Cybersecurity Analyst

Company description:

Join us and let's make a bigger difference together.

It's an exciting time to be joining Australian Unity - we have grown significantly over recent years and are transforming to capitalise on further growth opportunities to help our customers and employees thrive. We operate with commercial principles and with a strong social purpose to create community value. Australian Unity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Established in 1840, we're Australia's first member-owned wellbeing company. Today we have over $1 billion in revenue and provide smart solutions and services to more than 700,000 Australians. We employ over 7000 people and our purpose is to Help People to Thrive.

Job description:

We are seeking an Incident Response and Threat Intelligence analyst to join our growing security team. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in leading or supporting security incident response and understanding of proactive threat hunting processes, methodologies, and tools. They will be responsible in supporting security monitoring and responding to security incidents in a timely manner, conducting forensic investigations, proactively searching for advanced and persistent security threats that may have evaded traditional security measures, and working with stakeholders across the organisation to mitigate the impact of security incidents and enhance the organisation's defensive posture.

Key responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:

• Lead or coordinate incident response, working with stakeholders across the organisation to mitigate the impact of the incident.
• Ensure all security incidents are responded to with confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organisational information assets and data.
• Support or conduct forensic investigations to identify the root cause of security incidents and provide recommendations for remediation.
• Proactively search or hunt for advanced and persistent security threats that may have evaded traditional security measures.
• Investigate and respond to security incidents, providing insights into the nature of the attack and potential impact to the organisation.
• Work with stakeholders across the organisation to mitigate the impact of security incidents and develop plans for business continuity.
• Develop and maintain incident response plans, procedures, and other cyber security related documentation.
• Keep up to date with the latest threat intelligence and emerging trends in threat landscape.
• Provide regular reports to management and other stakeholders on the results of incident response and threat hunting efforts, as well as recommendations for improving the organisation's security posture.
• Participating in on-call rotation.

What we are looking for

• Strong cyber security experience with Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM), Security Orchestration and Automated Response (SOAR) and/or Splunk.
• Cyber Incident Response with an ability to articulate process coupled with demonstrated cyber incident response activities
• A proven record of successfully scoping, shaping and delivering sound IT Security Solutions.
• Deep technical skills (plan, build and run) across a broad range of infrastructure and Security technologies
• Relevant cyber security certifications (or demonstrated progress in attaining) is highly preferred, e.g., GIAC, OSCP etc

What Makes Us, Us

Putting people first is not just something we say, it's what we do. We care for our people so they can care for themselves and our customers. We stay true to our values (Bold, Warm, Honest), we work hard because it matters and we work well together - collaborating, encouraging and even managing to have some fun.

At Australian Unity we do the right thing and we expect the same from others. Being a member-owned company, means we're focused on our members and customers, not shareholder returns. Our purpose to Help People to Thrive, drives us to make a real difference, every day, big and small. We are passionate about improving the wellbeing of all Australians and about making a positive difference.

Australian Unity is an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from all members of the community, including people of Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander descent, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and, mature aged people.