Lim BinjieBenjamin
Experience
Senior Principal Engineer (MDR Automation Team Lead) | Dell Technologies2024 – Present
Principal Engineer (MDR Automation Team Lead) | Dell Technologies2021 – 2024
- Built and scaled the automation platform behind Dell's Managed Detection & Response (MDR) service from inception to 500+ global customers.
- Developed a web application with a single-pane-of-glass view for on-shift analysts, automatically assigning alerts/incidents across multiple tenants; processed 400K+ alerts and 100K+ investigations to date.
- Collaborated with Regional SOC Leads and Technical Engagement Managers to architect new workflows, ensuring compatibility with existing processes and minimizing disruption during rollout.
- Built automated reporting pipeline generating 5K+ customer-facing slide decks. Built dashboards and reports for billing, management reporting, eliminating manual report creation.
- Integrated LLM models into the platform to triage incoming alerts, assess investigation quality and generate industry specific threat intelligence and recommendations.
- Architected and deployed the application across 4 geographic instances using Azure DevOps CI/CD.
- Implemented code coverage tracking, Trivy dependency vulnerability scanning, and SBOM generation.
- Deployed and maintained open-source applications (OpenCTI, Kasm, JupyterHub) to support Threat Intelligence and Hunting workflows, configuring SSO authentication and utilizing reverse proxies.
- Led and mentored a team of developers, driving feature development and performance optimization.
Assistant Vice President (Red Team) | OCBC Bank2020 – 2021
- Rebuilt Red Team capability by drafting red team strategy, workplan and process documents.
- Conducted red team exercise and security assessments on endpoint and infrastructure.
- Developed custom implants and prepared attack plans for Intel-led threat scenarios.
- Implants included a VBA macro which broke process ancestry by spawning an IE COM object.
- Mentored junior colleague on Red Team fundamentals.
Associate (Cyber Forensics) | Deutsche Bank2018 – 2020
- Performed data acquisition, recovery and forensic analysis of systems.
- Analysed malware compromise, policy violation and data exfiltration cases.
- Conducted Threat Hunting activities as part of feasibility trial.
- Identified internal Red Team activity. Led to setup of permanent Threat Hunt team.
- Performed product evaluation and PoC testing on forensic tools.
Penetration Tester (Red Team) | Ministry of Defence2016 – 2018
- Performed "Assume Breach" black box Red Team engagements.
- Responsible for entire engagement from enumeration to exfiltration.
- Wrote custom tools and scripts for lateral movement and persistency.
- Researched on emerging Red Team tools and antivirus evasion techniques.
Courses & Certifications
Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100)2026
Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)2026
GIAC Continuous Monitoring (GMON)2025
GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA)2024
Microsoft Security Administrator Associate (MS-500)2022 – 2025
Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)2022
Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)2022
Advanced Exploit Development for Penetration Testers (SEC760)2022
Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE)2020
GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM)2019 – 2023
GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)2018
CREST Registered Penetration Tester (CRT)2018 – 2021
CREST Practitioner Security Analyst (CPSA)2018 – 2021
Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking (SEC660)2017
Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)2017
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)2017 – 2019
Education
Master of Laws | The University of Edinburgh2023 – 2025
- Master of Laws in Information Technology Law (Distinction)
- Dissertation — Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure: Providing legal Safe Harbour with minimal risks
Bachelor of Computing | National University of Singapore2012 – 2015
- Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) with Honours (Distinction)
- Specialization in Information Security
- Participated in an exchange program in US and internship in Switzerland
Achievements
- Submitted valid vulnerabilities to Bitdefender, FireEye & Sophos Bug Bounty program.
- Top 10 team in open category of STACK the Flags CTF.
- Discovered currently unpatched method to crash Windows Event Logger Service.
- Completed the 6th annual Flare-On Challenge.
- Top 3 team in CLOUDSEC Challenge.
- Developed tools that log TCP connections, perform timestomping and other functions.
- Won the SEC660, FOR508, FOR610, SEC540, SEC511, Core and Cyber Defense NetWars Coin.
- Black Hat Asia 2015 Student Scholarship Recipient.
Organizations & Volunteer Work
Repair Coach | Repair Kopitiam2023 – Present
- Community initiative to assist residents in repairing common household electrical goods (e.g. fans, ovens).
IT Commissioner | The Singapore Scout Association2022 – 2025
Co-opted Member (IT Committee) | The Singapore Scout Association2020 – 2025
- Drafted and executed the association's digital transformation roadmap.
- Initiatives include cashless donation, e-learning platform and digitalizing administrative processes.
- Prepared functional specifications document, performed penetration test and drafted IT security policy.
Board Member | GIAC Advisory Board2019