Cybersecurity Specialist - Detection & Response
Job Description
[Please reach out to Joe Pocock for Comp Package & Flexible Working Information]
Role Overview
We’re representing a global quantitative trading firm at the cutting edge of finance and technology, hiring a Cyber Security Specialist (Detection & Response) to join its lean, high-performing security function in Singapore or Hong Kong. This role sits at the heart of real-time defence, with a focus on incident response, detection engineering, and automation across a large-scale Linux environment that underpins mission-critical trading infrastructure. We’re looking for someone with a solid grounding in security and systems, strong coding skills (language-agnostic, with openness to learn new ones), and the adaptability to move between different areas of detection and response. You’ll join a collaborative, engineering-led team where you’ll have the freedom to innovate, build, and shape security solutions that have immediate business impact...
Key Responsibilities
- Investigate alerts, perform targeted threat hunts, and respond to live security incidents
- Build and refine tooling that improves detection accuracy and streamlines response processes
- Partner with engineers and operations teams to diagnose root causes and deploy long-term fixes
- Automate response playbooks and monitoring workflows to reduce manual overhead
- Work with DFIR specialists and colleagues across regions to maintain strong global security coverage
- Share knowledge internally through documentation, training, and mentoring, helping uplift security practices across the firm
What You’ll Bring...
- 3+ years’ experience in cybersecurity, with exposure to incident response, detection engineering, or SOC/blue team functions
- Strong coding ability in at least one programming language, with the willingness to learn others
- Solid understanding of Linux environments, with experience troubleshooting and securing large-scale systems
- Familiarity with red teaming, adversary simulation, or SIEM/log aggregation platforms (ELK, Splunk, Graylog)
- Broad security exposure - able to draw on experience from different domains and apply it pragmatically
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain technical findings clearly to a range of audiences
- Highly adaptable, with the ability to pivot across different areas of security and adjust to fast-changing priorities
- Humble, curious, and collaborative - motivated by learning and improving both individually and as part of a team
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