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Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

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  • Harden apps and stack: threat modelling, code reviews, pentests, CI/CD and cloud/container defense.
  • Secure Vision AI and agentic AI plus web and mobile apps, APIs and cloud.
  • Senior IC: own security, run incident response, set standards, drive impact!

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Sri Petalling, Kuala Lumpur

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Application Security) to own the security of every application we build and run: our Vision AI and agentic AI platforms, web and mobile apps, APIs and cloud infrastructure. As a senior individual contributor, you will find and fix weaknesses across the stack, build security into how engineers design, code and ship, and be the go-to person for security decisions.

Key Responsibilities :

a) Assess and harden all applications (web, backend, APIs, mobile, databases, cloud/containers); run threat modelling and design reviews, incl. LLM/agent products.

b) Do hands-on code reviews and penetration testing, coordinate external pentests, and drive fixes to closure with engineering.

c) Build security into CI/CD: code, dependency and container image scanning, secrets detection and IaC checks.

d) Strengthen identity and access (authN/authZ, RBAC, secrets/key management, encryption); harden AWS and Kubernetes/Docker workloads.

e) Set up security monitoring, alerting and incident response; lead technical response; manage vulnerabilities end to end and report to management.

f) Support client and regulatory requirements (security questionnaires, PDPA, ISO 27001-style controls); coach developers and write security standards.


Job Requirements

Qualifications & Requirements: 

a) Education : Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or a related field, or equivalent experience.

b) Experience : At least 5 years in cybersecurity or software engineering, with 3 or more years focused on application

security.

c) Skills & Competencies: OWASP Top 10 / API Security Top 10; Burp Suite or OWASP ZAP, code and dependency scanners; code review in Python, JS/TS, Java or Go; securing AWS, Linux, Docker and Kubernetes; OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWT, TLS, secrets management; clear communication and a practical, risk-based approach. Nice to have: OSCP/OSWE/CISSP/GWAPT/AWS Security.


Skills

Cybersecurity Risk Management
Cybersecurity Compliance
Cybersecurity Threat Identification
Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Application Programming Interface (API)
Security Awareness
OAuth
Docker Compose
Kubernetes

Company Benefits

Medical Insurance

Medical insurance coverage

Free coffee and open pantry!

Unlimited coffee supplies in the pantry (we love coffee)

Parking

Free parking at the office

Optic/Dental

Yearly Optic/Dental allowance

Medical Checkup

Yearly medical checkup allowance

Hybrid mode!

We are working remotely thrice a week, and working at the office 2 days.


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Career Level

Senior Executive

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