Senior Threat Intelligence & Hunting Lead

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Career development opportunities

Competitive salary open to negotiation

Job summary

EY is seeking a Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting Lead for its Security Operations Centre in Australia. The role oversees proactive and reactive threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence, and collaboration with SOC and VM teams to strengthen threat detection and response.

Flexibility to work from EY offices nationwide is offered, with potential reduced hours. Australian citizenship and NV1 security clearance (or eligibility) are required, with extensive SOC leadership experience and

Qualifications

• Senior security professional leading advanced cyber threat intelligence and threat hunting for a SOC client.
• Experience with threat intel processes, detections, and proactive threat hunting initiatives.
• Australian citizenship and NV1 security clearance or eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Cyber Threat Intelligence Lead within the SOC by managing threat intelligence tools, ensuring data quality, and collecting, analysing, and disseminating actionable cyber threat intelligence.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external intelligence communities while continuously improving threat intelligence processes and staying updated on threat trends.
• Provide Cyber threat intelligence insights to enhance detection and response, including monitoring threat feeds, threat actor activity, vulnerabilities, and credential exposure.
• Lead and support proactive and reactive threat hunting in close collaboration with the SOC team.
• Mentor SOC analysts and work closely with security engineering to improve detection coverage, reduce alert noise, and strengthen overall SOC capability.

Skills

Cyber Threat Intelligence

SIEM & detection tools

Threat hunting methodologies

MITRE ATT&CK

Leadership & mentoring

Tools

EDR

IDS/IPS

SOAR platforms

Job description

EY is seeking a Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting Lead for its Security Operations Centre in Australia. The role oversees proactive and reactive threat hunting, cyber threat intelligence, and collaboration with SOC and VM teams to strengthen threat detection and response.

Flexibility to work from EY offices nationwide is offered, with potential reduced hours. Australian citizenship and NV1 security clearance (or eligibility) are required, with extensive SOC leadership experience and