Senior Security Engineer - Government Cyber Architecture

Macquarietechnologygroup; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Macquarie Government in Sydney is seeking a Senior Security Engineer - Architecture to design, implement and optimise security services across SIG and managed environments. You will lead onboarding, document designs and build detections using Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk.

Join a collaborative team to support complex government workloads, drive automation through scripting and contribute to continuous improvement while maintaining essential security controls and strong customer-focused

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in Security Engineering, Security Operations or SIEM environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel and/or Splunk.
• Advanced Kusto Query Language (KQL) skills and/or Splunk SPL.
• Experience developing and tuning SIEM detections, analytics rules and threat hunting use cases.
• Solid understanding of security operations, incident response and cyber threat detection.
• Strong knowledge of networking fundamentals, firewalls and security architecture principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support cyber security solutions for Australian Government customers.
• Lead customer onboarding and implementation activities, including solution design and technical documentation.
• Build, configure and optimise Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk environments.
• Develop and tune security detections, analytics rules, dashboards and reporting capabilities.
• Investigate cyber threats, identify trends and implement preventative security controls.
• Support and enhance Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) infrastructure and managed security services.
• Collaborate with Security Operations, Infrastructure and Customer Success teams to deliver exceptional outcomes.
• Drive automation, process improvements and operational efficiencies through scripting and orchestration technologies.
• Provide technical guidance and escalation support for complex security incidents and customer enquiries.

Skills

Security operations

Incident response

KQL

Threat hunting

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Splunk

Job description

Macquarie Government in Sydney is seeking a Senior Security Engineer - Architecture to design, implement and optimise security services across SIG and managed environments. You will lead onboarding, document designs and build detections using Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk.

Join a collaborative team to support complex government workloads, drive automation through scripting and contribute to continuous improvement while maintaining essential security controls and strong customer-focused