Cyber Resilience & Operations Senior Associate

Grant Thornton Australia Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

9-Day fortnight with no salary cut

Job summary

Grant Thornton Australia Limited is expanding its cyber resilience and operations capability. We seek a curious, hands-on Senior Associate to help deliver incident readiness, playbooks, tabletop exercises, and security operations uplift for diverse client challenges within a global network of cyber professionals.

You will engage across incident response readiness, crisis exercises, and exposure management while developing consulting and client skills to shape your career within our firm.

Qualifications

• Typically, 3 years’ experience in cyber operations roles such as security operations, incident response, vulnerability management or IT security operations.
• Familiarity with common security tools and recognised cyber security frameworks.
• Experience communicating technical findings to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Genuine interest in how AI and automation are impacting the industry and how organisations stay resilient.
• Australian citizenship or permanent residency.
• Willingness to travel for client work.

Responsibilities

• Assess clients’ security operations capability and prioritise improvements to cyber resilience.
• Develop incident response plans and playbooks; facilitate tabletop exercises for technical teams, executives and boards.
• Support clients during live incidents alongside incident response specialists and partners.
• Assist with exposure and vulnerability management, prioritising risk across clients’ environments.
• Explore how AI and automation can strengthen cyber resilience and security operations.
• Prepare clear reporting and recommendations for clients and senior team members.
• Contribute to proposals, client presentations and practice development with the global cyber network.

Skills

Cyber operations

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Stakeholder communication

AI/Automation interest

Education

Cyber security degree

GCIH

CompTIA CySA+

Microsoft SC-200

Blue Team Level 1

Tools

Security tools

Job description

Grant Thornton Australia Limited is expanding its cyber resilience and operations capability. We seek a curious, hands-on Senior Associate to help deliver incident readiness, playbooks, tabletop exercises, and security operations uplift for diverse client challenges within a global network of cyber professionals.

You will engage across incident response readiness, crisis exercises, and exposure management while developing consulting and client skills to shape your career within our firm.