Senior Threat Detection Analyst

About the role

You will join a versatile highly collaborative and multi-disciplinary team with a wide variety of security skills and responsibilities working to address security threats across the company. Your primary responsibilities will be cyber threat intelligence and insider risk management with the opportunity to work on a range of other activities aligned to your interests including threat hunting detection engineering purple teaming and other strategic priorities.

While the team has separate security sub-teams there is a strong focus on cross-functional security expertise development allowing team members to grow proficiency across a wide range of security concentrations. The team is positioned well within the company to execute quickly on things that matter with team members empowered to identify security control gaps or risks and work toward effective mitigation.

With executive support you will have the ability to influence the security posture of our infrastructure and products helping progress SEEKs purpose of helping people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and helping organisations succeed.

This role is based in Melbourne and is also available to candidates based in Sydney or Brisbane.

Responsibilities

• Lead detailed investigations and research into internal and external security threats performing threat assessments and providing timely briefs to leadership on cyber threat trends TTPs and emerging threats.
• Triage and investigate insider risk scenarios and communicate findings to senior leadership.
• Identify collect and analyse threat intelligence from OSINT proprietary sources and industry groups including verifying sources and conducting research with strict operational security.
• Maintain and update intelligence collection requirements (ICRs) based on stakeholder needs.
• Monitor triage and escalate security alerts fine-tuning detections for accuracy and collaborate with incident response and security operations teams during incidents.
• Support threat hunting activities and provide recommendations to uplift controls.
• Advise on geopolitical matters and international travel security risks.
• Support forensic imaging to aid investigations.
• Develop and report on CTI metrics and identify automation opportunities to enhance SEEKs proactive intelligence and threat detection capabilities including tools processes and procedures.
• Establish relationships with industry peers for information sharing and promote a security culture across the organisation assisting with other security activities as required.
• Mentor security peers ensuring team growth and effectiveness.

Qualifications :

We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every requirement your unique experience and potential may still make you a great fit for the role.

Essential Skills and experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in cyber security intelligence or national security with a Bachelors degree in computer science software engineering information technology national security intelligence or a related field.
• Excellent problem-solving analytic and investigative skills relating to threat detection insider threat and security intelligence investigations with the ability to perform hands-on technical analysis and log review across technologies including endpoint detection email filtering SIEM and more.
• Extensive knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK advanced persistent threats and their tactics techniques and procedures (TTPs).
• Experience executing incident response activities in a methodical and meticulous manner with a fundamental understanding of threat detection and threat hunting principles.
• Strong understanding of the geopolitical landscape and associated security risks with the ability to advise on international travel security.
• Comfortable with at least one scripting and/or programming language.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities including the ability to mentor peers and clearly articulate difficult technical concepts to senior executives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills including clear verbal and written communication and proven expertise in developing cyber security strategies policies and processes.
• A curious mindset with a passion for solving problems and continuous learning capable of working both independently and collaboratively.

Other Qualification Skills and Experience

• Incident response forensic capabilities and malware reverse engineering are highly favourable but not mandatory.
• Relevant professional qualifications for example SANS qualifications such as GCTI GCFA GNFA GCTD or GEIR.
• Experience working in a DevOps environment.
• Experience with automation and AI tools to enhance security operations and intelligence capabilities.
• Passion for continued professional development and demonstrated experience participating in the security community through events conferences and knowledge sharing.

Additional Information :

Perks and benefits

At SEEK we offer:

• Tailored career development planning 
• Support of flexible working including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role
• Annual Performance Bonus Plan
• Frequent events including sports days year-end party hackathon and trivia
• Casual dress every day

At SEEK we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences especially as they relate to gender sexual identity culture faith disability and life stages. If you have the skills curiosity and an adaptable mindset but dont meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement please still get in touch with us. Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role only those with eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time