Cyber Security Analyst

Company DescriptionAt Leidos, we do work that really matters inspired by our mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering, and science. With 25 years of local experience, our 2000 team members, work together to solve Australia’s toughest challenges in government, defence, intelligence and border protection.We've got so much to offer at Leidos, here are a just a few of the Benefits we provide our team:

• Professional development and support to set you up for success and assist you in achieving your career aspirations.
• Training budgets for courses at double the typical industry allowance to support your career development.
• Formal training programme for each employee, cross-skilling and mentoring opportunities
• Career progression opportunities, climb up, sidestep across, map out your ideal career path with your people leader.
• Career paths from Junior Analyst to Senior Analyst plus secondments or transfer opportunities into GRC, Engineering, Threat Hunt, Intelligence and Vulnerability Management.
• When working shift work receive 5 weeks annual leave and shift loading to increase your take home pay.

Job DescriptionGreat opportunity to grow your Cyber Security career in a role where you will perform crucial, high value and comprehensive cybersecurity services to support and protect our personnel in the Australian Defence Forces. Working shift work, on-site in Canberra within our 24/7 Security Operations Centre you will work with our deployed Defence personal in a rapidly maturing environment where you can make a real difference.As a Security Operations Analyst your day-to-day responsibilities will include monitoring several networks for anomalies, events and alerts and performing basic triage. Depending on the issue you may manage the event end to end, consult with your peers or escalate as appropriate.QualificationsAbout You and What You'll Bring

• Australian Citizen with an NV2 Australian Government Security Clearance.
• 1 -2 years cybersecurity experience or several years IT operational experience, ideally in infrastructure support role or similar.
• Basic to intermediate skills in SIEM operation as an analyst ideally on Splunk;
• Experience running queries to follow a chain of events through multiple indexes or other sources;
• Understanding of the features of different security controls such as HIPS, NIPS, Endpoint controls, firewalls, proxies and other related technologies;
• Basic understanding of basic incident response techniques including initial and detailed investigation, computer forensics, chain of custody implications, working within authorised boundaries, malware analysis, etc.
• A demonstrable willingness to learn Cyber and a desire to learn and grow.

The above are some of the criteria that we think will bring success to the role. Don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes - if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application. We’re most interested in your strengths, what you want to learn and how far you want to go.Additional InformationWe’ve been keeping Australia safer, healthier, and more efficient for 25 years, here’s just three ways how:

• We work with the Australian Department of Defence to design and operate the Cyber Security tools used across the Army, Navy and Airforce.
• We support over 26,000 ATO users for their end user technology needs.
• We deliver software development and operational support through to the integration of underwater autonomous vehicles and survey ships to meet mission objectives.

Successful candidates will be required to be Australian Citizen and hold and maintain an NV2 Australian Government Security Clearance, you may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.At Leidos, we embrace diversity and are committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.