Senior Security Analyst
Contract Type
Permanent
Location
New South Wales, Sydney
Industry
IT
Specialisation
Security
Salary
AU$140000.00 - AU$160000.00 per annum + Super +Bonus
Contact Name
Harvey McIntosh
Contact Email
harvey@talenza.com.au
Date published
26-06-2026
Job Reference
BBBH21760
Description
- Major, household-name organisation operating a large-scale digital ecosystem across Australia.
- Strong investment in cyber defence, with a focus on modern detection, adversary disruption, and continuous improvement.
- High-impact environment where security outcomes directly protect customers, platforms, and sensitive data.
I'm partnering with a leading enterprise to hire a Senior Security Analyst into their Cyber Defence function. This is a hands-on, senior role across incident response, threat hunting, and detection uplift, working closely with senior leadership and technical stakeholders to strengthen end-to-end detection and response capability.
Due to the environment, Australian Citizenship is required and you'll need to hold (or be willing to obtain) a security clearance.
- Proven experience leading complex cyber security incident response end-to-end in an enterprise environment.
- Strong capability in threat hunting and turning intelligence/hypotheses into actionable outcomes.
- Experience with detection engineering and coverage mapping (ideally aligned to MITRE ATT&CK).
- Hands-on use of SIEM and EDR/XDR tooling to investigate, contain, and remediate threats.
- Familiarity with cloud security detection and response (platform-agnostic is fine).
- Strong communication and mentoring experience is highly regarded.
- Lead response to high-severity incidents, coordinating stakeholders and managing the full incident lifecycle.
- Design and execute threat hunts, driving new detections and control improvements.
- Own detection coverage/risk mapping, identify gaps, and deliver prioritised uplift initiatives.
- Produce high-quality incident reporting (RCA, timelines, remediation recommendations).
- Uplift team capability through technical escalation support, playbook improvements, and coaching.
- High visibility role with direct influence on security outcomes in a complex, large-scale environment.
- Work with modern security tooling and a mature cyber function focused on adversary disruption.
- Clear opportunity to lead, mentor, and shape detection/response practices across the wider team.