Principal Consultant

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Because it takes human intelligence to build and power the systems and solutions that people depend on every day. So we stay curious and make space for diverse points of view. We share what we know and we challenge what’s possible.

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Tesserent | Cyber Solutions by Thales is a full-service cybersecurity solutions provider. We partner with clients across Australia and New Zealand in the protection of their digital assets and partner with clients to provide a full suite of cybersecurity services.

Partnering with over 1,400 mid-sized to enterprise, government, and critical infrastructure clients, our mission is to be the sovereign cybersecurity provider of choice for the protection of Australia and New Zealand’s digital assets and deliver comprehensive, tailored solutions to prevent, detect and mitigate potential cyber-attacks. We have deep expertise in security advisory (GRC) and consulting, technical assurance and testing, cloud services, 24x7 managed services and monitoring, incident response and forensics and converged/physical security.

The Principal Consultant - Splunk is responsible for planning, scoping, delivering and supporting Splunk and related product projects for our customers. You are a hands-on consultant who can converse with customers to understand their requirements, explain the solutions you will implement and lead the delivery of the solution. The projects you will lead will primarily be to deliver security threat detection outcomes using Splunk technology: Splunk Enterprise, Enterprise Security, IT Service Intelligence and SOAR.

**YOUR ROLE**

Working from either our Sydney Office or Melbourne Office, your role will include:

- Designing, developing, and tuning modern threat detection regimes suitable for customers of differing size and complexity, at different maturity levels in their cybersecurity journey.
- Working with consultants and customers to ensure Splunk is configured to support the implementation of threat detection rules and has the correct data sources and other capabilities to support the required outcomes.
- Staying current with threat intelligence and threat detection methodologies, including risk-based alerting.
- Proactively work with customers to achieve set project deadlines and budgets
- Directing more junior staff working on the same engagement
- Working closely with partners and client executives to determine and architect the best solution to propose for a given customer
- Involvement in the pre-sales process for Splunk professional services

**YOUR EXPERIENCE**

To be successful in your role, you will have demonstrated and/or acquired the following knowledge and experience:

- A Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred but not essential.
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Splunk and/or related disciplines
- Relevant Splunk certifications (for example: Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin, Splunk Core Certified Consultant,.)
- Professional certifications are an advantage (i.e., CISSP, CISA, CISM,.)
- Experience working in a Pre-Sales function would be advantageous.
- AGSVA security clearance or the ability to achieve a security clearance is an additional bonus

If you do not quite meet the requirements of this position but feel that it is a role you can grow into quickly with the right support, then we also encourage you to apply.

**WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY**

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