Lead Security Engineer
Location: Canberra
Contract: 12 months + 2 x 12 months extension
Security Clearance: NV1
As a Lead Security Engineer you will play a key role in strengthening security operations, enhancing automation and building advanced defensive capabilities. You will work within a collaborative Cyber Operations team contributing to both day‐to‐day security functions and longer‐term strategic uplift initiatives.
Responsibilities
* Delivering enhancements to security operations and contributing to capability roadmaps
* Identifying automation opportunities and improving SOC efficiency
* Designing, building and maintaining security playbooks and workflows
* Analysing security logs and events to detect threats and recommend improvements
* Supporting incident response, remediation, and threat hunting activities
* Sharing knowledge and contributing to technical documentation
Essential Skills & Experience
* 3+ years' experience as a Cyber Security Engineer
* Proven ability to build and maintain integrations between SIEM platforms and enterprise systems
* Strong understanding of log ingestion across hybrid environments (Azure & AWS)
* Experience designing, implementing, and testing automated security workflows
* Excellent teamwork, communication and knowledge‐sharing abilities
* Strong written communication and documentation skills
Desirable Skills
* Experience administering Nuix for eDiscovery or investigative processing
* Experience developing playbooks in Splunk SOAR
* Knowledge of Splunk Risk‐Based Alerting (RBA)
* Tertiary qualifications or certifications (Microsoft, Splunk, CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, etc.)
To apply reach out to Lorena.orp@igniteco.com
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