Security Engineer

About Doherty Associates

Doherty Associates (DA) has delivered IT solutions for over 30 years to some of the world's most prestigious and demanding clients. We focus on the professional and financial services sectors, including private equity, venture capital, and legal firms - including some of the UK's top ten law firms.

We are a Microsoft Gold Partner with four Solutions Partner Designations (including Modern Work), a Tier 1 Microsoft CSP relationship and are ISO27001 & ISO9001 accredited.

We're a pioneering and innovative organisation; we pride ourselves on our passion and expertise to deliver transformations and managed services to our customers. And it's through this success that we are now looking to evolve our global managed services function with additional roles in our service desk across London and Kuala Lumpur.

About the Role

We are actively seeking a Security Engineer to become an essential member of our security operations team, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This role is crucial in managing security escalations and supporting our customer security services.

As a Security Engineer, you will offer vital technical consultation and support to our Managed Services Team. You will take charge of security ticket management, spearheading the handling, processes, and enhancements within the team. Your duties will also include conducting comprehensive investigations and analysis of cybersecurity incidents, as well as leading the response to these incidents in partnership with other internal and external teams, and customers.

Following security incidents, you will carry out post-incident activities, including root cause analysis, reporting, and evaluating regulatory and compliance impacts. You will be vigilant in monitoring cybersecurity alerts, triaging, and scrutinizing alerts from platforms such as SIEM, MDR, EDR, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Collaborating with both the internal security team and external Security Operations Centres (SOC), you will develop and refine monitoring alerts and use cases. Moreover, you will undertake proactive security tasks, including assessments, audits, and testing to detect vulnerabilities and offer remediation recommendations.

You will be accountable for identifying and addressing gaps within customer environments and proposing enhancements to their security posture. Keeping current with the latest threat landscape, adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), cybersecurity events, and best practices is essential for ongoing knowledge advancement.

Requirements

Office Hours:Working hours for this role will be Monday to Friday, KL Business hours with flexibility required to allow for an overlap with our London office when needed. Overtime is available and paid for pre-arranged work.

You will be required to be on 24/7 standby (in a rota) for a maximum of 2 weeks a month should security related escalations be required. Standby allowance and overtime is provided.

Location: Our office is located in Solaris Dutamas, Kuala Lumpur. We are currently operating in a hybrid model with a minimum of 3 days in the office.

Skills and experience

• Experience working within a SOC or Security Team, preferably in a Managed Services Environment
• Hands on experience in managing and responding to Security Incidents, including Major Security Incidents
• Deep technical knowledge and experience working with MDR/XDR/EDR/antimalware, Microsoft Entra ID, Firewalls, SIEM, vulnerability management, Email security, and IDPS technologies
• Hands on experience managing products such as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Huntress MDR and EDR, Splunk and similar products will be an advantage
• Experience supporting a Microsoft Environment and securing cloud services and infrastructure (specifically Microsoft Entra and Azure)
• Working technical knowledge of networking, enterprise technologies and infrastructure (AD, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, Virtualisation, VPN and VLANs etc)
• Working knowledge of cyber security frameworks, compliance and regulations
• Preferred certifications include: BTL1/2, CompTIA Security+, CompTIA CySA+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH),  Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Cisco Certified Network Professional R&S / Security (CCNA)
• Working knowledge of or certified in the ITIL Framework

About the person:

• Customer focused
• Strong analytical problem solving skills
• A team player with a strong sense of ownership when performing any role
• Detail oriented, organized and able to multitask efficiently
• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• Ability to work with a sense of urgency and to make the right decisions in a high pressure environment especially in a Security Incident
• Excellent customer-facing and interpersonal skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Why work at Doherty?

• Competitive salary plus performance related bonus
• Hybrid working (mix of primarily working from home / Kuala Lumpur office)
• Wide range of Company benefits
• Day off on your birthday
• Be part of an award winning technical team
• Company funded exams including an incentive pay out for successful completion

Salary

We offer a competitive salary based on experience and qualifications. We also operate a performance related bonus scheme. Medical benefits are provided and parking is claimable.