Cybersecurity Response Specialist (AVP), Financial Services

Our client is a leading organisation in the broader financial services sector with a strong regional and global technology footprint. As part of continued investment in cyber resilience, they are seeking an AVP-level Cybersecurity Response Specialist to strengthen enterprise security monitoring, incident response, and threat analysis capabilities.

Role

The successful candidate will play a key role in identifying, investigating, and responding to cybersecurity threats across complex technology environments. This includes analysing alerts, logs, network activity, compromised systems, and threat indicators to determine root cause, contain incidents, and support remediation. The role will also contribute to improving detection logic, incident response playbooks, automation, forensic processes, and threat reporting, while working closely with internal teams, risk stakeholders, auditors, and external parties where required.

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of experience in cybersecurity operations, information security, incident response, SOC, or digital forensics.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of incident response processes, including triage, investigation, containment, recovery, malware or artifact analysis, and post-incident improvement.
• Familiarity with enterprise security tools and data sources, such as EDR, SIEM, IDS/IPS, endpoint, email security, logs, and forensic or open-source investigation tools.
• Good understanding of operating systems, network security, application security, threat actor techniques, MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, and security frameworks such as ISO 27001 or NIST.
• Degree in Information Technology, Cyber Security, Computer Science, or a related discipline; certifications such as GCFA, GCFE, GCIH, GCIA, CISSP, CISM, CEH, GSEC, or similar would be advantageous.

To Apply

Interested candidates, please submit your resume to Grace Lim at [Confidential Information]. We regret to inform that only successful shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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