Position:
Detection Engineer – Cybersecurity
Employment Type:
Contract
Contract Duration:
6 months
Work Location:
Singapore
Job Description
We are seeking a hands-on cybersecurity professional with specialised experience across
Security Exposure Management (SEM), External Attack Surface Management (EASM), Third-Party Cyber Risk/Assurance and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI)
.
The role will focus on continuously identifying external cyber exposures, assessing third-party security posture, validating material cyber threats and driving remediation across complex enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities
Perform continuous external attack-surface discovery and monitoring of internet-facing assets, domains, subdomains, IP addresses, certificates, exposed services and cloud resources.
Identify unknown, unmanaged and externally exposed assets and validate material security exposures.
Analyse vulnerabilities and external exposures against exploitability and threat intelligence to determine actual organisational risk.
Conduct end-to-end cybersecurity assessments of third-party service providers, including inherent risk assessment, security questionnaires, evidence review, control validation, risk rating and residual-risk assessment.
Perform cybersecurity due diligence and continuous assurance of critical third parties.
Assess fourth-party/nth-party dependencies and cyber-risk propagation across the supply chain.
Conduct structured third-party assessments using
SIG, CAIQ, VDD/ODD or equivalent methodologies
.
Assess security controls against
NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and CIS Controls
.
Investigate emerging vulnerabilities, active exploitation, external threats, leaked credentials, impersonation and digital-risk indicators.
Correlate threat intelligence, vulnerability information, asset criticality and external exposure to prioritise remediation.
Validate clear-and-present-danger cyber threats affecting the organisation or critical third parties.
Develop cyber exposure, third-party posture, risk dashboards and management reporting.
Automate security monitoring, enrichment, assessment and reporting activities using
Python, PowerShell and/or Bash
.
Work with security engineering, infrastructure, cloud, risk and business stakeholders to drive identified risks through remediation and closure.
Essential Requirements
3–5 years of hands-on cybersecurity experience with direct exposure to
Security Exposure Management, EASM, Attack Surface Management or Digital Risk
.
Hands-on experience conducting
third-party/vendor cybersecurity assessments
, beyond vendor coordination or procurement activities.
Experience conducting security questionnaires, evidence/control reviews, risk assessments and remediation tracking.
Practical understanding of
third-party, fourth-party and nth-party cyber risk
.
Experience with external attack-surface, cyber exposure, digital-risk or threat-intelligence platforms.
Strong vulnerability-management and risk-based prioritisation experience, including
CVE, CVSS and actively exploited vulnerabilities
.
Practical knowledge of
NIST CSF, ISO 27001 and CIS Controls
.
Strong understanding of
TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS, APIs and internet-facing infrastructure
.
Security exposure across
AWS, Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform
.
Hands-on scripting/automation experience using
Python, PowerShell and/or Bash
.
Strong analytical, documentation, stakeholder-management and security-risk communication skills.
Relevant Technology Exposure
Hands-on experience with one or more of the following or equivalent technologies is highly desirable:
SecurityScorecard, BitSight, RiskRecon, CyCognito, Censys, Microsoft Defender EASM, Tenable Attack Surface Management, Palo Alto Cortex Xpanse, Recorded Future, Flashpoint, Mandiant Threat Intelligence, ZeroFox, watchTowr, ServiceNow GRC/IRM and RSA Archer.
Preferred Certifications
CompTIA Security+ / CySA+
CEH
GIAC GSEC / GCIH
CISSP / Associate of ISC2
CISM
ISO 27001 related certifications
Candidates should have demonstrable hands-on experience in
external cyber exposure and/or third-party cybersecurity assessment
. Experience limited primarily to SOC alert monitoring, SIEM operations, general IT audit, vulnerability scanning or vendor coordination without direct cyber-risk assessment experience may not meet the specialised requirements of this position.
Interested candidates are kindly requested to email their CV with their experience to
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We look forward to your application!
NTT Singapore Pte Ltd (NTTS)
is the regional headquarters of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) for Asia Pacific Region.
Established in 1997, NTT Singapore has more than 10 years of expertise in providing information and communications technology (ICT) solutions worldwide.
NTT Singapore offers diverse high-quality connectivity, data centre solutions, security services, IT management services, voice and conferencing solutions and solution integration services to its enterprise customers.
NTT Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT Corp.), one of the world’s largest providers of telecommunications services.
In 2013, NTT Corp. is ranked no.1 in telecom industry in the Fortune Global 500* list with operating revenues of more than $133,077 million. It is positioned 32nd among the top 500 corporations worldwide.
NTT Com's extensive global infrastructure includes Arcstar secure private networks, which cover 196 countries/regions and a tier-1 IP backbone network connected with major ISPs worldwide, as well as secure data centers at over 150 locations worldwide.