Principal Cyber Threat Analyst

1 day ago

Canberra, Australia Sprinx Pvt. Ltd. Full time

Job details

The Cyber Operations Section within Cyber Security requires a Cyber Security Threat Hunter with responsibility for leveraging both Threat Intelligence and Analyst skills to conduct proactive searches for malicious activity on the network, ensuring the protection of our global network from malicious actors.

Key duties and responsibilities

Job-specific role description
- Proactively hunt for threats across the network.
- Utilise Cyber Threat Intelligence to assist with Threat Hunt activities.
- Create and maintain threat detection tools, including custom use cases and dashboards.
- Develop and refine hypotheses based on emerging threats and adversary behaviours.
- Analyse security events and logs to identify patterns of potential anomalous activity, recommend security enhancements, and assist in developing countermeasures to prevent future incidents.
- Category: Delivery and Operation
- Subcategory: Security Services
- Skill: Security Operations (SCAD)
- Skill Level: (5+)

**About the team**

The Cyber Operations Section is responsible for the monitoring and protection of the environment, ensuring the protection of our global network from malicious actors.

**Criteria**

**Essential criteria**

2. Proficiency in log analysis and threat detection using SIEM platforms (Splunk, Sentinel, etc).

3. Experience in utilising attack frameworks such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework in Incident response or threat hunting activities.

4. Experience designing, implementing and testing use cases to detect potential malicious activity.

5. Ability to work well and share knowledge within a team.

6. Well-developed writing skills and experience maintaining technical documentation.

**Desirable criteria**

1. Technical tertiary qualifications, Microsoft or Splunk certifications are highly desirable.

2. Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCIA.

We appreciate your time and eagerly look forward to your response.

**Job Type**: Contract
Contract length: 36 months

Pay: $150.00 - $175.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

**Benefits**:

- Work from home

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

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