Senior Detection & Response Engineer

The Opportunity

Joining our team as a Senior Detection and Response Engineer offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the realm of cyber security. As part of our dynamic team, you'll be at the forefront of defending our organisation against emerging cyber threats. This role provides an exciting platform for those with a passion for technology and security, offering the chance to utilise and enhance your skills in threat hunting, detection, and response. You'll play a pivotal role in shaping our defensive cyber technologies, ensuring the resilience and robustness of our platforms. This is a role for those who thrive in fast-paced environments and are driven by the challenge of staying one step ahead of cyber adversaries. If you're ready to take on a new challenge, expand your expertise, and contribute to safeguarding our organisation's digital assets, then this opportunity is for you. Join us at HBF and be part of a team committed to excellence in cyber security.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Detection and Response Engineer at HBF, you'll oversee critical defensive cyber security controls. This entails implementing automation and testing new technologies to fortify our cyber defences. Your role will involve:

• Supporting the management and development of HBF’s cyber security detection and response capability.
• Proactively engineering and enhancing cyber security incident prevention, detection, and response technology stacks, such as SIEM, DLP, EDR, and vulnerability scanning.
• Planning and implementing automation across technology stacks, including Splunk, Splunk Enterprise Security, SOAR, DLP, and JIRA.
• Identifying automation opportunities and developing scripts/software for task automation.
• Troubleshooting cyber security tools in both on-premises and cloud-based environments.
• Collaborating with technology teams to manage security events and deploy countermeasures during incidents.

About you:

 The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cyber security, with proven experience in engineering cyber security tools and managing cyber security incidents. You should possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to think strategically to enhance our cyber defence capabilities. Communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you'll collaborate with diverse stakeholders and provide expert advice on technical cyber security issues. If you're proactive, adaptable, and ready to make a significant impact in the field of cyber security, we want to hear from you. Join us at HBF and be part of a team dedicated to protecting our organisation against evolving cyber threats.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

We're looking for candidates with:

• Proven experience in engineering cyber security tools like Endpoint security, SIEM, DLP, web & email security, etc.
• Experience working in both on-premise and cloud environments.
• Knowledge of Penetration Testing, Threat Response, or Software Engineering.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, coupled with strategic thinking.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with diverse stakeholders.
• A foundational understanding of cyber security principles.

If you're ready to elevate your career in cyber security and play a crucial role in defending against cyber threats, seize this opportunity and apply now to join our team at HBF.

How to Apply

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About HBF

As one of WA’s longest established private health providers, (we’ve been around for 80 years!), we continue to innovate and challenge the status quo; adopting a strategy that focuses on business growth and sustainability, diversification, national expansion and significant enhancements to how we service our members through technology and relevant related businesses.

As a not-for-profit fund with no shareholders, we are dedicated to doing the right thing for our members. That’s why our iconic brand’s reputation is built on personalised service, community support and a motivation to deliver for our members in the moments that matter.

When you work for HBF, you work for a company with a clear vision and a team of people that are passionate about providing the best service, experience and products for our members across Australia.

So why not come with us on our transformation journey and see where a career with HBF can take you?

Our Values

At HBF, we live our values every day. They shape our behaviours and how we relate to each other, our members and our community:

Members are our reason - Members are the reason we exist and are at the heart of everything we do.

We do the right thing - We are open and honest in everything we do. We do what is right, not what is easy and explain why we are doing it.

We are brave - We are brave in the way we will tackle the future. We’re driven by curiosity, and constantly look for better ways to work smarter, faster and more innovatively.

We work as one - We act as one HBF because we’re better together. We work not as individuals but as a team to achieve more.

Employee benefits

Fully Subsided Corporate Gold Health Cover

13 days personal leave per year

Career development opportunities

Access to corporate discounts across a range of retail, restaurants and hotels

Our recruitment and selection process include a variety of assessment methods that may encompass psychometric assessments, reference checks and verification of working rights in Australia. Preferred candidates will be required to return a satisfactory National Police Clearance prior to an offer of employment being extended.

At HBF, we don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. HBF is a place of belonging. We are proud of who we are, and we encourage applications from diverse groups such as Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people, physical ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and family background, including caring responsibilities.