Senior Cyber Security Analyst
• Contract duration: months
• Location of work: Canberra / Hybrid
• Application closing date: Friday, 14 November 2025
• Security Clearance: NV1 or higher
• Estimated start date: Monday, 02 February 2026
Our federal government client, the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Analyst.
Selection Criteria
Essential
1. Minimum 3 years working as a Cyber Security Analyst.
2. Experience designing, implementing and testing use cases to detect potential malicious activity.
3. Experience performing incident response activities.
4. Ability to work well and share knowledge within a team.
5. Well-developed writing skills and experience maintaining technical documentation.
6. Experience working with and managing threat intelligence feeds.
Desirable
1. Experience using Splunk SOAR to develop Playbooks.
2. Knowledge of Splunk Risk Based Alerting (RBA).
3. Technical tertiary qualifications, Microsoft or Splunk certifications are highly desirable.
4. Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCIA.