Senior Incident Response Lead

Atlassian; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonuses

Commissions

Equity

Job summary

Atlassian is seeking a Principal Incident Responder based in Australia to lead security incident response, guiding investigations during high-severity events and coordinating with Legal, Privacy, and Communications to ensure clear communication and swift remediation.

You will mentor staff, own strategic projects to enhance incident tooling and playbooks, and stay ahead of evolving threats. Atlassian emphasizes equity, bonuses, and a strong security posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in security incident response, including leading high-severity incidents for enterprises and coordinating response efforts across multiple teams.
• Specialization in two or more areas: Malware Analysis, Forensics, Threat Hunting, Network Analysis, or Cloud Endpoint Analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead the region's security incident response, providing technical leadership during critical (Severity 0/1) incidents by driving complex investigations, cross-team coordination, and resolution.
• Manage all incident-related communications, providing clear status updates to executives, management, and key stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary liaison with external bodies, including law enforcement, CERTs, and ISACs, during and after incidents.
• Coach and mentor team members in their day-to-day incident response activities.
• Own and deliver projects to advance the team's incident response capabilities, including building new tools, systems, and programs.
• Enhance team readiness by creating and running regular training exercises and incident response drills.
• Conduct comprehensive post-incident reviews to identify root causes and drive improvements to the incident response process.
• Collaborate with other security teams to develop long-term strategies and plans to prevent future incidents.
• Produce and disseminate threat intelligence specific to Atlassian's products and infrastructure.

Skills

Incident response leadership

Cross-team coordination

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Security

Tools

Python

Go

Firewalls

GCP

Job description

Atlassian is seeking a Principal Incident Responder based in Australia to lead security incident response, guiding investigations during high-severity events and coordinating with Legal, Privacy, and Communications to ensure clear communication and swift remediation.

You will mentor staff, own strategic projects to enhance incident tooling and playbooks, and stay ahead of evolving threats. Atlassian emphasizes equity, bonuses, and a strong security posture.