AI-Driven Cloud Security Operations Lead

Pegasystems; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pega is expanding its Cloud Security Operations Center in Sydney and seeks a skilled security engineer to monitor, detect, and respond to threats in our cloud environment. You will collaborate with threat detection engineers, vulnerability analysts, and security engineers to strengthen our threat posture and incident response capabilities.

You’ll apply AI-enabled tools with rigorous judgment, develop SOPs and playbooks, and perform threat hunts to protect Pega Cloud across global deployments.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of industry-relevant experience in cloud security and threat detection.
• 2+ years in operational SIEM roles with Cloud logs analysis.
• Australian citizenship is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Perform security monitoring of cloud environments using multiple tools and dashboards.
• Investigate security events to identify Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).
• Contribute to incident response: containment, eradication, recovery.
• Develop SOPs, policies, and playbooks for CSOC detection and analysis.
• Enhance incident response plans and remediation recommendations.
• Perform threat hunts for adversarial activity within Pega Cloud.
• Develop notable dashboards and situational reports using SIEM tools.

Skills

Security analysis

Incident response

Threat hunting

AI-Enabled tooling judgment

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Splunk

Google Chronicle SIEM

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes (EKS/GKE)

Job description

Pega is expanding its Cloud Security Operations Center in Sydney and seeks a skilled security engineer to monitor, detect, and respond to threats in our cloud environment. You will collaborate with threat detection engineers, vulnerability analysts, and security engineers to strengthen our threat posture and incident response capabilities.

You’ll apply AI-enabled tools with rigorous judgment, develop SOPs and playbooks, and perform threat hunts to protect Pega Cloud across global deployments.