Assistant Vice President, Cloud Security Analyst, Global Information Security, Sydney, Australia

Bank of America Corporation; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a Cloud SOC Incident Analyst in Sydney, Australia. The role requires 2–5 years of experience in a Cloud SOC environment and focuses on identifying, analyzing, mitigating and responding to security threats across Azure, AWS, GCP and SaaS apps.

This is a full-time role within the Cloud Security Operations team, with standard hours and a 38-hour work week, aligned to the team’s support needs, and collaboration with colleagues in the USA, Europe and APAC.

Qualifications

• Experience responding to cyber security incidents in at least one cloud (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Ability to triage, investigate and close incidents unsupervised.
• Ability to analyse and present logging data from SIEM tools like Splunk or Elasticsearch.
• Broad awareness of information security operations in enterprise IT.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and respond to incidents and alerts using cloud security knowledge.
• Identify unfamiliar data during incidents and assess relevance.
• Use Splunk and Log Analytics to view logs for cloud apps.
• Improve alerting by tuning detections and creating new ones.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with a global team across regions.

Skills

Incident response

Cloud security

Investigation mindset

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Info Security

Tools

Splunk

Elasticsearch

Job description

Job Description

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role‑specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

B5 Cloud SOC Incident Analyst

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Cloud SOC Incident Analyst with between 2 and 5 years of experience within a Cloud Security Operations Centre environment.

This role will be within the Cloud Security Operations team, focusing on identifying, analysing, mitigating and responding to security threats and alerts across Azure, AWS, GCP and SaaS applications.

This is a full‑time role (38 hours per week), with standard working hours of 9:00AM to 7:30PM AEST, 4 days per week (Sunday to Wednesday), to align with the nature of the support provided by the team.

Required Background and Experience

• Experience in responding to cyber security incidents within at least one of Azure, AWS or GCP cloud environments
• An investigative and inquisitive approach to incidents, and the ability to work unsupervised on incidents from initial triage through to closure
• Ability to identify, analyse, interpret and present logging data from a SIEM, such as Splunk or Elasticsearch

• Broad awareness of information security operations and/or enterprise information technology

Knowledge or experience in one or more of the following will be advantageous, though not required

• Experience in responding to cyber security incidents within two or more of Azure, AWS or GCP cloud environments, as well as SaaS applications; and/or
• Tuning of alerts in any cloud environment, or updating documentation as changes occur in the bank’s environment or tooling; and/or
• Programming or scripting experience; and/or
• Experience working within a large‑scale enterprise or banking environment

Desirable Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security or a Cyber/Digital Forensics related discipline; and/or
• Vendor‑specific certification, such as Microsoft AZ‑900 or SC‑200, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Security – Specialty; and/or
• Cloud‑related qualification or certification, such as CompTIA Cloud+ or Cloud Security Alliance CCSK

What you will do

• Use your cloud security knowledge, skills and investigative mindset to investigate and respond to incidents and alerts. This could include anything from brute‑force attempts, suspicious AI utilisation, data exfiltration and exploitation of CVEs, to anything in between.
• Identify unfamiliar data in the midst of an incident and assess its relevance.
• Use Splunk and Log Analytics to view logs related to Azure, AWS, GCP and SaaS applications.
• Improve our existing alerting, including tuning existing detections and developing new detections.
• Communicate clearly, concisely and inclusively, both in writing and verbally, with technical and non-technical audiences, including colleagues, peers and stakeholders.
• Work alongside a global team, with colleagues in the USA, Europe and the Asia‑Pacific region, placing emphasis on collaboration and the sharing of ideas and methodologies.