Threat Hunter, Financial Services

Overview
A Financial Services firm is seeking an AVP, Threat Hunter to strengthen its regional cyber defence capabilities. Based in Singapore, this role sits within a global cybersecurity function and focuses on proactively uncovering sophisticated cyber threats across the bank's worldwide technology landscape. You will help shape and drive a modern, intelligence-led hunting and detection strategy that safeguards critical banking systems and data.

Role
You will operate as part of a Global Threat Hunting Centre, working closely with Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, and Incident Response teams. You will design and execute structured threat hunts, build and maintain detection logic, and translate threat intelligence into actionable detections across on-premise and cloud environments. A key part of the role is implementing detection-as-code practices, developing automated pipelines and continuously improving detection coverage, including the exploration of AI/ML techniques to enhance hunting effectiveness. You will also provide regular program-level reporting and metrics to senior stakeholders across Head Office and APAC, collaborate with infrastructure and technology teams to improve log collection and visibility, and contribute to global initiatives aimed at raising the maturity of the bank's threat detection and response capabilities.

Requirements
Degree Certified, you have at least 5 years hands-on experience in threat hunting, digital forensics and/or incident response (ideally with PEAK and TAHITI), strong skills in scripting/programming (e.g. Python), data analytics, open-source security tools and/or CI/CD pipelines to support automation and detection engineering, relevant cybersecurity certifications in incident response, threat hunting or digital forensics (e.g. SANS or equivalent), strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively across global time zones and functions.

To Apply
Interested candidates, please submit your resume to Grace Lim at [Confidential Information]. We regret to inform that only successful shortlisted candidates will be notified. License No: 16S8060 Registration no: R1988923