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SOC Analyst

JobtailorSydney, Sydney🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 11 Sept 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Job Description

  • Investigate SIEM events, track emerging threats and uncover intrusion attempts
  • Own incident response from triage through escalation to resolution
  • Analyse phishing activity, suspicious domains and IP addresses to identify genuine risk
  • Lead threat hunting and vulnerability assessments across customer environments
  • Build high fidelity detections through alert tuning, rule creation and system improvements
  • Mentor junior analysts and improve capability across the wider SOC
  • Work across daily operations, threat analysis and proactive defence for a broad customer base
  • Collaborate with SOC peers to strengthen detection capability and deliver customer outcomes
Requirements
  • 3+ years working with modern detection and response tooling including SIEM, XDR and EDR
  • Solid grounding in Microsoft security technologies
  • Confidence working across Linux or Unix environments
  • Background in enterprise scale security operations
  • Exposure to incident response and digital forensics
  • Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST and ISO 27000 frameworks
  • Clear communication skills and ability to translate technical detail for any audience
  • Subject to state and federal police background checks
  • Unrestricted right to work in Australia
  • Visa sponsorship is not available
  • Bonus: Broad understanding of cloud, networking and firewall technologies
  • Bonus: Experience with vulnerability management tooling such as Rapid7, Tenable or Qualys
  • Bonus: Familiarity with ITSM platforms and processes
Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in incident response, threat hunting, and vulnerability assessments, with a strong foundation in SIEM, XDR, and EDR tools. Proficient in Microsoft security technologies and familiar with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, and ISO 27000.

Highest-signal resume keywords
  • Incident Response
  • Threat Hunting
  • SIEM Tooling
  • Microsoft Security Technologies
  • Vulnerability Management
Hard Skills
  • Incident Response
  • Threat Hunting
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • SIEM
  • XDR
  • EDR
  • Digital Forensics
  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • NIST
  • ISO 27000
Soft Skills
  • Clear Communication
  • Mentoring
Industry Keywords
  • Security Operations
  • Phishing Analysis
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Cloud Technologies
  • Networking
  • Firewall Technologies
Tools & Technologies
  • Microsoft Security Technologies
  • Rapid7
  • Tenable
  • Qualys
  • ITSM Platforms

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