Senior Cyber Security Analyst

Peoplebank; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoplebank is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to bolster cyber operations in Brisbane on a 12-month contract. You will lead investigations, coordinate incident response, and uplift detection, monitoring and resilience capabilities in a hybrid Brisbane setting.

The role requires senior SOC/IR experience, hands-on SIEM/EDR and cross-domain investigative tooling across endpoints, identity, network and cloud, plus strong communication and documentation skills.

Qualifications

• Senior SOC/incident response experience in complex enterprise environments.
• Hands-on with SIEM, EDR and investigative tooling across endpoint/identity/network/cloud.
• Excellent analytical and stakeholder communication skills.
• Strong documentation discipline (procedures, playbooks, knowledge articles).

Responsibilities

• Monitor, investigate and respond to security alerts/incidents (SIEM/EDR/threat intel).
• Lead incident response: triage, containment, recovery, post-incident reviews.
• Conduct threat hunting and improve detection use-cases/rules and playbooks.
• Support vulnerability management and information protection initiatives (e.g., DLP/IRM).
• Produce incident reports, RCA, and operational reporting.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to continuous improvement/automation.
• Participate in on-call/after-hours support as required.

Skills

Senior SOC / incident response

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Documentation discipline

Tools

SIEM

EDR

Job description

Role: Senior Cyber Security Analyst (Cyber Operations)
Location: Brisbane QLD - hybrd
Contract: 12 months
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About the Role:
We’re seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst to strengthen cyber operations across a large enterprise environment. You’ll lead complex investigations, coordinate incident response, and uplift detection/monitoring and cyber resilience capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor, investigate and respond to security alerts/incidents (SIEM/EDR/threat intel)
• Lead incident response: triage, containment, recovery, post-incident reviews
• Conduct threat hunting and improve detection use-cases/rules and playbooks
• Support vulnerability management and information protection initiatives (e.g., DLP/IRM)
• Produce incident reports, RCA, and operational reporting
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to continuous improvement/automation
• Participate in on-call/after-hours support as required

Required experience

• Senior SOC / incident response background in complex enterprise environments
• Strong hands-on with SIEM, EDR, and investigative tooling across endpoint/identity/network/cloud
• Excellent analytical and stakeholder communication skills
• Strong documentation discipline (procedures, playbooks, knowledge articles)

Desirable

• Microsoft security stack: Sentinel, Defender XDR/Endpoint/Identity/Cloud, Purview
• Elastic Security, Rapid7 (or similar)
• Familiarity with Essential Eight, NIST CSF, ISO 27001
• Certs such as CISSP / SANS / Microsoft Security / Security+

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