Principal Cyber Threat Analyst

2 days ago

Canberra, ACT, Australia Ignite Services Full time

Location: Canberra, ACT
Duration: 12 months with 2 x 12-month extensions
Security Clearance: NV1 (must be active)

Exciting Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal Cyber Threat Analyst for a long-term contract with a large Federal Government agency. This role is part of a cyber operations team dedicated to protecting critical global networks against advanced cyber threats. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have proven experience in threat hunting, incident response, and cyber threat intelligence, this is an excellent opportunity to make a real impact in strengthening Australia's cyber resilience.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct proactive threat hunts across a large-scale network.
  • Leverage Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) to strengthen hunting activities.
  • Develop and maintain detection tools, use cases, and dashboards.
  • Build and refine threat hypotheses based on adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
  • Analyse security events and logs to identify anomalous activity.
  • Recommend enhancements and countermeasures to improve cyber defence.
Essential Criteria
  • Minimum 3 years' experience as a Cyber Security Incident Responder or Threat Hunter.
  • Strong proficiency in log analysis and threat detection with SIEM tools (e.g., Splunk, Sentinel).
  • Demonstrated use of frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK in incident response or threat hunting.
  • Experience designing, implementing, and testing detection use cases.
  • Collaborative team player with strong knowledge-sharing skills.
  • Excellent written communication skills, with experience creating and maintaining technical documentation.
Desirable Criteria
  • Tertiary qualifications or certifications in Cyber Security, Microsoft, or Splunk.
  • Industry certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCIA.

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