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Associate Director, Cyber Detection and Response

MSD INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Singapore Branch)Singapore

20 days ago

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Regional Lead for our SOC and Incident Response teams within our Cyber Fusion Center. This role offers the opportunity to enhance our cyber threat detection and response processes and technologies, ensuring the protection of our critical assets and data. Collaboration is key in this position, as you will work closely with Global Technical Lead, Service Line Lead, and other Regional Cyber Fusion Center Leads to drive effective strategies and solutions. While this is a management position, we expect managers to be expert practitioners, able to lead by example, contribute at the highest level, and assess work based on their own professional experience and skill. Candidates should have deep, hands-on expertise with a range of security tooling and practices, which they can integrate into a holistic next-generation security solution to detect Advanced Persistent Threat groups.

Responsibilities :

Run the company's SOC and Incident Response functions during Asia Pacific business hours.
Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of outstanding technical security professionals.
Own and lead investigations into complex cyber incidents and advanced threats.
Provide expert technical advice to SOC and IR analysts, enhancing their effectiveness in managing cybersecurity incidents.
Develop and engineer threat detection logics to detect complex threat actor behaviors.
Identify opportunities for workflow automation within incident analysis procedures.
Ensure comprehensive technical incident documentation is accurately followed for each incident.
Suggest improvements to SOC and Incident Response processes.
Act as Deputy Cyber Fusion Center Regional Lead.

Qualifications :

Ability to effectively lead technical teams, fostering collaboration and innovation within incident response functions.

Robust background in incident response and cybersecurity, with hands-on experience in real-world scenarios.

Ability to lead effectively during high-pressure situations, managing crises and coordinating response efforts.

Aptitude for providing expert technical advice and constructive feedback to SOC and IR analysts.

Solid knowledge of frameworks such as NIST, SANS, and MITRE ATT&CK to guide incident response best practices.

Experience presenting incident response findings and conducting training sessions for SOC and IR teams to enhance their capabilities.

Proficient with threat intelligence consumption to drive operational improvements.

Strong grasp of common operating systems, security technologies, and networking components.

Exceptional documentation skills for maintaining compre hensive records of incidents, including actions taken and outcomes.

Familiarity with AWS, Azure cloud environments, MDR services, and SIEM solutions.

Nice to have :

Possession of advanced technical certifications (e.g., GIAC, OSCP).

Knowledge of programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash.

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