Senior Cyber Security Operations Analyst - 12 month contract

Hudson are working with a Federal Government agency to find a Senior Cyber Security Operations Analyst on a 12-month contract. The Senior SOC Analyst must possess and demonstrate technical competency in areas of cloud security (Azure/AWS), endpoint and network security, threat intelligence and hunting, data loss prevention, vulnerability management, and incident response.

- 12-month contract

- Melbourne (Geelong) or Canberra locations

- WFH flexibility with 3 days at home and 2 days in office

- Australian Citizen with the ability to obtain a NV1 clearance

Responsibilities:

• Conducting proactive monitoring, investigation, and mitigation of security incidents within security tools (including Microsoft Defender 365 stack, Azure Security Centre, IntSights, Splunk)
• Analysing security event data and identifying suspicious/malicious activity from networks and systems
• Perform incident response including initial and detailed investigation, computer forensics, chain of custody implications
• Responding to events and incidents using established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Escalate complex incidents, and engage with Subject Matter Experts
• Perform and manage phishing simulations
• Research new and evolving threats and vulnerabilities to the Agencies threat landscape
• Conduct log analysis and develop visualisation and reporting within Splunk
• Identify critical data sources required by cyber for ingestion and normalisation into the SIEM
• Collaboration with Security Operations and IT engineers to implement security controls
• The ability to work with limited supervision and to quickly gain knowledge of in a range of technologies
• Mentor and develop junior staff, and identify areas of people, process, and defensive tool improvement

To be considered you must be an Australian Citizen with the potential to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1). To apply for this role, please apply directly or approach Alex or Chris directly at alex.nesevski@hudson.com or chris.dalziel@hudson.com.

Please note, all applications and conversations are treated with strict confidence.