Security Operations Analyst

About the company

CGS International Securities Pte. Ltd. (CGS International) is an award-winning and market leading integrated financial services provider, ranked among the top securities houses in Asia.

CGS International taps on our wealth of global and ASEAN insights to offer equities trading, leveraged products, wealth management, investment banking, equities research, Shariah-compliant financing, fixed income, currency and commodities, structured products and prime brokerage services in over 15 countries and regions.

Along with its parent organisation China Galaxy Securities, a leading securities house in China, CGS International is trusted by more than 15 million customers globally.

Job Description

1) Threat Detection:

- Use of tools to scan/ detect/ analyze/ correlate threats

- Manually review to detect/ analyze/ correlate threats

- Participate in design of infrastructure and process of threat detection

- Perform triage of security alerts to filter false positives, classify alerts and determine response type

2) Threat Hunting:

- Collect and analyze data to identify patterns and anomalies that indicate presence of a hidden threat

- Investigate potential threats to determine if they pose a real threat

3) Threat Intelligence:

- Keep up to date of threats reported by reliable internal and external sources

- Maintain samples, logs and records, compromised information that help understanding of attacks

4) Incident Response:

- Inform relevant members and departments of threats and advise of remediation and mitigation

- Coordinate and follow up with all relevant members and departments to collect data and evidences, to ensure completion of remediation and mitgation

- Document all security incidents with records of assessment, investigation, remediation and mitigation

- Maintain playbooks and guide other departments on contributing to them

- Lead and participate actively in security incident response effort

- Lead and participate actively in post-incident reviews to evaluate response effectiveness and recommend improvements

- Conduct, coordinate and debrief simulated exercises on security incident management across departments

5) Requirements Review:

- Insurance coverage of incident response management

- Third party agreement coverage of security monitoring and incident response management

Corporate policies, standards and procedures in security monitoring and incident response management

Job Requirements

• Strong knowledge of information security principles, incident response methodologies, network protocols, logging/detection/response tools (e.g. SIEM, EDR, XDR)
• Proficient in network communications, log analysis, scripting
• Good problem-solving, analytical and communication skills
• Preferably has experience working with cross-geographical teams
• 1-3 years of experience as a Security Operations Analyst or similar role
• Diploma or Bachelor degree in Computing or related field
• Preferably has relevant certifications (e.g. GCIH, GCIA)
• Proactive and independent
• Keen to learn
• Has an eye for detail
• Willing to share and collaborate as a team player