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Information Security Consultant (Cyber Detection Engineering)

Sydney, New South WalesFull-time2026-09-30 → 2026-10-09
Based in Australia

Core

Design, build, and maintain cyber threat detection content and automation solutions for SIEM, EDR/XDR, and security platforms to improve visibility of emerging threats.

Role type

Senior IC detection engineering consultant

Builds

Detection rules, behavioral analytics, anomaly monitoring, security automation workflows, and incident response playbooks

Domain

Financial services / Cybersecurity

Required skills

Splunk, Microsoft Defender XDR, SPL, KQL, Python, API integration, CI/CD pipelines, threat intelligence frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK), security architecture

Preferred skills

Security automation, orchestration, AI/ML in cybersecurity, incident response, red team collaboration

Responsibilities

Develop and tune detection rules and behavioral analytics; design and implement security automation solutions and response workflows; maintain documentation and mentor junior team members; collaborate with Security Operations and Threat Intelligence teams

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC