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Tech Careers

Cybersecurity Engineer

Safeguard national and whole-of-government projects, systems, and digital services.

Last updated 2 June 2025
Cybersecurity Engineer


Cybersecurity Engineer

As more of our lives are spent online, there is even more importance attached to keeping our IT systems safe from cyber threats such as malware, phishing and ransomware. Join our multi-disciplinary team that’s dedicated to keeping national and whole-of-Government projects, systems and digital services safe – and be on the frontlines of Singapore’s digital transformation.


What you can expect to be doing

  • Design, implement and manage digital security solutions and infrastructure to mitigate sophisticated cyber threats

  • Safeguard IT systems by conducting timely security assessments through code review, black box testing, reverse engineering, proof-of-concept developments and vulnerability analysis

  • Develop and evolve cybersecurity strategies for emerging platforms such as cloud computing, 5G, etc, as well as testing methodologies, tools and techniques for evolving IT platforms

  • Conduct research to gain in-depth understanding of evolving cybersecurity threats and latest threat detection and protection techniques to safeguard systems

  • Work with stakeholders from different domains to design robust, high-performance software security solutions using artificial intelligence, machine learning and other analytical techniques

  • Collaborate with like-minded cybersecurity professionals to advance cybersecurity domain knowledge

  • Provide security consultancy in areas of threat and risk assessment throughout the system lifecycle from implementation to maintenance


Join us if you have:

  • Relevant qualification in Infocomm Security, Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Mathematics or related fields; or have security certifications (e.g. CISA, GSEC, CISSP, Security+, SANS, GIAC)

  • Good knowledge of information security principles, networks and operating systems technologies

  • Keen interest to deepen software development and vulnerabilities analysis skills

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams to formulate, institute and monitor security policies and procedures

  • Passion for cybersecurity and is a self-motivated individual


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