Grab

Technology

LeadSecurityEngineer,RedTeam&ThreatIntel

$220–350k ~AI est. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Jakarta, Indonesia FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for mid candidates.

The Brief

“Lead Security Engineer, Red Team & Threat Intel at Grab. Skills: Red Teaming, Threat Intelligence, Offensive Security, AI Security. Lead end-to-end red team operations. Lead intelligence-led Purple Team exercises”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve security posture; Strengthen preventive capabilities; Strengthen detective capabilities; Strengthen response capabilities; Strengthen hardening; Strengthen security architecture; Strengthen risk prioritisation

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Risk assessment

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5 or more years of experience in offensive security, Hands-on experience developing command-and-control tooling, Practical experience assessing CI/CD systems, Firm knowledge of cloud environments, Experience assessing AI-enabled products, Experience producing or using Threat Intel

Nice to Have

Knowledge of the major 3 operating systems

What You'll Do.

Lead end-to-end red team operations

Lead intelligence-led Purple Team exercises

Emulate realistic adversary behaviour

Develop command-and-control tooling

Develop payload delivery mechanisms

Develop operator workflows

Use AI tools to improve research

Use AI tools for automation

Use AI tools for payload development

Use AI tools for reporting

Use AI tools for operational planning

Use AI tools for analysis

Translate red team findings

Translate threat intelligence

Partner with defenders

Partner with platform teams

Partner with Vulnerability Management team

Improve security architecture

Improve risk prioritisation

Contribute to Red Team roadmap

Contribute to Threat Intel roadmap

Identify latest attack techniques

Produce Threat Intel assessments

Advise leadership on impact

Advise leadership on priority

Advise leadership on next actions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with Security teams; Partner with Engineering teams; Partner with Infrastructure teams; Partner with IT teams; Partner with business teams; Partner with Blue Team; Partner with defenders; Partner with platform teams; Partner with Vulnerability Management team

Communication Scope

Technical documentation; Reporting

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job 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. Get to Know the Team Join Grab's Red Team & Threat Intel team, which helps improve the security posture of Grab's products, platforms, cloud environments, AI systems, and enterprise technology across Southeast Asia. The team partners with Security, Engineering, Infrastructure, IT, and business teams. This partnership enables the team to emulate real-world adversaries, identify the highest-impact risks, and help Grab strengthen its preventive, detective, and response capabilities. The Threat Intel function brings external incident trends, adversary behaviours, and internal improvement opportunities into Grab's security priorities. This helps the team plan intelligence-led Purple Team exercises, advise leadership, and support risk prioritisation with the Vulnerability Management team. We work with curiosity, technical depth, and responsibility, using offensive security techniques and threat intelligence to make Grab safer for our users, partners, and Grabbers. Get to Know the Role You will report to the Red Team & Threat Intel team leader and perform complex red team operations across cloud, CI/CD, endpoint, identity, application, and AI environments. You will design realistic attack simulations, develop offensive tooling, apply threat intelligence to Purple Team planning, and turn findings into practical improvements for engineering and security teams. This role is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia or Jakarta, Indonesia. You will help shaping Grab's Red Team and Threat Intel capabilities, and influence how we

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