Security Operations Analyst

The Lottery Corporation; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous leave options

Recognition programs

Learning and development platform

Career growth from within

Inclusion & Diversity initiatives

Volunteer opportunities with dollar-m$

Job summary

The Lottery Corporation in Brisbane is seeking a hands-on Security Operations professional to monitor, triage, and respond to security events. You will work within our Security Operations team, collaborating with MDR partners to stay ahead of evolving threats and protect systems and data.

You’ll investigate incidents, tune detection rules, and apply threat intelligence, with hybrid work options and generous leave benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Security Operations or a SOC environment.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM, endpoint detection and network monitoring.
• Strong incident investigation and response capability.
• Experience building and tuning detection rules.
• Knowledge of threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Understanding of cloud security in hybrid environments.
• PowerShell or Linux shell scripting capability.
• Strong networking fundamentals across TCP/IP and common protocols.
• Sound judgement and problem-solving skills under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and triage security threats and anomalous activity.
• Build and tune alerts to improve detection quality.
• Investigate incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Coordinate remediation through to resolution.
• Apply threat intelligence to strengthen detection.
• Manage day-to-day engagement with MDR partners.
• Improve security processes through automation.
• Maintain and optimise security operations tooling.
• Participate in the Security Operations on-call rotation.

Skills

SIEM

Endpoint detection

Network monitoring

Incident investigation

Detection rules

Threat intelligence

MITRE ATT&CK

Cloud security

PowerShell scripting

Linux shell scripting

Networking basics

Problem solving under pressure

Job description

Are you ready to join the winning team at The Lottery Corporation?

We power Australia's biggest lottery games - and we're one of the world's top-performing lottery businesses.

As the home of The Lott and Keno, we're building on decades of excitement and life-changing wins, bringing our games to every state and territory except WA.

For more than a century, we've been playing our role in creating positive impacts by delivering winning moments every day to our people, our customers, retailers, partners and our community.

But we're not standing still. We're evolving into an entertainment company - more customer-obsessed, more agile and driven by real outcomes.

Because at our core, it's simple: we create winning moments - and we're building the next chapter as the team behind Where Australia Comes to Play.

You’ll be a hands‑on contributor across security monitoring, detection, incident response and threat intelligence, helping protect our systems, data and people from evolving cyber threats.

Working within our Security Operations capability, you’ll investigate security events, strengthen our detection capability and help us stay ahead of emerging threats. You’ll also be the key day‑to‑day connection with our Managed Detection and Response partners.

What you'll do

• Monitor and triage security threats and anomalous activity
• Build and tune alerts to improve detection quality
• Investigate incidents and perform root cause analysis
• Coordinate remediation through to resolution
• Apply threat intelligence to strengthen detection
• Manage day‑to‑day engagement with MDR partners
• Improve security processes through automation
• Maintain and optimise security operations tooling
• Participate in the Security Operations on‑call rotation

What you'll bring

• Proven experience in Security Operations or a SOC environment
• Hands‑on experience with SIEM, endpoint detection and network monitoring
• Strong incident investigation and response capability
• Experience building and tuning detection rules
• Knowledge of threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK
• Understanding of cloud security in hybrid environments
• PowerShell or Linux shell scripting capability
• Strong networking fundamentals across TCP/IP and common protocols
• Sound judgement and problem‑solving skills under pressure

What you'll get

Not only will you receive an awesome candidate experience from our caring Talent team, but you’ll get a genuine feel for who we are and what it’s like to be part of our team.

The benefits of working with The Lottery Corporation are pretty good. Just to name a few:

• Balance work and life with our 'flex for great outcomes' approach - hybrid working, plus a range of generous leave options.
• Reward and recognition programs at all levels. Your hard work won't go unnoticed.
• Ignite your potential with our dedicated learning and development platform to support your bright future.
• We empower careers to grow from within, your next opportunity is already here!
• A true sense of belonging. We’re committed to Inclusion & Diversity with a range of initiatives such as our Gender Affiliation Support, employee inclusion networks and diversity memberships and celebrations.
• Make positive impacts with opportunities to volunteer with our community partners. We’ll also dollar match fundraising efforts of our employees lending their support to registered charities.

We’re committed to providing a safe, respectful and supportive work environment. We encourage you to let us know if we can make any accommodations, so the process can be more user friendly for you.

We acknowledge and pay respect to the traditional custodians of the lands on which our offices, retail outlets and venues operate. We acknowledge the inextricable link First Peoples of Australia have with the land past and present.

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