Define your future at Hong Leong Bank
Overview:
We are looking for a motivated, detail-oriented SOC Intern to join our Cyber Defense Team. In this role, you will get hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment, learning how to monitor, detect, and respond to security threats in real-time. You’ll work alongside seasoned analysts to protect our infrastructure while gaining exposure to industry-leading tools like SIEMs, EDRs, and automated orchestration platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
Continuous Monitoring: Assist in monitoring security alerts across various platforms (SIEM, IDS/IPS, Firewall logs).
Incident Triage: Perform initial analysis of security events to determine if they are "False Positives" or genuine threats.
Threat Hunting: Support senior analysts in searching for indicators of compromise (IoCs) within the environment.
Phishing Analysis: Review suspicious emails reported by employees and assist in the remediation of malicious links or attachments.
Reporting: Help document security incidents and contribute to the weekly "State of the Security" briefings.
Documentation: Maintain and update SOC "Playbooks" to ensure our response procedures are current.
Skills & Experience We Are Looking For:
Education Background: Currently pursuing a degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Foundational Knowledge: A solid understanding of the TCP/IP stack, OSI model, and common protocols (DNS, HTTP/S, SSH).
Operating Systems: Comfort working with both Windows and Linux environments (command line proficiency is a big plus).
Analytical Mindset: You enjoy solving puzzles and don't mind digging through logs to find the "needle in the haystack."
Communication: Ability to explain technical findings to non-technical stakeholders clearly.
Good To Have:
Familiarity with tools like Splunk, Wireshark, CrowdStrike, or Sentinel.
Certifications (or progress toward) CompTIA Security+, Network+, or CySA+.
What You’ll Gain:
Mentorship from industry professionals.
Experience with enterprise-grade security tools.
A deep understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework and the Cyber Kill Chain.
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About Hong Leong Bank
We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China.
We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve our mission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation. Candidates are assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available. Expanding on our “Digital at the Core” ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.
Realise your full potential at Hong Leong Bank by applying now.