Senior CSOC Manager | Hybrid | Melbourne

Slade Group; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Slade Group in Australia seeks a Manager – Cyber Security Operations Centre to lead a 24x7 CSOC in a hybrid setup with a move to Melbourne. You will oversee a team of analysts and engineers, drive incident response, and mature the CSOC operating model.

You will apply your hands-on Splunk experience and a solid grasp of ISO 27001/27002, NIST, CIS and MITRE ATT&CK to deliver data-driven performance insights to executives and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading security operations teams in large enterprises.
• Proven major incident ownership and calm under pressure.
• Hands-on Splunk experience or SIEM tooling.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 27001/27002, NIST, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a 24x7 security operations team of analysts and engineers.
• Serve as senior escalation point during major incidents, coordinating actions and executive updates.
• Standardise and mature CSOC model across detection, response, investigations, and CSIRT.
• Improve security tooling (Splunk) and continually enhance processes and playbooks.
• Define KPIs and metrics; deliver clear, data-driven performance reports.
• Present operational insights and risk posture to senior stakeholders.
• Manage vendors and third-party providers for accountability and service quality.
• Position CSOC to address evolving cloud, identity, SaaS, supply chain, and AI risks.

Skills

SOC leadership

Incident response

Splunk experience

Data-driven reporting

Executive communication

Tools

Splunk

SIEM tooling

Job description

Slade Group in Australia seeks a Manager – Cyber Security Operations Centre to lead a 24x7 CSOC in a hybrid setup with a move to Melbourne. You will oversee a team of analysts and engineers, drive incident response, and mature the CSOC operating model.

You will apply your hands-on Splunk experience and a solid grasp of ISO 27001/27002, NIST, CIS and MITRE ATT&CK to deliver data-driven performance insights to executives and stakeholders.