities to develop end-to-end capability from architecture to day-to-day operations