Exclusive with Talenza. Join a large, nationally significant organisation operating critical infrastructure across Australia and internationally. This is an opportunity to work within a mature cyber security function supporting enterprise and operational technology environments at scale. We're seeking an experienced SOC Analyst to augment an established security operations team, contributing across detection engineering, incident response, threat hunting, and security tooling optimisation. The Opportunity As a key member of the Cyber Security Operations team, you'll help protect a complex environment spanning hundreds of locations and thousands of assets. Working closely with security leaders and technical stakeholders, you'll drive meaningful improvements across monitoring, response, and vulnerability management capabilities. Location: Melbourne, Brisbane or Sydney (hybrid) Contract: 6 months with potential extension Start: ASAP or mutually agreed Engagement: Day rate contract Key Responsibilities Security Operations & Incident Response Monitor and respond to security events across enterprise and OT/ICS environments Lead incident response activities including containment, remediation, and post-incident reviews Develop and maintain SOAR playbooks aligned to security operations processes Conduct proactive threat hunting using threat intelligence and telemetry Security Tooling & Uplift Operate and optimise SIEM, EDR, CASB/SSE, and application control platforms Develop new detection use cases to improve security visibility and coverage Support vulnerability management and remediation activities Assess assets against security baselines and drive remediation with stakeholders Technology Environment You'll work across a modern security stack including: SIEM/SOAR: Splunk EDR: CrowdStrike Falcon CASB/SSE/DLP: Netskope Application Control: Airlock Digital PAM: CyberArk Identity: SailPoint, Entra ID, Microsoft 365 Cloud Security: Azure, CNAPP tooling Vulnerability Management: Qualys About You You will ideally bring: 5 years of cyber security experience, including SOC or senior analyst responsibilities Strong hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, and security operations tooling Demonstrated incident response and threat hunting capability Experience developing playbooks and improving detection use cases Knowledge of vulnerability management and asset compliance Familiarity with frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, Essential Eight, and OWASP Strong Windows, Active Directory, Azure and Microsoft 365 expertise Highly Regarded Security certifications such as CISSP, GIAC, CEH or Security Experience supporting OT/ICS or distributed infrastructure environments Exposure to AI-enabled SOC capabilities This role offers the opportunity to work within a collaborative cyber team supporting critical services and large-scale operations, while leveraging leading security technologies in a complex and evolving environment. To express interest, please apply directly or contact Chelsey Costello at Talenza for a confidential discussion.
