Aspire is the leading all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in APAC. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance for a new generation of entrepreneurs and business owners, empowering startups and MSME to realise their full potential.
Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised over USD 300M+ across equity and debt from world-class investors. In 2023, we successfully closed an oversubscribed USD 100 million Series C equity round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Ventures with participation of Tencent, Paypal Ventures, LGT Capital Partners, Picus Capital and MassMutual Ventures. To power our solutions, we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise and helped more than 15,000 businesses using our suite of products.
In 2022, we were awarded Best Employer of the Year and Payments Tech of the Year by Asia Fintech Awards, ranked #1 on LinkedIn's 2022 Top Startups list and were listed on YC Top Companies 2022. In 2023, we ranked Top 10 on The Straits Times Fastest-Growing Companies.
You will be amazed by the energy and experience of our team. We are a team of ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and high-achievers with international backgrounds. We team up to reach the highest standards in what we do, and don't take NO for an answer.
We are expanding rapidly. Are you a top talent? Are you passionate about entrepreneurship? Join us and make an impact in the fintech space.
About the role:
As the IT Operations/Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst, you will be responsible for ensuring the proper administration of our IT systems, building the SOC, responding to security alerts and incidents. You will be reporting to Aspire’s Head of Information Security and will have the exciting opportunity to be part of a fast-growing team of security specialists within the company. Currently there is little need for any on premise administration or physical tasks. We are looking for someone who has experience with cloud environments and Software as a service (SaaS).
What will you be doing?
- Monitoring and analyzing security logs and alerts to identify potential security incidents.
- Investigating and responding to security incidents and audits in a timely and effective manner.
- Collaborating with IT and other teams to implement security measures and controls to protect against potential threats.
- Participating in incident response and disaster recovery planning and exercises.
- Supporting IT integration operations, including (partly) hardware and software maintenance, backups, and system updates.
- Providing technical support to internal teams and end-users.
- Supporting the security architecture of the SOC tools and other IT technologies.
- Responding, documenting and reporting on security incidents and IT operations.
- Continuously improving IT operations processes and procedures to ensure efficient and secure service delivery.
- Writing user manuals, procedures standard operating procedure (SOPs) and FAQs
- Supporting and driving other daily IT and security tasks
We would love to get to know you if you have the following:
Minimum (need to have!):
- Based in ±4 hours to the Singapore timezone (GMT+8) e.g. India, Vietnam, Philippines.
- Good to very good written and spoken English communication skills.
- Studied at a University or polytechnic.
- Experience with triaging of security events, Azure Sentinel, Azure LogAnalytic Workspace, Azure Logic Apps, DataDog SIEM, MS Defender, Python and Jira.
- Experience in memory forensic, malware analysis, network traffic and log analysis.
- Someone who keeps up-to-date with the latest security trends and technologies to maintain a strong security posture.
- Building, maintaining and operating a SOC.
The ideal candidate should have (optional):
- A degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or a related qualification.
- Exposed to AWS, GCloud, GitHub, Okta, Notion and Google Work Space, 1Password, CloudFlare, Azure Logic Apps and malware analysis.
- Retesting of penetration testing findings.
- Worked Linux environments.
- Software development experience e.g. Python, Go, Bash, Powershell.
- Personal electronics or computer science related projects in a personal blog or Github.
Please note: by submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Aspire’s Data Protection Policy for Employees, Freelancers, Contractors and Job Applicants (the “Policy”), and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data by Aspire for the purposes set out in the Policy. You may withdraw consent for such collection, use and disclosure, and make an access or correction request in respect of your personal data, in accordance with the Policy by emailing .