Job Description

Company Description

About Grab and Our Workplace

Grab is Southeast Asia's leading superapp. From getting your favourite meals delivered to helping you manage your finances and getting around town hassle-free, we've got your back with everything. In Grab, purpose gives us joy and habits build excellence, while harnessing the power of Technology and AI to deliver the mission of driving Southeast Asia forward by economically empowering everyone, with heart, hunger, honour, and humility.

Job Description

Get to Know the Team

You'll join Grab Cyber Defence, whose mission is to defend Grab and Grabbers from external and internal threat actors. We detect, hunt and respond to threats, rehearse our defences by emulating attackers, and share what we learn with stakeholders.

Get to Know the Role

As a Senior Security Engineer in Jakarta, you will report to the Senior Manager, Cyber Defence Operations. You lead our response to cybersecurity incidents and turn what we learn into better detections, automation and AI-assisted workflows that cut our time to respond. You will be part of our 24/7 on-call rotation.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform

• Lead cybersecurity incidents: coordinate responders, guide containment and remediation, and lead post-incident reviews.
• Join a 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Triage security alerts from network, EDR and cloud sources, and handle escalations from complex cases.
• Run deep-dive forensics across cloud, network, host and application layers.
• Tune detections and hunt for threats using log and data analytics.
• Build automation (Python, SOAR playbooks) and lead the use of AI and agentic workflows in triage and response.

Qualifications

What Essential Skills You Will Need

• 5+ years in a Security Operations Centre, incident response or digital forensics role, including leading incident response.
• Hands-on SIEM and EDR experience (for example Splunk, Sentinel, CrowdStrike).
• Forensics skills across cloud (AWS preferred), network and host (Windows, Linux, macOS) environments.
• Python scripting and security automation experience.
• Practical application of AI and LLM tools in security operations.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and NIST Incident Response frameworks.
• Experience with SOAR platforms and playbook development.
• Mentoring or coaching experience.
• Certifications such as GCIH, GCFA or AWS security certifications.

Additional Information

Life at Grab

We care about your well-being at Grab, here are some of the global benefits we offer:

• We have your back with Term Life Insurance and comprehensive Medical Insurance.
• With GrabFlex, create a benefits package that suits your needs and aspirations.
• Celebrate moments that matter in life with loved ones through Parental and Birthday leave, and give back to your communities through Love-all-Serve-all (LASA) volunteering leave
• We have a confidential Grabber Assistance Programme to guide and uplift you and your loved ones through life's challenges.
• Balancing personal commitments and life's demands are made easier with our FlexWork arrangements such as differentiated hours

What We Stand For At Grab

We are committed to building an inclusive and equitable workplace that provides equal opportunity for Grabbers to grow and perform at their best. We consider all candidates fairly and equally regardless of nationality, ethnicity, race, religion, age, gender, family commitments, physical and mental impairments or disabilities, and other attributes that make them unique.