Associate Director - Cybersecurity

About the Role

Singtel Digital InfraCo's RE:AI division is committed to building Asia's most advanced and sustainable AI infrastructure ecosystem that empowers enterprises, research institutions, and digital-native businesses to accelerate innovation through responsible, high-performance AI compute and connectivity. We are seeking an experienced Associate Director to lead cybersecurity architecture, assurance, and advisory services for Singtel’s enterprise platforms and customer implementations.

In this client-facing position, you will act as a cybersecurity expert and trusted advisor for global enterprise, government, and telecommunications clients. Collaborating closely with product, engineering, cloud, infrastructure, and operations teams, you will define and continuously enhance the security posture of our platforms, cloud environments, and AI infrastructure. You will also represent Singtel in customer security discussions, showcasing our cybersecurity strengths and guiding customers on architecture, industry standards, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee and enhance the security posture of platform and cloud architecture and deployment designs.
• Serve as the primary cybersecurity authority defining security postures for all global client deployments.
• Possess thorough knowledge of three-tier enterprise application architectures, infrastructure security, and network security to advise on comprehensive security solutions involving networks, applications, and infrastructure for customers.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of public and private cloud security features, including web application firewalls, virtual firewalls, anti-DDoS, and deep packet inspection.
• Have insight into AI infrastructure components such as GPUs, networking, and high-performance storage systems.
• Plan, implement, manage, monitor, and upgrade security controls protecting enterprise platform infrastructures, data, systems, and networks.
• Assist in technical design reviews, integration, testing, and security documentation related to cybersecurity and infrastructure security.
• Participate actively in incident response teams managing cyber incidents and contribute to change management to address security considerations.
• Conduct cyber threat monitoring, research, and analysis to stay current on emerging cyber attack trends, assessing risks impacting customer deployments and advancing cyber situational awareness and resilience.
• Collect and analyze cyber threat intelligence to identify attack methods, trends, and threat actor profiles.
• Distribute relevant cyber threat information to stakeholders to provide early warnings and prepare detailed technical reports with analysis and risk mitigation strategies.
• Act as the main cybersecurity contact for all global customers, including telecommunications companies, governments, and enterprises of all sizes.
• Lead proactive threat hunting and support the incident management lifecycle, including recovery efforts.
• Provide expert guidance to team members involved in preventive cybersecurity measures.
• Develop hypotheses, techniques, and execute threat hunts across environments.
• Collaborate with security teams and business stakeholders to deploy countermeasures and improve defenses.
• Engage actively in group discussions to update on new threats and cyber risks.
• Coordinate proactively with technical and business stakeholders and manage partnerships during security incidents.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or relevant field.
• Experience with incident detection, incident response, and digital forensics.
• Strong familiarity with cybersecurity controls, regulations, processes, and standards such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework, IM8, and CIS.
• Knowledge of security standards like CIS benchmarks, OWASP guidelines, ISO 27001/27002/27017/27018, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and SOC.
• Proficient with firewall technologies, virtualization security, Linux and Windows system security, endpoint security, SIEM tools, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems (IPS/IDS), cloud security, transport layer security, data encryption, zero trust architecture, and defense-in-depth strategies.
• Possession of cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or SANS certifications (SEC511, FOR578, FOR610) is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Highly analytical mindset with strong problem-solving abilities and capability to work independently.
• Strong attention to detail with up-to-date awareness of cybersecurity threats and hacking methodologies.

Career Development

Join us to strengthen and shape the cybersecurity framework of Singtel’s enterprise, cloud, and AI platforms while supporting a diverse global customer base.