Senior Threat & Attack Researcher – Flexible/Remote

Optus; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration and discounts

Flexible hybrid work 3 days in office,

Parental leave support

Job summary

Optus is seeking a Senior Threat & Attack Researcher to identify, research, and track threats relevant to our organisation. You will lead proactive detection, produce intelligence products, and brief senior leadership.

With 5+ years in Cyber Threat Intelligence, you will mentor juniors, guide countermeasures, and collaborate with partners. Australian Citizens are prioritized for this role. Flexible hybrid work arrangements available.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in computer science, information systems, engineering or cyber security.
• 5+ years of experience in Cyber Threat Intelligence or related cyber security role.
• Detailed knowledge of offensive operations, geopolitical drivers and attack techniques.
• Proficiency with scripting languages such as Python for automation and custom tooling creation.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with ability to work with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to distill technical concepts into clear, risk-focused messaging for diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to perform under pressure, meet deadlines and adapt to change.

Responsibilities

• Research Threat TTPs, tooling and infrastructure relevant to Optus.
• Identify opportunities to detect, disrupt and deny threat activity.
• Produce intelligence products for stakeholders to enable threat-informed decisions.
• Provide assessments on the broader threat landscape for senior leadership briefings.
• Analyse malware samples and code to understand functionality and evasion techniques.
• Lead team research and capability uplift initiatives.
• Foster a culture of excellence, integrity and professionalism in cyber security.
• Identify and track significant threats to the organisation.
• Guide countermeasures to find, obstruct and block threats.
• Provide threat intelligence support to incident response investigations.
• Deliver verbal briefings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborate with partners to share intelligence and tradecraft.
• Mentor junior staff and guide development.
• Craft and maintain processes or tools for scalable operations.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Risk communication

Under pressure performance

Education

Tertiary qualifications in computer science, information systems, engineering or cyber security

Tools

Python

Job description

Optus is seeking a Senior Threat & Attack Researcher to identify, research, and track threats relevant to our organisation. You will lead proactive detection, produce intelligence products, and brief senior leadership.

With 5+ years in Cyber Threat Intelligence, you will mentor juniors, guide countermeasures, and collaborate with partners. Australian Citizens are prioritized for this role. Flexible hybrid work arrangements available.