Senior Cyber Detection Engineer

Job description

Everyone talks about automation in cyber security but very few are actually implementing it. A large corporate with a strong position in Australia falls into this category and they are now looking for more senior specialists in both Sydney and Canberra. The role is at the forefront of the automation of cyber detection capabilities and will be highly rewarding for CSRIT experts who encounters frustration in regards to false positives, poorly tuned systems and repetitive analysis of the same threats. If you have a clear ideas of what should be simplified / automate in a SOC, this role is for you and I would be pleased to give you more details about their set-up.

Main responsibilities:

• Leverage on a wide-range of commercial and open-source tools to automate the detection of cyber threats
• Provide sounded operational guidance in sec ops gap analysis while simplifying the detection rules and processes
• Work closely with the developers and designers teams to scale and configure the SIEM, endpoint threat detection and threat intel platform
• Provide SME guidance to the CERT team and present automation initiatives to the senior management

Mandatory skills:

• Expert hands-on experience in incident detection and response in an end-user corporate environment
• Sound understanding of existing SIEM solutions and endpoint threat detection
• In-depth threat analysis capabilities transferable to a non-operational role
• Hands-on experience in Python and ability to administrate and monitor both Windows and Linux systems
• Ability to think out of the box and to challenge the status quo

Please note that this role doesn't offer sponsorship to work in Australia and requires a high-level of technical skills in both software development and threat hunting. For more details, please get in touch with Charlotte Bridault at charlotteb@charterhouse.com.au / +61 2 9641 5134. Thanks for your interest.