This key management role oversees end-to-end delivery of a suite of integrated cybersecurity services to our customer. This hands-on role will utilise your stakeholder management, operational management and service improvement skills in a high tempo environment. Leading a small team of SDM and Operational support staff, you will coordinate with our operational teams to provide customer-centric technical support and service request fulfilment to multiple secure networks and environments.

Key responsibilities.

• Lead and develop a team comprised of Service Delivery, ITSM and operations staff.
• Partner and coordinate with the customer and provider’s teams to deliver a range of cybersecurity services in accordance with performance requirements.
• Manage monitoring and reporting on service performance and other operational aspects across cybersecurity services and cross functional services.
• Identify, scope and deliver continuous service improvement initiatives including driving process and cost optimisation.
• Manage operational escalations and coordinate across teams to respond to incidents to ensure appropriate technical management and customer engagement / communications are in place.
• Be the key contact and coordination point for stakeholder operational needs to deliver the right level of stakeholder interaction, collaboration and communications.
• Oversee the production of key operational reports, risk and vulnerability assessments to ensure an overarching operational view is communicated and all artefacts meet the required quality control and standards.
• Coordinate information and knowledge management for service delivery as well as contributing to the quality assurance function.
• Represent Leidos in operational and management meetings and consult with leadership teams to drive outcomes.
• Assist in presales and production of contract changes, proposals and Leidos submissions.

At Leidos Australia, we operate a 24x7x365 Central Processing Cyber Security Operations Centre (CP SOC) capability, with the Department of Defence. CP SOC works collaboratively with the Defence Security Operations Centre (DSOC) to assist in defending one of the largest and most complex ICT networks in the southern hemisphere.

We are seeking a Junior Cyber Security Analyst to join CP SOC.

If you want to break into Cyber Security, or seeking to move into a new role, while being part of a high performance team, which is committed to your professional growth, with a mission focused on defending critical national infrastructure, then this is the job for you. 

This is a permanent role that requires the successful applicant to working on a rotating shift roster (typically 12 hour shifts) onsite at HMAS Harman in Canberra.

This role offers you the opportunity to:

• Develop your technical and cyber security skill sets
• Build and shape security tooling to defend critical national security infrastructure
• Challenge yourself by sinking your teeth into some wicked problem sets
• Help build the team culture that you have always wanted to work in

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Self-starting individual with the right attitude, aptitude and zeal to identify, take ownership of and solve challenging problems
• Interest in continual learning and development of themselves
• Be prepared to rapidly upskill yourself to respond to adversaries
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• An awareness of applicable industry and government cyber security frameworks

As a Junior Security Analyst working within a 24/7 Security Operations team you will monitor networks and endpoints for security events, alerts, active threats, intrusions and compromises and perform triage.  Depending on the issue you may manage the event end to end, consult with your peers or escalate as appropriate. 

This is a great opportunity to build upon your existing technical knowledge and skills and grow your career in a dedicated cyber security role.  Your responsibilities will include;

• Analysis of security events from multiple sources including but not limited to events from the Security Information and Event Management tool, network intrusion systems and Host based Intrusion Prevention tools (AV, HIPS, Application Whitelisting);
• Monitor and assess emerging threats and vulnerabilities to the environment and ensure those requiring action are addressed;
• Security Incident Management, advice and education and maintaining the currency and health of the deployed security tools;
• Provide technical administration support for security suite of software and hardware;
• Produce contractual and stakeholder reports and review, document and improve processes to contribute to the overall security of the environment.

We have a great opportunity to join a highly motivated and dedicated team of cyber professionals providing a leading cyber security capability for the environments that our deployed military personnel rely on.  This role enables you to utilise your broad experience in a supportive team environment, learn new technologies in the cyber security space and interact with highly technical peers, partners and customer personnel. 

Your New Role 

As a Cyber Security Risk Analyst Lead, you will be responsible for conducting proactive risk management activities including the delivery of high-quality, comprehensive risk assessments, discovery and analysis, as well as tracking and reporting. This is an interesting role with broad responsibilities and scope that will allow you to test and hone your skills, whilst contributing to National Security, your responsibilities will include the following; 

• Lead and undertake the timely delivery of cyber security risk analysis and advisory services to stakeholders and the broader team. 
• Prioritisation and presentation of identified risks and recommendations at the relevant forums. 
• Proactive maintenance of the risk register and tracking of risk response progress. 
• Ongoing oversight, measuring, and monitoring of security risk across multiple complex environments. 
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of security controls against the Australian Government ISM, Essential 8, NIST, other approved cyber security frameworks, and standard designs. 
• Development and submission of high-quality artefacts including risk assessments and reports. 
• Practical application of cyber security governance, risk, and compliance principles and frameworks. 
• Continuous improvement of risk management processes and service delivery. 
• Mentoring of staff. 
• Security and compliance auditing. 
• Documentation and record management.