Associate Director - Cyber Security

Date: 27 Aug 2026

Location:

Singapore, Singapore

Company: Singtel Group

Singtel Digital InfraCo’s RE:AI division is building Asia’s most advanced and sustainable AI infrastructure ecosystem. RE:AI enables enterprises, research institutions, and digital-native businesses to accelerate innovation through responsible, high-performance AI compute and connectivity solutions.

Be a Part of Something BIG! We are seeking an experienced Associate Director, Cybersecurity to lead cybersecurity architecture, assurance and advisory activities for Singtel’s enterprise platforms and customer deployments.

In this customer-facing role, you will serve as the cybersecurity subject matter expert and trusted advisor to global enterprise, government and telecommunications customers. You will work closely with product, engineering, cloud, infrastructure and operations teams to define and continuously strengthen the security posture of our platforms, cloud environments and AI infrastructure.

You will also represent Singtel in customer security engagements, demonstrating the strength of our cybersecurity capabilities and advising customers on security architecture, industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Roles and Responsibilities of this role include but not limiting to,

• Monitor and improve the security posture of platforms and cloud architecture and deployment design.

• As the security subject matter expert, take responsibility in defining the security posture of all global customer deployments.

• Have a deep understanding of the security posture of typical three tier enterprise application architecture, infrastructure security and network security to advise end to end security solution covering networks, applications and infrastructure security for customer deployments

• Have a good understanding of public cloud and private cloud security aspects including but not limited to web application firewalls, virtual firewall, anti-DDoS, deep packet inspection etc.

• Have a good understanding of AI Infrastructure like GPU’s, networks and high performance storage.

• Take responsibility on Planning, implementing, managing, monitoring, and upgrading security measures for the protection of the Enterprise platforms infrastructure data, systems, and networks.

• Assist in technical design reviews, integration, testing, and documentation work related to cyber and infrastructure security

• Be a part of incident response team to handle cyber incidents and contribute to change management process to address security aspects

• Perform cyber threat surveillance, research and analysis to monitor the latest trends and developments in cyber attacks, assess the risks and implications to the customer Enterprise platform deployments, and participate in initiatives to strengthen cyber situational awareness and resilience of the Enterprise platforms infrastructure.

• Gather and analyse cyber threat information and intelligence from various sources to derive insights on the latest attack tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs), attack trends and patterns, as well as threat actors’ profiles

• Disseminate relevant information to stakeholders to provide early-warning on impending cyber threats to Prepare technical reports on the analyses and recommendations, including strategies to address the attendant risks posed by the observed threats

• Be the primary security SPOC for all global customers including but not limited to Telcos, Governments, large and small enterprises.

• Proactively hunting for threats and enabling incident management life cycle while supporting recovery efforts.

• Provide insightful knowledge and guidance to the colleagues engaged in prevention measures.

• Develop hypothesis, techniques and execute hunts to identify threats across the environment.

• Maintain collaborations with the security teams and business stakeholders to implement countermeasures and improve defences.

• Active participation and involvement in group discussion and provide with current updates on emerging threats and cyber related risks.

• Proactively coordinate with immediate stakeholders - technical and business stakeholders and manage internal and external partnerships during a security incident.

Skills for success

• A degree/Diploma in Computer Science, IT, Systems Engineering, or related qualification.

• Experience with incident detection, incident response, and forensics.

• Strong knowledge of cyber security controls, regulations, processes and standards, such as NIST cybersecurity, IM8 and CIS

• Good understanding of security standards including but not limited to CIS, OWASP, ISO 27001/27002/27017/27018, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS and SOC

• Knowledge in Firewalls (functionality and maintenance), Virtualization security, System security both Linux, Windows and Endpoint Security, SIEM, WAF, IPS/IDS, Cloud Security, transport layer security, encryption at rest, zero trust architecture and defence in depth principles.

• Relevant certifications in cyber security, e.g. CISSP, CISM, SANS-SEC511, SANS-FOR578, SANS-FOR610 etc., preferred

• Effective communicator who thrives under pressure.

• • Highly analytical and able to work independently

• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong attention to detail with an analytical mind and outstanding problem-solving skills.

• Great awareness of cybersecurity trends and hacking techniques

Your Career Growth Starts Here

Join us in shaping and strengthening the cybersecurity posture of Singtel’s enterprise, cloud and AI platforms while supporting customers across global markets.