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Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

Permanent/Contract

Closing on 30 Sep 2025

What the role is

The Operational Planning Officer plays a crucial role in ensuring the effective planning, coordination, and execution of national level cybersecurity operations within the organisation. This position requires an individual with a background in cybersecurity, strategic planning and/or operational
execution. The officer will collaborate with cross-functional teams within the organisation or across agencies to develop, implement, and continually enhance cybersecurity strategies, policies, and procedures.

What you will be working on

Responsibilities
Strategic Ops Policy and Plans

• Develop national cyber defence ops policies, doctrines, standards and guidelines to defend Singapore against cyber attack and respond appropriately against the attacker. This may include the development of mitigation strategies to enhance the organisation's cybersecurity posture and ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and industry standards.
Ops Plans Implementation

• Implement national cybersecurity resilience operational plans aligned with organisational goals and industry best practices. Stay abreast of emerging cybersecurity technologies and trends and recommend tools and solutions to enhance the national and organisation level security posture. Work closely with IT, compliance, legal, and other relevant teams to ensure seamless integration of cybersecurity initiatives into overall business operations.
Ops Coordination and Management Reporting

• Coordinate national ops responses with key government agencies to defend CII and Singapore cyberspace against cyber attack. Coordinate and provide timely situation/ incident reports to senior management to support decision making for incident management. Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and regularly report on the effectiveness of cybersecurity operations to senior management.

CMG(Cyber) Secretariat

• Shape meeting agenda, monitor/ report progress of tasks by various action parties, record notes of meetings and maintain records of key decisions and actions list made during various meetings.
Team Leadership (for senior officers)
Officer must provide leadership to the junior ops planning officers that are part of his/her team. Officer must maintain situation awareness and be able to identify significant cybersecurity issues that may impact Singapore, so that appropriate planning and intervention measures are initiated at the critical time.

What we are looking for

Requirements:

• Relevant degree/ qualifications in cybersecurity, computer science, engineering, economics or equivalent.

• Experience/ knowledge in cybersecurity operational planning, cyber incident response or other cybersecurity skillsets (e.g. network security, digital forensic) will be an advantage.

• Interest in developing cybersecurity knowledge or skills is necessary.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, oral and written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear and concise incident reports.

• Good stakeholder management skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and internal/external stakeholders.

• Possess professional cybersecurity certifications would be an advantage.

About Cyber Security Agency of Singapore

About the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore
Established in 2015, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) seeks to keep Singapore's cyberspace safe and secure to underpin our Nation Security, power a Digital Economy and protect our Digital Way of Life. It maintains an oversight of national cybersecurity functions and works with sector leads to protect Singapore's Critical Information Infrastructure. CSA also engages with various stakeholders to heighten cyber security awareness, build a vibrant cybersecurity ecosystem supported by a robust workforce, pursue international partnerships and drive regional cybersecurity capacity building programmes. CSA is part of the Prime Minister's Office and is managed by the Ministry of Digital Development and Information. For more news and information, please visit

About your application process

This job is closing on 30 Sep 2025.

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and for other roles within Cyber Security Agency of Singapore or the wider Public Service.