Cyber Defense Analyst: Incident Response & Threat Intelligence

Amentum company; Alice Springs; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amentum seeks a Cyber Defense Analyst to provide strategic guidance and technical analysis for incident response to adversarial cyber activity. The role involves monitoring security devices, analyzing traffic, and expanding defenses through MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain concepts.

The position includes collaboration with DoD/Government leaders, producing incident reports, and maintaining documentation for repeatable response activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in a related discipline.
• Experience with network security devices and protocols.
• Familiarity with incident response frameworks and DoD guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Monitor network security devices and respond to alerts.
• Analyze network traffic and detect threats using packet data and IDS/IPS outputs.
• Assess security risks and develop prevention strategies for incidents.

Skills

Network security

Packet analysis

Threat detection

Splunk

Wireshark

tcpdump

IDS/IPS

Communication skills

DoD knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Snort

Suricata

Elastic

Splunk

Job description

Amentum seeks a Cyber Defense Analyst to provide strategic guidance and technical analysis for incident response to adversarial cyber activity. The role involves monitoring security devices, analyzing traffic, and expanding defenses through MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain concepts.

The position includes collaboration with DoD/Government leaders, producing incident reports, and maintaining documentation for repeatable response activities.