Security Engineer

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Job Description

Cybersecurity Engineer Job Overview:

As a Prometric Security Engineer, you will be a core player who participates in and leads multiple security efforts. You will work closely with development teams, product managers, and our enterprise teams to ensure that Prometric brands and products are secure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in one or more of the below cybersecurity disciplines, with at least 3 years of relevant experience in that field. This position requires expertise in managing and securing our various environments and endpoints.

System Focus:

• Manage current antivirus on Microsoft Windows Server.
• Migrate server environment from antivirus solution to Defender.
• Plan and deploy WAF technologies.
• Participate in incident response tickets and on-call rotation.
• Experience with Azure, containers, Kubernetes, and pipelines.
• Strong experience with networking, firewalls, and load-balancers for On-Premises and in Cloud environments.
• Good understanding of Virtualization technologies - VMs, Containers, VMware.
• Experience in automation with cloud solutions and with Terraform.
• Configure and manage Microsoft Defender and Intune for endpoint protection and device management across the organization.
• Monitor threat intelligence feeds for the latest email-borne threats.
• Identify email-based threats and malicious emails and respond to compromises.
• Support secure email protocols, routing, and configuration (e.g., DMARC, DKIM, SPF, DLP, SPAM Filtering).
• Previous experience with managing and maintaining key information security systems, including Microsoft Defender EDR, Netskope, Proofpoint, Tenable, Trend Micro, and Intune.
• Strong understanding of endpoint security concepts, including malware prevention, detection, response, and endpoint management.
• Develop and execute comprehensive endpoint security strategies leveraging Microsoft Defender, Intune, and other EDR/MDR solutions.
• Lead the implementation and configuration of endpoint security solutions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on endpoint security technologies.
• Collaborate with incident response teams to investigate and mitigate endpoint security incidents.
• Stay abreast of emerging threats and vulnerabilities affecting endpoint security.
• Conduct endpoint security assessments, identifying gaps and recommending remediation actions.

Infrastructure:

• Expertise in Palo Alto NGFW, Meraki, and NSX DFW.
• Document and maintain documentation for networking infrastructure, data flows, security compliance, and ports-and-protocols requirements.
• Firewall rule analysis, clean up, requests, and troubleshooting.
• URL Requests using content filtering in Meraki.
• Apply hardening and best practices to firewalls.
• Plan, design, and implement Micro-segmentation solutions.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and audits to identify and mitigate network security risks.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security controls into overall security architecture and policies.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to junior team members and other IT staff on security best practices.
• Stay current with emerging threats and security technologies and recommend enhancements.
• Participate in incident response tickets and on-call rotation.

Essential Criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Technical certification in security or vendor-specific certifications.
• 3+ years of cybersecurity work experience.
• Accustomed to working in a complex environment developing complex solutions in a cybersecurity context.
• Previous experience configuring vulnerability and system hardening scans.
• Strong problem-solving/troubleshooting skills.
• Strong attention to detail while multi-tasking and maintaining organizational skills.
• Time management and strong communication skills.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to inexperienced users.
• Ability to communicate at a conceptual level to management and in detail to engineers and administrators.
• Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia