The Mission We are here to find those who strive for excellence, go the extra mile, and crave continuous growth. We’re an all-Australian cybersecurity firm helping some of the country’s biggest organisations stay ahead of cyber risk. Proudly recognised as a 2026 Great Place to Work®, we’ve built a culture that champions growth, celebrates initiative, and supports people who are motivated to make an impact. We’re looking for people who share our drive to learn relentlessly, act with integrity, and raise the bar for our clients and teammates alike – those seeking a place where your drive and expertise are met with equal enthusiasm and opportunity. Dive into a culture that treasures innovation and offers a growth platform that is as limitless as your ambition and work ethic. The Opportunity We are seeking a senior security leader to own the end-to-end strategy, design, and delivery of our Security Engineering and Risk Operations Centre (ROC) capabilities. This role sits at the intersection of cybersecurity engineering, managed detection and response, and client-facing security consulting. This role blends security operations leadership, detection engineering strategy, and client-facing technical engagement. You will shape how we onboard, monitor, and protect client environments, while also partnering with Sales and Consulting teams to articulate value, support solution design, and influence strategic security decisions at senior stakeholder level. You will be equally comfortable leading ROC engineering direction, guiding incident response strategy, and sitting in client meetings to translate complex security capability into clear business outcomes. What You’ll Do Define and lead the strategic direction, maturity, and continuous improvement of the ROC and its detection, response, and monitoring capabilities. Lead and develop a high-performing team of security engineers and ROC leaders, fostering technical excellence, innovation, and professional growth. Drive the design, engineering, and optimisation of security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, detection content, and automation to improve operational effectiveness. Own the end-to-end technical onboarding of new clients, ensuring secure integration, effective telemetry, and comprehensive detection coverage across customer environments. Oversee threat detection, incident response, threat hunting, and continuous improvement activities to strengthen client security outcomes. Collaborate with Engineering, Consulting, and Client Delivery teams to deliver scalable, high-quality managed security services. Act as the senior technical authority for ROC services, providing strategic advice to clients and supporting pre-sales activities, solution design, and service development. Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, translating business and security challenges into effective detection and response solutions while identifying opportunities to enhance services. Establish and maintain operational standards, governance frameworks, and best practices that drive consistency, scalability, and measurable service excellence. What You’ll Bring Extensive experience in SOC leadership, security engineering, or managed detection and response environments. Strong background in SIEM/SOAR platforms (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Google SecOps, etc.). Deep understanding of threat detection engineering, MITRE ATT&CK, and adversary behaviour modelling. Experience onboarding enterprise clients into managed security services or SOC environments. Strong incident response leadership experience in complex, multi-client environments. Proven ability to build and scale security operations teams. Experience in consulting, MSSP, or multi-tenant security environments highly desirable. Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical and executive audiences What You’ll Get A technically excellent, collaborative team Competitive base salary and flexibility to suit how you work best Clear investment in your professional growth and long-term success Ctrl is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, encourage anyone who meets most of the criteria to apply – even if you don’t tick every box. If you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website, need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at careers@ctrl.co for further help.
