SOC Security Engineer L2 – Hybrid Brisbane/Adelaide

Brennan; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and certification bonuses

Culture Awards

Brennan Daredevils trip

Social activities

Discounted hardware and software

Learning and development environment

Job summary

Brennan is seeking a Security Operations Engineer (L2) to join the Cyber Security team in Brisbane or Adelaide. The role mixes escalation duties with security platform engineering inside our SOC, protecting sovereign and government-focused clients.

Approximately half the time is spent escalating and resolving complex incidents, the other half on engineering activities including onboarding, configuration, and automation across our security platforms.

Qualifications

• Australian citizenship and NV1 security clearance are required.
• 2–3+ years in a SOC or security operations role.
• Experience investigating and responding to security incidents.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience with SIEM/SOAR, endpoint security, and identity management platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as escalation point for Security Analysts and investigate complex incidents.
• Perform root cause analysis across multiple security technologies.
• Configure, administer and optimise SIEM, SOAR, endpoint, identity and vulnerability platforms.
• Onboard customers to managed security services and configure platforms.
• Build and maintain security automations and integrations.
• Implement and support identity, access and cloud security controls.
• Create runbooks and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with customers and teams to deliver high-quality security outcomes.

Skills

Australian Citizenship

NV1 Security Clearance

SOC experience

Security incident response

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Security automation

PowerShell / Python

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender XDR

Securonix

SentinelOne

CrowdStrike

Mimecast

Check Point Harmony

Entra ID / MFA

Azure security services

Tenable

Job description

Brennan is seeking a Security Operations Engineer (L2) to join the Cyber Security team in Brisbane or Adelaide. The role mixes escalation duties with security platform engineering inside our SOC, protecting sovereign and government-focused clients.

Approximately half the time is spent escalating and resolving complex incidents, the other half on engineering activities including onboarding, configuration, and automation across our security platforms.