Manager - SecOps Modernisation

CyberCX; Central Coast Council; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Career development

International opportunities

Family-inclusive workplace

Flexible work options

Diversity & inclusion award

Job summary

CyberCX, part of Accenture, is seeking an experienced SOC delivery professional to join the APAC SecOps Modernisation team in NSW. You will own customer engagements end-to-end, lead detection engineering, manage log pipelines, and drive SIEM/SOAR migrations to completion.

We expect 5–8 years in SOC operations or security engineering, with hands-on SIEM/SOAR experience and strong stakeholder management to translate technical work into business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in SOC operations or security engineering, with 2–3 years in delivery roles.
• Hands-on detection engineering and tuning in a SIEM environment.
• Experience with SOAR and end-to-end security engagements.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to translate findings into business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SOC maturity assessments with workshops and remediation roadmaps.
• Own detection engineering delivery from design to rule tuning and content reuse.
• Manage log ingestion, data quality, and cost-aware retention policies.
• Run SIEM/SOAR migrations using Modernisation Factory methodology.
• Act as primary delivery contact, manage stakeholders and milestones.
• Mentor Senior Analysts and contribute to playbooks and methodologies.

Skills

SOC operations

Security engineering

Detection engineering

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

SIEM (Google SecOps/Chronicle)

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

CrowdStrike

QRadar

Bindplane

Cribl

Logstash

AWS CloudTrail

Azure Monitor

GCP Audit Logs

Job description

CyberCX, part of Accenture, protects and defends our customers and communities by providing the most comprehensive range of cyber security professional services in the region.

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at www.accenture.com .

About The Role

This role sits within our APAC SecOps Modernisation team, delivering the hands-on technical work behind our customers' Agentic SOC and AI-driven security transformation. As the primary delivery professional between Senior Analyst and Senior Manager level, you'll own customer engagements end-to-end - running SOC maturity assessments, leading detection engineering, managing log optimisation programmes, and driving SIEM/SOAR migrations to completion. It's a technically hands-on role: you'll be designing detection rules and reviewing log pipelines one day and managing customer stakeholders and milestone delivery the next. We're looking for someone with a proven SOC engineering background, consulting maturity, and the ability to translate technical delivery into clear business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end SOC maturity assessments - discovery workshops, benchmarking against MITRE ATT&CK/NIST CSF/CIS Controls, and prioritised remediation roadmaps for technical and executive audiences
• Own detection engineering delivery, from gap analysis and threat-informed detection design through to rule tuning and reusable content for the APAC practice
• Manage log ingestion and data quality programmes, including source audits, pipeline deployments (e.g. Bindplane), and compliance-aligned retention and cost policies
• Run SIEM/SOAR migration engagements end-to-end using Accenture's Modernisation Factory methodology, from future-state design through build and ongoing optimisation
• Act as primary delivery contact for customer engagements, managing stakeholders, escalations, and milestone reporting
• Direct and mentor Senior Analysts, quality-assuring their work and contributing to the practice's delivery methodologies and playbooks

Skills & Experience

• 5-8 years in SOC operations, security engineering, or detection engineering, including 2-3 years in a delivery-focused or senior practitioner role
• Hands-on detection engineering and tuning experience within a SIEM (Google SecOps/Chronicle, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike Next-Gen SIEM, or QRadar), applying the MITRE ATT&CK framework in practice
• Hands-on SOAR experience - playbook design, alert triage and enrichment, case management, and automation logic
• Working knowledge of log ingestion and pipeline tooling (Bindplane, Cribl, Logstash or equivalent), including normalisation, fidelity, and cloud security telemetry (AWS CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, GCP Audit Logs)
• Proven ability to run security engagements end-to-end - from structured assessment and scoping through to findings delivery, implementation handoff, and SIEM/SOAR migration
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills - facilitating customer workshops, translating technical findings into executive-ready reports, and handling milestone tracking and escalations

Benefits of working at CyberCX, Part of Accenture:

• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Long & short-term career break opportunities
• Structured career development program
• Local and international career opportunities.
• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace
• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture's Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.
• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year's Diversity & Inclusion Index!