Senior IT Security Analyst
- Full time
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on Map
- @Reserve Bank of Australia posted 1 year ago
- Posted : November 10, 2023 -Accepting applications
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Job Detail
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Job ID 47167
Job Description
About the job
- Fast paced and dynamic environment
- Sydney CBD location with consideration for remote work
- Permanent opportunity
Do work that makes a difference
We are currently looking for a seasoned IT Security Analyst, who will identify, analyse and respond to cyber threats and other security risks to the Bank and mitigate their potential impact on the Bank’s information and communications technology assets.
In this role you’ll investigate and respond to major security incidents and breaches in a hybrid environment, develop and maintain security incident response playbooks, and administer the Bank’s IT security infrastructure to ensure risks are mitigated appropriately. Working in a medium-sized team you’ll also be responsible for the following:
- Respond to and monitor SIEM alerts for indications of potential security incidents
- Perform cyber threat hunting in a modern Security Operations Centre environment
- Develop/Maintain appropriate procedures for the 24×7 IT-Ops team to respond and escalate alerts appropriately
- Ensure appropriate controls are applied and current to protect identified sensitive or critical business assets
- Identify and analyse technical security risks, threats or vulnerabilities and their potential impact
- Ensure that all operational aspects of information security align with the Bank’s security policies, standards, and business requirements
- Apply and maintain effective security controls as required by security policy and risk assessments to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability of business information systems, and to enhance resilience to unauthorised access
- Perform detection engineering and related SOC engineering activities such as automation
Skills and Experience
- Operational knowledge of SIEM (Sentinel preferred), data loss prevention and forensics technologies
- Understanding of threat hunting methodologies and demonstrated experience
- Extensive knowledge of securing operating systems including various Linux distributions and Windows versions
- Considerable technical expertise and judgement to operate a SIEM system and undertake log analysis of various formats
- Expert knowledge of IT Security principles/practices across infrastructure & applications
- Understanding of cryptography and Internet security issues
- Outstanding written, presentation and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to present technical evidence clearly and in a manner for nontechnical readership
- Considerable experience in responding to and investigating security breaches or other security incidents
- Ability to lead small teams and coordinate incident response activities at scale
- Understanding of Cloud Security technologies and practices
A security clearance will be necessary for this role, as a result we can only accept applications from Australian Citizens.
