Cybersecurity Threat Mitigator

3 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Cuscal Full time

We are seeking a skilled Cybersecurity Threat Mitigator to strengthen our organization's cyber defenses by identifying, assessing, and mitigating vulnerabilities across digital assets.

About the Role

As a Senior Vulnerability Engineer, you will play a critical role in vulnerability management by combining technical expertise with advanced data analysis. This role produces actionable insights guiding strategic decision-making and bolstering risk mitigation.

Key Responsibilities
  • Vulnerability Assessment and Management:
    • Lead vulnerability scanning and assessment activities ensuring consistent identification of security gaps across systems, networks, and applications.
    • Collaborate with application, infrastructure, network, and DevOps teams to prioritize and drive the remediation of vulnerabilities according to risk and criticality.
    • Establish automated processes to streamline vulnerability detection and reporting across cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Data Analytics and Reporting:
    • Develop and maintain interactive dashboards providing real-time visibility into vulnerability management metrics, trends, and key performance indicators.
    • Analyse vulnerability data to identify patterns, emerging threats, and improvement opportunities tailoring insights for technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Integrate Power BI reports with other reporting frameworks including board-level and operational-level reporting.
  • Stakeholder Communication and Collaboration:
    • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Security Operations, IT, Risk, and Compliance to communicate vulnerabilities and coordinate response actions.
    • Prepare and present executive summaries, risk profiles, and performance reports for senior management highlighting strategic vulnerability insights.
Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should have:

  • Proven experience (5+ years) in vulnerability management, security engineering, or related fields with a focus on identifying, prioritizing, and remediating security vulnerabilities.
  • Strong technical knowledge of vulnerability assessment tools and platforms e.g., Tenable, Qualys, Rapid7 and security frameworks e.g., NIST, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK.
  • Demonstrated expertise in conducting risk assessments and vulnerability analysis across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
  • Experience in automating vulnerability management processes and reporting utilizing scripting languages e.g., Python, PowerShell and APIs.
  • Proficiency in analysing and visualizing vulnerability data including developing reports and dashboards for various stakeholder levels.
  • Solid understanding of network and application security principles patch management, and threat mitigation techniques.
  • Familiarity with compliance and regulatory frameworks relevant to cybersecurity e.g., PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively translate technical findings into insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Relevant certifications preferred e.g., CISSP, CISM, GIAC, or CEH.
Estimated Salary

The estimated salary for this position is around $120,000 - $180,000 per annum depending on experience and qualifications.

About Cuscal

Cuscal is a dynamic IT Security team committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where the very best talent chooses to work. We offer flexible work arrangements, educational, financial, lifestyle, health & wellbeing benefits, and a wide range of job opportunities in the rapidly evolving world of payments.



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