Detection Engineer: SIEM & Threat Detection (12-Month)

Cbus Super Fund; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CBUS Super is seeking a Detection Engineer on a 12-month max term contract in Melbourne to strengthen cyber monitoring and threat detection capabilities. You will design, develop and continually improve detection content, telemetry, analytics and monitoring solutions to identify and respond to threats swiftly.

You will collaborate with Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Infrastructure, Cloud and Engineering teams to enhance visibility across the environment, support SIEM strategy and

Qualifications

• Experience engineering and supporting enterprise SIEM platforms such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, IBM QRadar or equivalent.
• Strong detection engineering experience, including development of custom detections, analytics, threat hunting content and correlation rules.
• Deep understanding of cyber security monitoring, MITRE ATT&CK, threat detection methodologies and hybrid enterprise environments.
• Experience onboarding and optimising log sources, telemetry, data normalisation and integrations across security technologies.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate technical insights into business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and continuously improve SIEM detection strategies, monitoring standards and threat detection roadmaps.
• Design, build and maintain high-quality detection content, analytics, correlation rules and MITRE ATT&CK-aligned use cases.
• Onboard and optimise telemetry and log sources across cloud, identity, endpoint, network, SaaS and business platforms.
• Partner with Security Operations and cyber teams to support threat hunting, investigations, incident response and automation initiatives.
• Deliver reporting, metrics and insights on detection coverage, monitoring effectiveness, emerging threats and capability improvements.

Skills

SIEM platforms

Detection engineering

Threat hunting

MITRE ATT&CK

Log source onboarding

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

IBM QRadar

Job description

CBUS Super is seeking a Detection Engineer on a 12-month max term contract in Melbourne to strengthen cyber monitoring and threat detection capabilities. You will design, develop and continually improve detection content, telemetry, analytics and monitoring solutions to identify and respond to threats swiftly.

You will collaborate with Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Infrastructure, Cloud and Engineering teams to enhance visibility across the environment, support SIEM strategy and