Cyber Incident Response Specialist

2 months ago


Melbourne, Australia Open Door Recruitment & Development Full time

**Open Door is dedicated to helping organisations achieve gender balance within their leadership teams.**

We are working with a well reputed energy and utilities brand who utilise cutting edge technology and innovation of their products and services to create sustainable impacts on individuals, communities and businesses across Australia.

The **Incident Response Specialist** role will play a key role within the Incident Response & Offensive Security team. They will provide experience and capability around the management of major cyber security incidents both in the corporate environment, and in the Operational Technology context.

The creation and maintenance of IR runbooks, preparation and prior planning for Cyber Security incidents, development of high-quality incident reporting, and strong communication skills will be key to success in this role.

**Key accountabilities of this role**
- Monitor and respond to security events and incidents using an established response plan/runbook and creating processes/processes/procedures where none are already established.
- Experience responding to security events, including front-line analysis and escalation, on hacktivist, cybercrime, and APT activity.
- Support the cyber incident response plan/lifecycle to ensure proper assessment, containment, mitigation and documentation.
- Reviews incident data and provides root cause analysis and recommendations on how to prevent future occurrences.
- Identify coverage and efficiency gaps in the IR runbook, security data and response tooling.
- Produce detailed incident reports and technical briefs for management and business leaders.
- Be on standby rotation, responding to high severity incidents escalated by cyber security operations analysts

**Qualifications, key skills and experience required**
- Proven experience of managing large cyber incidents and developing and maintaining incident response plans.
- Experience of managing cyber incidents in an OT context is highly desirable.
- At least 5 years' experience in cyber security operations or cyber security engineering.
- Strong knowledge of various automated security control systems, encryption, message authentication, vulnerability assessment, threat intelligence intrusion detection, penetration testing and incident response.
- Experience responding to security events, including front-line analysis and escalation, on hacktivist, cybercrime, and APT activity.

If you are seeking to be part of an innovative organisation at the forefront of cyber security and threat management technology, schedule a confidential chat to learn more about them.

**If this sounds like you, click the "I'm Interested" button and send us through your details, we'd love to have a chat.**
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