EL1 Lead Security Engineer

The opportunity:
Our highly valued client is a federal government agency. They are seeking an EL1 Lead Security Engineer to lead the development of core and emerging cyber security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, Vulnerability Management, and Threat Intelligence.

• Richmond or Geelong location plus hybrid work-from-home
• 12 month initial contract + 12 month extension, rates fully negotiable
• Role only open to Australian Citizens - Federal government role

The role:
As a Lead security Engineer, your duties will include:

• Interpret business strategic direction and functional requirements and develop corresponding technologies to enhance the agency's defensive posture
• Working collaboratively with internal project teams and stakeholders to develop and deliver key cyber technologies
• The introduction and development of orchestration and automation technologies
• Continual refinement of processes, methods, and technologies to enhance the cyber security posture of the agency
• Translate technologies into simple processes and mentor junior staff wherever required
• Provide and maintain high quality documentation - including the development of architectural designs, Standard Operating Procedures and Service Design packs
• Participate in procurement activities and provide specialist advice

Skills and experience:
To succeed in this role you will need:

• Strong security engineering experience demonstrated in large enterprise or government organisations
• SIEM engineering experience, including use case traceability and development, and custom query writing in one or more of the following platforms - Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel, AWS Security Hub QRadar, Exabeam or comparable platform
• Vulnerability Management with platforms such as Microsoft Defender, Rapid 7, Tenable, Dynatrace or similar
• Threat Intelligence platform management with Microsoft, Threatstream, ThreatIQ or comparable platforms
• demonstrated automation experience in Cyber Security platforms
• Familiarity with DevSecOps monitoring
• Experience working with Threat Modelling tools, processes and procedures
• Platform integration experience using API's and Prompt engineering

Please note that our client is a federal government organisation and can only consider Australian Citizens who hold or are eligible for a security clearance of Baseline or higher.

Apply:
Submit your resume, or for further information please contact [email protected].

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