Senior Cyber Security Analyst

• Develop your leadership potential within the cyber domain as a shift lead.
• Mentor your fellow team members in technical and professional skill.
• Build and shape security tooling to defend critical national security infrastructure.
• Challenge yourself by sinking your teeth into some wicked problem sets.
• Help build the team culture that you have always wanted to work in.
• Due to the nature of the role, you must be an Australian Citizen and hold either a NV-1 or NV-2 Security Clearance.

Do Work That Matters

Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life.  Our 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, are working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.

Leidos Australia is expanding our 24x7x365 Central Processing Cyber Security Operations Centre (CP SOC) capability with the Department of Defence. CP SOC works collaboratively with the Defence Security Operations Centre (DSOC) to assist in defending one of the largest and most complex ICT networks in the southern hemisphere.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

We seek an experienced Senior Cyber Security Analyst to inspire, motivate, and mentor team members in achieving Defence mission outcomes.

This permanent role requires the successful applicant to work on a rotating shift roster (typically 12-hour shifts) onsite at HMAS Harman in Canberra.

The roles and responsibilities extend to:

• Demonstrating leadership as the shift lead and within the broader team to meet mission and contractual outcomes.
• Working collaboratively with stakeholders to triage, manage and report on security incidents.
• Actively developing SOC tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) and security toolsets.
• Develop custom signatures to Identify, Detect, Protect, Respond and Recover from adversaries’ attacks.
• Assist in threat hunt operations using known adversary TTPs and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) to detect advanced threats.
• Develop security operational documentation and Incident report writing.
• Undertake management Service Level Reporting in line with contractual requirements and emerging business needs on the security of the environment.
• Identify and evaluate new sources of intelligence and integrate numerous types of cyber security data sources into cyber threat analysis products.

What You’ll Bring to Make an Impact

This role is suited to a Senior Cyber Security Analyst who holds:

• Industry ICT Security qualifications such as CompTIA Sec+, CISSP, GIAC, GCIH etc. (are desired but not essential).
• Tertiary education (Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent) desired, but not essential (equivalent work experience highly preferred).
• Current NV-1 or NV-2 Security Clearance.

Additionally, you would also be able to demonstrate experience in:

• Developing, maintaining and monitoring SIEM (Splunk) apps, rulesets, dashboards and workflows.
• Intermediate to advanced Windows, Linux and Networking skills.
• Intermediate to advanced Incident Response professional skills.
• Trellix EPO, Tenable and Palo Alto platforms, or similar.
• Scripting and automation technologies.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Self-starting individual with the right attitude, aptitude and zeal to identify, take ownership of and solve challenging problems.
• Interest in continual learning and development of the team and themselves.
• Be prepared to upskill yourself and the team to respond to adversaries rapidly.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Clear working understanding of industry and government cyber security frameworks.

Don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes – if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application.  We’re most interested in your strengths, what you want to learn and how far you want to go.

Due to the nature of the role, you must be an Australian Citizen and hold and active NV-1 or NV-2 security clearance.

Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. It’s about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase – Chief Executive, Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network, Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page.
• Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview and/or 1 face-to-face & background checks.
• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.
• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please get in touch with our Careers team [email protected] if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process. 

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.