Roles & Responsibilities

Part of Kaplan Inc.,a US-owned business, Kaplan International is a world-leading education business providing English courses for international students (Kaplan International English) and preparation programmes for international students wishing to enter UK universities (Kaplan International Pathways). We are a premium brand with a reputation for high-quality tuition and excellent levels of pastoral support.

THE ROLE - Cyber Security Engineer

Information technology at Kaplan International (KI) is a key enabler of business transformation and growth. KI is going through a multi-year digital transformation programme across the student journey. As part of this transformation, we are enhancing and expanding our Security Operations team to meet increasing cyber threats.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Kaplan security operations solutions, resolve identified threats, or work with other teams to ensure issues are resolved.
• Monitoring and analysing security events and alerts, identifying potential threats, and taking necessary actions to mitigate risks.
• Proactively searching for advanced threats, zero-day vulnerabilities, and sophisticated attacks.
• Ensure the configuration of Cloud Solutions and SaaS solutions meet security requirements.
• Stakeholder engagement; promoting a mind-set of developing secure systems, transferring knowledge of security standards / processes and acting as a subject matter expert (SME).
• Documenting security incidents, their analysis, and remediation measures, and providing regular updates and reports.
• Identifying, prioritizing, and managing vulnerabilities in systems and applications.
• Managing and maintaining security systems and tools, such as firewalls, IPS, antivirus solutions, and log management tools.
• Contributing to the development, enforcement, and compliance of security policies, procedures, and standards.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, sharing knowledge, providing guidance.
• Evaluating, selecting, and implementing security tools and technologies to improve security operations.
• Investigate, recommend, and implement security solutions to protect against new and developing threats.

Requirements:

• Expertise across the whole IT security spectrum (Software, Servers, Infrastructure, Networks)
• AWS Security Specialist certification
• MS SC-200, SC-300, MS SC-900 certifications
• Strong IT Security knowledge and ability to balance business objectives with information security best practices
• Advanced scripting and automation experience.
• Documenting security incidents, their analysis, and remediation measures, and providing regular updates and reports.
• Identifying, prioritizing, and managing vulnerabilities in systems and applications
• Strong understanding of vulnerability management, EDR, XDR, DLP, SOC management tooling and other security tools.
• Experience in securing Office 365 and configuring Microsoft security tools.
• Working knowledge of public cloud security and protecting SaaS solutions
• An inquiring mind, can-do, positive attitude, and initiative-taking approach
• Good organisational and planning skills and the ability to make decisions independently

Other Information:

• Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am – 6pm
• Work Arrangements: Hybrid (Blend of in-office and remote work)
• Location: Singapore - Wilkie Edge (Central Area – Dhoby Ghaut MRT/Little India MRT/Rochor MRT)

Tell employers what skills you have

Digital Transformation
Information Security
Security Operations
Remediation
Vulnerability Management
Cyber Security
Tuition
Enforcement
Scripting
Information Technology
IPS
Stakeholder Engagement
Windows
SaaS
Business Transformation