Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Datacom

Setup: Remote, Hybrid
Type: Full-time
Level: Senior
Posted: Jul 3, 2026

Description

Datacom is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to join their Cyber Defence Operations Centre (CDOC) team. The successful candidate will be responsible for securing critical client systems and infrastructure, improving security measures, and defending against advanced threats. This role involves configuring hardware/software, managing user access, overseeing backups, implementing security controls, analyzing threat intelligence, conducting threat actor research, and leading incident response.

Required Skills

Hardware & Software Configuration
User Account & Access Control
Backup & Recovery
Security Controls Implementation
Threat Intelligence Analysis
Threat Actor Research
Incident Response Leadership

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 3-5 years of experience in a technical cybersecurity focused role.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience in Cyber Operations.
Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to manage your own workload.
Advanced understanding of the tools, techniques, and procedures modern attackers use to compromise organisations.
A customer-centric approach ensuring consistency in service delivery.
Strong knowledge of networks, firewalls, proxies, and operating system command-line tools.
Knowledge of system/server diagnostic tools and fault identification techniques.
Knowledge of systems engineering theories, concepts, and methods.
Understanding of IT user security policies including account creation, password rules, and access control.
Familiarity with threat intelligence frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and standards like STIX/TAXII.
Experience working with leading security technologies and platforms is highly desirable, including SIEM, XDR, endpoint protection, identity security, and secure access solutions from major enterprise security vendors such as Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Zscaler, and similar technologies.
Exposure to working on Intelligence platforms.