Cloud SOC Incident AnalystNew

Talent Web Recruitment; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4-day work week

Sydney CBD location

Job summary

A global financial services organisation is seeking a skilled Cloud SOC Incident Analyst with 2–5 years in a Cloud Security Operations Centre environment. You will investigate and respond to security incidents and alerts across Azure, AWS, GCP and SaaS applications.

Responsibilities include using Splunk and Log Analytics, refining detections, collaborating with a global team across the USA, Europe and APAC, and communicating clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• Experience in responding to cyber security incidents in cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Ability to work unsupervised on incidents from triage to closure.
• Ability to interpret and present logging data from a SIEM (Splunk/Elasticsearch).
• Broad awareness of information security operations.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and respond to incidents and alerts across Azure, AWS, GCP and SaaS apps.
• Identify unfamiliar data during incidents and assess relevance.
• View logs with Splunk and Log Analytics to support investigations.
• Tune detections and develop new detections to improve alerting.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with a global team across USA, Europe and APAC.

Skills

Cloud security

Incident response

Communication skills

Unsupervised work

Tools

Splunk

Log Analytics

Elasticsearch

Job description

An international financial services organisation isseeking a skilled and motivated Cloud SOC Incident Analyst with between 2 and 5 years of experience within a Cloud Security Operations Centre environment.

You willfocusing on identifying, analysing, mitigating and responding to security threats and alerts across Azure, AWS, GCP and SaaS applications.

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.

• 12-month contract
• Sydney CBD location
• 4-day work week

Your role

An international financial services organisation isseeking a skilled and motivated Cloud SOC Incident Analyst with between 2 and 5 years of experience within a Cloud Security Operations Centre environment.

You willfocusing on identifying, analysing, mitigating and responding to security threats and alerts across Azure, AWS, GCP and SaaS applications.

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.

Your 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

The working hours are 9:00AM to 7:30PM AEST, 4 days (38 hours) per week on one of two shifts, Wednesday to Saturday or Sunday to Wednesday, to align with the nature of the support provided by the team.