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Manager - Cyber Defense Engineering (HKD$700K - HKD$900K)

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Join our team and lead cutting-edge cyber defense innovations that protect and empower organizations worldwide!

What you'll do:

  • Design, test, and enhance detection capabilities, incident response playbooks, EDR rules, and threat intelligence coverage.
  • Identify and implement API integrations to streamline SOC Team activities, including enrichment, response, and containment tasks.
  • Maintain and map security monitoring use cases using the MITRE ATT&CK Framework, aligning them with relevant playbooks.
  • Oversee the onboarding of security logs necessary for monitoring and incident response.
  • Optimize and validate security monitoring rules and response playbooks to ensure high performance and accuracy.
  • Develop systems for monitoring security logging coverage and managing remediation workflows, alerting log source owners to address issues.
  • Lead the team in conducting reviews and attack simulations to identify and close detection gaps.
  • Ensure the infrastructure supporting the SOC Team operates efficiently, performing regular maintenance as required.

What you'll bring:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
  • A minimum of 8 years of professional experience, with at least 5 years in an engineering capacity.
  • Extensive expertise in technologies related to Cyber Threat Intelligence, Security Monitoring & Response, and Security Analytics.
  • Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and communication abilities.
  • High level of professional discipline, competence, and integrity.
  • Proficiency with technologies such as SIEM, SOAR, Threat Intel Platforms, UEBA, Breach Attack Simulation, APIs, and Python.
  • Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GCIA, GCIH, GSOC, or similar are highly desirable.

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Tech & Transformation

Focus: Cyber Security

Industry: IT

Salary: HKD500,000 - HKD850,000 per annum + good bonus

Workplace Type: On-site

Experience Level: Associate

Location: Hong Kong

Job Reference: T9ZIUK-79352754

Date posted: 9 April 2025

Consultant: Fiona Fung