Cybersecurity Threat Analyst

6 days ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia KPMGau Full time

KPMGau offers a dynamic and challenging work environment where you can leverage your skills to protect our organization's digital assets. We are seeking a highly skilled Cybersecurity Threat Analyst to join our team.

Job Description

This role involves supporting both our cyber defence and initial incident response activities for KPMG Australia, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea. As part of the Security Operations team, you will play a key role in:

  • Growing your skills as a senior analyst part of a talented team supporting a diverse and dynamic enterprise.
  • Prioritizing work to provide timely detection, identification, and alerting of possible attacks/intrusions, anomalous activities, malicious activities, misuse activities, and distinguishing these incidents and events from benign activities using cyber defence tools for continual monitoring and analysis of the KPMG environment. Analyze identified malicious activity to determine weaknesses exploited, exploitation methods, effects on system and information.
  • Documenting and escalating incidents (including event history, status, and potential impact for further action) that may cause ongoing and immediate impact to the environment.
  • Planning and recommending modification/tuning of alerting systems based on observed behaviors.
  • Mentoring junior colleagues.
  • Defining and implementing maturity programs using Agile methodologies.
  • Developing by participating in team initiatives; including tabletop, red/blue team, and crisis exercises.
About You

To be considered for this opportunity, you should have:

  • Familiarity with various security tools and technologies, such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), antivirus software, endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, and forensic analysis tools.
  • Proven knowledge of cybersecurity principles, including network security, encryption, authentication, and access control.
  • Demonstrated ability to detect, analyze, and respond to security incidents and threats using tools like SIEM systems and other security technologies.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret security data, identifying patterns and trends, and make informed decisions to enhance the organization's security posture.
  • Experience in incident response, including containment, eradication, and recovery procedures to minimize the impact of security breaches.
  • Proven ability to analyze security data, identify patterns, and trends, and solve complex security challenges effectively.
  • Keen attention to detail to recognize anomalies and potential security risks within large datasets and logs. Contribute effectively to the team wiki, write and publish standard operating procedures.
  • Uphold ethical standards, maintaining confidentiality in handling sensitive information and security incidents.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team, focus on assigned tasks, collaborate effectively with colleagues to seek information, guidance, and escalation where required. Mentor junior colleagues.
  • A continuous learning mindset, demonstrated via Vendor/Industry-based training and certification.
  • Ability to lead a team and quickly make a call on Security Incidents and complex security situations.
  • Experience in Microsoft Security products, Splunk, Netskope, and CyberArk is highly regarded.
What We Offer

KPMGau provides a competitive salary range of AU$120,000 - AU$180,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus a range of benefits including:

  • A generous superannuation package.
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities.
  • A comprehensive employee benefits program.
How to Apply

If you are a motivated and experienced Cybersecurity Threat Analyst looking for a new challenge, please submit your application through our website.



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