THE ORGANISATION

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) protects Australia and Australians from threats to their security. In a complex, challenging and changing security environment, our success is built on the imagination and intelligence of our team. ASIO’s people are ordinary Australians but they do extraordinary things – they are our most important asset. To be successful in our mission, we need talented people who are highly capable, dedicated, adaptable and resilient.
We seek to reflect the community we protect. ASIO is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment, where all staff are valued and respected. We welcome applications from all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religious affiliation, age or disability. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply. We are secretive about what we do, not what we value.

THE OPPORTUNITY

ASIO employs a diverse range of cyber security specialists across offensive and defensive functions. As a cyber security specialist, you could be involved in the protection of ASIO from insider and cyber threats, or directly contribute to operational activities. At ASIO, you have the opportunity to develop, expand and apply your skills across the full breadth of its cyber security functions.

We are seeking senior cyber security technologists across multiple levels to fill vacancies in our Cyber Security Operations Centre (SOC). This includes roles that specialise in:

• Protective monitoring.
• Incident response.
• Platform and detection engineering.
• Cyber threat intelligence.
• Threat hunting.
• Red teaming/attack modelling.
• Vulnerability assessment.

SOC technical leaderships roles are critical to ensuring that ASIO is effectively mitigating cyber security threats through the delivery of cyber security monitoring and response capabilities, and the delivery of technical capabilities to support cyber security functions.
These positions may attract an additional technical skills allowance.
A merit pool may be created to fill future vacancies which have the same or similar requirements to this position. This merit pool will be valid for up to 18 months.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Senior Cyber Security Operations Centre Analyst (SITEC) in ASIO, you will:

• Utilise your strong understanding of emerging cyber-attacks to develop mechanisms to monitor and detect malicious activity on ASIO systems.
• Lead the analysis of security event logs, network traffic, and system activity to identify and understand security threats.
• Lead the response to security incidents by investigating and resolving malicious activity.
• Ingest and implement threat intelligence to improve threat detection and contribute to the creation of tactical and strategic intelligence.
• Undertake threat hunts to proactively detect malicious activity on systems.
• Lead the development and maintenance of documentation of security incidents, including root cause analysis and lessons learned.
• Maintain up-to-date technical knowledge on the latest cyber security threats, technologies and developments.

As a Senior Cyber Security Operations Centre Detection Engineer (SITEC) in ASIO, you will:

• Assess and determine detection requirements for each monitored environment using relevant frameworks, policies, system and application risks, business risk and threat intelligence.
• Lead the development, testing and deployment of updated and new detection content across the monitored estate with support from the threat intelligence, protective monitoring and incident response teams.
• Review and update existing detection content to ensure it remains relevant and appropriate to the monitored estate.
• Provide operational support for a number of cyber security technologies such as endpoint security, network security, cloud security and vulnerability management to ensure they address detection requirements.
• Lead the delivery of accurate documentation on deployed detection content to ensure the SOC has an accurate view of content coverage across the monitored estate.
• Investigate and maintain up-to-date knowledge on the latest cyber security technologies, with particular focus on detection and security automation technologies, to contribute to continuous service improvement efforts.

As a Senior Cyber Security Operations Centre Platform Engineer (SITEC) in ASIO, you will:

• Lead the design, configuration and management of complex infrastructure and security technologies across both cloud and on-premise environments in collaboration with internal SOC teams and external stakeholders.
• Maintain the operational performance, availability, capacity and security of SOC platforms and infrastructure.
• Lead the engagement with appropriate stakeholders to act on requests for changes to platforms, systems and configurations to ensure the on-going effective of SOC platforms.
• Maintain and update knowledge base articles associated with the SOC’s use of technology including virtual and physical network/service diagrams, data flows, interfaces and build/configuration guides across the monitored estate.
• Investigate and stay abreast of technological advancements that would be applicable to SOC operations and contribute to continuous service improvement efforts.

We are seeking senior cyber security technologists across multiple levels to fill vacancies in our Cyber Security Operations Centre (SOC). This includes roles that specialise in:

• Protective monitoring.
• Incident response.
• Platform and detection engineering.
• Cyber threat intelligence.
• Threat hunting.
• Red teaming/attack modelling.
• Vulnerability assessment

To be eligible for the role, you must:

• Be an Australian citizen.
• Be assessed as suitable to hold and maintain a TOP SECRET-Privileged Access security clearance.
• Have a relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent work experience in the cyber security industry