How A Leading Network Security Provider Successfully Hired A Cybersecurity Engineer In China

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Note: Some clients prefer not to be named, so we’ve purposefully removed their specific names from this article. We’re their secret weapon 😉

What does the client’s business do?

Our client helps companies globally manage their cybersecurity risks. These range from anticipating threats, to maintaining the highest level of security for their systems and assets, to the ability to respond in case of attack to minimize consequences.

Who was hired and what was their role?

They needed an experienced Mandarin & English speaking Cybersecurity Engineer to be based in Shanghai, China. They found Hui.

Hui’s responsibilities:

Handle customer operations relationships in Mainland China.
Monitor security tools for suspicious events and anomalous activity, triaging by criticality.
Provide first-level response for security events.
Conduct proactive threat hunting.
Validate suspicious events and incidents by using open-source and proprietary intelligence sources.
Participate in continuous improvement, alert design, and workflow management.
Dashboard creation and troubleshooting.
Deployment and configuration of various security tools (SIEM, SOAR, EDR, etc).
Provide technical expertise and high-level support to customers.

What was the salary of the individual they hired?

Hui was hired for an annual salary of around ¥550,000 RMB, or $76,000 USD.

What was the candidate’s background before being hired?

Hui holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity. Furthermore, he has over 8+ years of experience working for international companies.

Need to hire someone like this too?

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