Senior Security Engineer
- Location
- Singapore
- Salary Package
- Negotiable
- Posted
- 4th Sep 2026
- Consultants
- Elmer Tan
Our client, a well-established financial institution in Singapore, is looking for a Senior Security Engineer to join their cyber security function. This is a hands-on, engineering-led role for someone who solves problems and builds automation, not a monitoring or incident-response role.
The role
You'll design, build and continuously improve security controls across cloud and on-premises infrastructure. The team is looking for an engineer's mindset: someone who identifies inefficiencies in BAU security operations and automates them, rather than someone whose focus sits on watching for and reacting to external threats.
What you'll do
- Design and implement security controls across network, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP) and application layers
- Identify manual, repetitive BAU security processes and build automation to improve team efficiency
- Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines
- Work hands-on across a broad range of security tooling, not limited to a single domain, spanning areas such as SIEM, EDR, IAM, cloud security posture management and network security
- Contribute to security architecture reviews for new systems and projects
- Mentor junior engineers and help shape the team's technical standards
What we're looking for
- Five or more years in a security engineering role, ideally within financial services or another regulated industry
- Demonstrated breadth across multiple security domains and tools, not narrow specialisation in a single area (e.g. IDS/NDR alone)
- A track record of building or improving automation for security operations, evidenced by real examples, not just tool familiarity
- Strong hands-on experience with cloud security (AWS, Azure or GCP)
- Solid understanding of network security, identity and access management, and secure architecture principles
- Scripting ability (Python, Bash or similar) for automation
- Clear communicator, comfortable working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
EA Licence: 16S8091
EA Reg No.: R1656500