Cybersecurity Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Security Analyst to join our team at DroneShield Group Pty Ltd in Sydney. This role will focus on aspects of Detection & Response, including infrastructure and operations, and will also contribute to the Security team as a generalist.

• Develop and manage new security monitoring and automation tools to enhance DroneShield's detection and response capabilities while working with the engineering team to improve our vulnerability management processes.
• Investigate and triage security events, alerts, and vulnerability management on endpoints, servers, and cloud infrastructure.
• Patch management, software compliance, and license management on endpoints.
• Identify new threats and fine-tune detection capabilities using existing and new tools and techniques.
• Evaluate new and emerging security technologies that make it easier to reliably maintain security at DroneShield.
• Participate in running our general security awareness by working with and mentoring the wider DroneShield team in building a stronger culture of security awareness.
• Use a data-driven approach to validate that security initiatives are successful or to identify strategic opportunities for improvement.

• Relevant qualification in computer science, cyber security, information systems, or equivalent years of experience in a related technical field.
• 2+ years of experience in the field of security operations/analyst, detection engineering, and response or related security role.
• Hands-on experience with implementing and improving SIEM and SOAR platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, securing endpoints, servers, and embedded/air-gapped type physical devices, XDR/EDR tools such as Defender, CrowdStrike, etc.
• Familiarity with cloud-based services and infrastructure – O365, EntraID, etc.
• Knowledge of modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), OWASP Top 10, MITRE ATTACK Framework, etc.
• Good understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP networks, networking principles, security vulnerabilities, patching, and remediation workflows.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team, communicating effectively with engineers from non-software backgrounds.

• A well-funded and agile organisation with a flat organisational structure.
• A cross-functional team that values creativity, lateral thinking, and doing.
• The opportunity to work with high-profile customers across militaries, government agencies, airports, critical infrastructure, law enforcement, and many others, in over 70 countries around the world.

Note for recruitment agencies: we do not accept floated candidates from external recruiters unless they were instructed to do so.