Principal Cyber Security Analyst

1 day ago

n Capital Territory, Australia IT Alliance Australia Full time $100,000 - $150,000 per year

One of our
Federal Government Clients
is seeking to engage a
Principal Cyber Security Analyst - EL2.
This is a long-term contractual position.

Please check below all the job details:

Contract Duration:
03 Years (12 months initially + 24 months extension)

Work Location:
Canberra (03 Days office/02 Days home per week)

Eligibility:
You must need to have NV1 Security Clearance or above.

Tentative Start Date:
2nd Feb 2026

Position Description:

The Cyber Security, Cloud and Networks Branch within department's Information Management and Technology Division are seeking an ICT labour hire resource to fill the role of a Senior Cyber Security Analyst. This position is vital to the Cyber Operations Section and involves the application of advanced Analyst skills to conduct defensive cyber security operations, ensuring the protection of our global network from malicious actors.

Key duties and responsibilities:

The Cyber Operations Section requires a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to perform the following tasks:

  • Assist with log operationalisation and use case creation for newly onboarded systems/log sources.
  • Monitor and improve Cyber Security systems.
  • Develop and maintain playbooks to assist with Cyber Security tasks.
  • Analyse security events and logs to identify patterns of potential anomalous activity, recommend security enhancements, and assist in developing countermeasures to prevent future incidents.
  • Undertake incident response and remediation functions.
  • Assist with Threat Hunt activities.
  • Collaborate with Threat Intelligence teams.

About the team:

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

Essential Criteria:

  • Minimum 3 years working as a Cyber Security Analyst.
  • Experience designing, implementing and testing use cases to detect potential malicious activity.
  • Experience performing incident response activities.
  • Ability to work well and share knowledge within a team.
  • Well-developed writing skills and experience maintaining technical documentation.
  • Experience working with and managing threat intelligence feeds.

Desirable Criteria:

  • Experience using Splunk SOAR to develop Playbooks.
  • Knowledge of Splunk Risk Based Alerting (RBA).
  • Technical tertiary qualifications, Microsoft or Splunk certifications are highly desirable.
  • Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCIA.

The Next step is easy:
If you are interested, you may send an email to

Referral incentive program:
As always, we have the candidate referral incentive program through which you will get
$1000
for each successful referral after the successful selection and joining of the referred candidates

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