Senior Incident Responder & Forensics Expert

Peoplebank; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoplebank is seeking multiple senior Incident Responders to join its Cyber Security Response team in Sydney. You will command high-impact investigations, coordinate cross-functional response efforts, and perform advanced forensic analysis to protect the organisation.

The role focuses on shaping incident response capability, driving improvements, and briefing senior stakeholders. You will work in a fast-paced enterprise environment and lead readiness activities, including tabletop exercises and

Qualifications

• Extensive incident response leadership experience in large enterprises.
• Proven forensic investigations across endpoints, networks, cloud, and identities.
• Strong ability to brief executives and legal teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and command major cyber security incidents from identification through containment, eradication, recovery, and closure.
• Coordinate and direct cross-functional response teams during complex, high-severity events.
• Conduct advanced digital forensic investigations across endpoint, network, identity, cloud, and memory-based environments.
• Oversee evidence collection and handling processes to ensure legal and regulatory defensibility.
• Act as the primary escalation point for Incident Responders on critical, sensitive, or ambiguous investigations.
• Provide clear and accurate incident briefings, situation reports, and updates to senior leadership and business stakeholders.
• Lead readiness initiatives including tabletop exercises, simulations, post-incident reviews, and lessons-learned activities.
• Drive improvements to incident response tooling, automation, processes, and operational capabilities.

Skills

Incident response leadership

Digital forensics

SIEM/EDR/XDR expertise

Stakeholder communication

Tools

SIEM

EDR

XDR

Job description

Peoplebank is seeking multiple senior Incident Responders to join its Cyber Security Response team in Sydney. You will command high-impact investigations, coordinate cross-functional response efforts, and perform advanced forensic analysis to protect the organisation.

The role focuses on shaping incident response capability, driving improvements, and briefing senior stakeholders. You will work in a fast-paced enterprise environment and lead readiness activities, including tabletop exercises and