Senior SOC Lead - Hybrid, 24x7 MDR & Detection

Sharp & Carter Digital and Technology; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter Digital and Technology is seeking an experienced Security Operations Lead in Melbourne to drive hands-on technical leadership across security operations, incident response and detection engineering. The role focuses on Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR and MDR services, with a strong emphasis on improving detection and incident response across a 24x7 environment.

You will mentor SOC analysts, lead Level 2/3 investigations and coordinate operational activities, reporting to the

Qualifications

• Minimum five years in cyber security or SOC operations.
• Experience as Senior SOC Analyst, L3 Analyst or technical team leader.
• Hands-on experience in incident response, threat detection and security investigations.
• Experience in 24x7 SOC or MDR environment.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, NIST IR frameworks, ISO 27001.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across security operations and incident response activities.
• Lead complex Level 2 and Level 3 security incident investigations, escalations and response activities.
• Support delivery and continuous improvement of 24x7 MDR services.
• Develop, maintain and optimise detection capabilities across Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR.
• Create and refine KQL queries, detection rules and automated response workflows.
• Leverage SOAR and Azure Logic Apps to improve security operations.
• Mentor SOC analysts and coordinate operational activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve detection coverage and incident response processes.

Skills

Security leadership

Incident response

Threat detection

Mentoring analysts

Operational coordination

Education

SC-200 Certification

SC-100 Target

CISSP / GIAC / CISM (nice to have)

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Defender XDR

SOAR

Azure Logic Apps

KQL

Job description

Sharp & Carter Digital and Technology is seeking an experienced Security Operations Lead in Melbourne to drive hands-on technical leadership across security operations, incident response and detection engineering. The role focuses on Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR and MDR services, with a strong emphasis on improving detection and incident response across a 24x7 environment.

You will mentor SOC analysts, lead Level 2/3 investigations and coordinate operational activities, reporting to the