Senior Cyber Threat Investigator

About the role

CSIT, an agency under the Ministry of Defence in Singapore, is recruiting a Senior Cyber Threat Investigator. The role focuses on uncovering and countering techniques used to hide anomalous behaviour, improving and automating detection methods, and assessing adversaries' objectives, sophistication and resources.

Key responsibilities

• Overcome techniques used to mask anomalous behaviours.
• Improve and automate validation or detection techniques.
• Identify alternate fingerprinting techniques to extend visibility.
• Assess the adversary's objectives, sophistication, resources and operations security.

Required profile

• Degree or professional qualification in Infocomm Security, Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering or Information Technology.
• Direct experience processing and analysing tactical and technical leads (network and/or host-based) in an operational environment.
• Direct experience scripting or coding, for example Python, SPL and ElasticSearch, for threat signaturization and analysis.
• Knowledge of advanced persistent threats, including TTPs, targets and the cyber-attack lifecycle.
• Knowledge of malware types, analysis tools and procedures.
• Knowledge of data analytics applied to signaturizing network traffic and host behaviour underlying cyber intrusions.
• Singapore citizenship, as CSIT is a Ministry of Defence agency.