Senior SOC Analyst | 24/7 Incident Leader | NV1 Clearance

Talent; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent in Canberra is seeking an experienced Senior SOC Analyst to lead investigations and mentor Tier 2/3 analysts across managed customer environments. The role is hands-on and requires driving incident coordination, threat assessment and clear customer recommendations from shift to shift.

Ideal candidates will have Tier 2/3 experience, strong SIEM/EDR/XDR skills and the ability to guide others without formal management.

Qualifications

• Proven SOC experience at Tier 2/3 or equivalent in a managed security environment.
• Strong investigation skills using SIEM, EDR or XDR platforms.
• Experience independently managing complex incidents and escalation decisions.
• Ability to guide and mentor others without formal line-management responsibilities.
• Clear communication skills to explain technical findings to customers.
• Willingness to work rotating days, nights, weekends and public holidays.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and triage complex alerts across endpoint, identity, cloud, network and application environments.
• Act as the technical escalation point for high-severity incidents, assessing scope, impact and response priorities.
• Coordinate incident response within agreed customer procedures and escalation pathways.
• Mentor analysts and review investigations, incident reports, and recommended actions.
• Maintain accurate case records, customer updates and structured shift handovers.
• Improve detection rules, playbooks, automation and investigation workflows alongside specialist cyber teams.

Skills

SOC experience

Tier 2/3 IR

SIEM/EDR/XDR

Mentoring capability

Communication skills

Shift work availability

Threat coordination

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

KQL

CrowdStrike Falcon

SOAR

ServiceNow SecOps

Job description

Talent in Canberra is seeking an experienced Senior SOC Analyst to lead investigations and mentor Tier 2/3 analysts across managed customer environments. The role is hands-on and requires driving incident coordination, threat assessment and clear customer recommendations from shift to shift.

Ideal candidates will have Tier 2/3 experience, strong SIEM/EDR/XDR skills and the ability to guide others without formal management.