Senior Threat Detection Engineer – SIEM/EDR Expert

Pinaka; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinaka seeks a Senior Cyber Threat Analyst to lead detection engineering across SIEM/EDR platforms. You will develop and maintain use cases, threat models and automation to detect and respond to advanced threats in hybrid environments.

The role requires extensive security operations experience, strong collaboration with engineering teams, and the ability to translate threats into actionable monitoring. The successful candidate will work within a fast-paced government-focused team, contributing

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience developing detection content across enterprise SIEMs.
• Experience implementing detections across SIEM, SOAR, and EDR with incident response playbooks.
• Practical threat modelling using STRIDE, ATT&CK and related methodologies.
• Experience monitoring AI-related security risks and deployments.
• Minimum five years in cyber security operations with stakeholder engagement.
• Experience developing or using Sigma detection rules.
• Familiarity with AI security frameworks (NIST, ASD/ACSC, MITRE ATLAS).
• Experience with EDR technologies (CrowdStrike, Defender for Endpoint, Carbon Black).
• Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash) for automation and security workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop detection content based on threat models and risks.
• Create and tune detection rules for SIEM/EDR technologies.
• Draft playbooks for alert validation and response.
• Maintain threat models using STRIDE, ATT&CK and related methods.
• Assess AI-related threats and implement monitoring controls.
• Collaborate with architecture/engineering to implement monitoring.
• Maintain threat intelligence integrations across SOC stack.
• Provide incident response support as directed by incident manager.
• Assist onboarding of new data sources for detections.
• Contribute to intelligence production and reporting improvements.

Skills

Threat content development

SIEM/EDR expertise

Threat modelling

AI security monitoring

Cyber security operations

Sigma rules

AI security frameworks

EDR platforms

Automation & scripting

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

QRadar

Elastic

CrowdStrike

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Carbon Black

Python

Bash

Job description

Pinaka seeks a Senior Cyber Threat Analyst to lead detection engineering across SIEM/EDR platforms. You will develop and maintain use cases, threat models and automation to detect and respond to advanced threats in hybrid environments.

The role requires extensive security operations experience, strong collaboration with engineering teams, and the ability to translate threats into actionable monitoring. The successful candidate will work within a fast-paced government-focused team, contributing