Cyber Incident Response Specialist
Contract Type
Permanent
Location
New South Wales, Sydney
Industry
IT
Specialisation
Security
Salary
AU$160000.00 - AU$170000.00 per annum + Super
Contact Name
Harvey McIntosh
Contact Email
harvey@talenza.com.au
Date published
12-06-2026
Job Reference
BBBH21569
Description
- Well-established organisation with a mature and evolving cyber security capability.
- Significant investment in security operations, tooling, and incident response frameworks.
- Collaborative environment focused on continuous improvement and resilience against cyber threats.
This is a senior, hands-on Incident Response role within a high-performing SOC environment. You'll take ownership of major cyber incidents end-to-end, acting as a key escalation point while driving improvements across incident response processes and capabilities.
- Proven experience in incident response within a SOC or cyber defence environment.
- Demonstrated ability to lead or own high-severity security incidents.
- Strong hands-on expertise with SIEM, EDR, and security tooling.
- Experience in incident investigation, containment, and remediation.
- Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST or incident response lifecycle models.
- Ability to operate effectively under pressure and make critical decisions during incidents.
- Lead and manage end-to-end cyber incident response activities.
- Act as a technical escalation point for complex and high-impact incidents.
- Conduct detailed investigations and coordinate containment/remediation efforts.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure effective incident communication and resolution.
- Drive continuous improvement of incident response processes, playbooks, and detection capability.
- Opportunity to work in a high-impact, leadership-focused cyber security role.
- Exposure to complex, real-world incidents in a mature security environment.
- Strong focus on professional growth, capability development, and continuous improvement.