Cyber Security Analyst

Company Description

At Leidos, we do work that really matters inspired by our mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering, and science. With 25 years of local experience, our 2000 team members, work together to solve Australia’s toughest challenges in government, defence, intelligence and border protection. We’re robust and ambitious, and we empower our people to do their best work. You’ll feel inspired by what you can achieve and will be supported by an inclusive and flexible culture that genuinely cares for your wellbeing. Together, we can be the difference.

We've got so much to offer at Leidos, here are a just a few of the **Benefits** we provide our team:

- ** 5 weeks Annual Leave** & **Shift Loading **to increase your take home pay.
- ** Professional development** and support to set you up for success and assist you in achieving your career aspirations.
- ** Leidos Life Hub **provides access to discount offers or cashback rewards with over 400 Australian and International retailers.

**Job Description**:
As a Junior Security Analyst working within a 24/7 Security Operations team you will monitor networks and endpoints for security events, alerts, active threats, intrusions and compromises and perform triage. Depending on the issue you may manage the event end to end, consult with your peers or escalate as appropriate.

This is a great opportunity to build upon your existing technical knowledge and skills and grow your career in a dedicated cyber security role. Your responsibilities will include;
- Analysis of security events from multiple sources including but not limited to events from the Security Information and Event Management tool, network intrusion systems and Host based Intrusion Prevention tools (AV, HIPS, Application Whitelisting);
- Monitor and assess emerging threats and vulnerabilities to the environment and ensure those requiring action are addressed;
- Security Incident Management, advice and education and maintaining the currency and health of the deployed security tools;
- Provide technical administration support for security suite of software and hardware;
- Produce contractual and stakeholder reports and review, document and improve processes to contribute to the overall security of the environment.

**Qualifications**:
**About You and What You'll Bring**

Coupled with your education and/or practical experience, you will be customer-focused and motivated to learn new technologies and go the extra mile to ensure customer needs are met. In addition you will demonstrate the following knowledge and skills;
- Cyber Security or IT experience performing critical thinking tasks, troubleshooting endpoint or network issues
- Experience in incident management and response and reviewing threat data from various sources.
- Adept understanding of Windows and Linux operating systems
- Experience reviewing raw log files, data correlation and analysis would be an advantage i.e. firewall, network, IDS, system logs.
- Current ICT Security qualifications or working towards qualifications such as GSEC, GCIA or CompTIA Security+
- A demonstrative willingness to learn Cyber and a desire to learn and grow.

Additional Information

We’re a certified Family Friendly Workplace. We respect the caring responsibilities and needs of our people who needs to care for loved ones; it’s a mindset - not a policy. When you grow, we grow. Be it through our exciting pipeline line of projects or by partnering with a People Leader who will guide, mentor and support you

We’ve been keeping Australia safer, healthier and more efficient for 25 years, here’s just three ways how:

- We work with the Australian Department of Defence to design and operate the cyber security tools used across the Army, Navy and Air force.
- We have consolidated 280 data centres into 12 domestic and three international sites, creating a new Centralised Processing environment of the Australian Department of Defence.
- We support key networks for the Australian Cyber Security Centre.

Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.