Job Summary
The OpportunitySitting within Telstra's Cyber Security Threat Research and Intelligence Group, this role offers the opportunity to contribute across a range of intelligence and security functions. You will work across teams including Threat Labs, OSINT and Cybercrime, and operational support. The role combines intelligence analysis, technical capability, research, problem-solving, and stakeholder communication to strengthen Telstra's information security posture and support effective security outcomes.Job DescriptionKey Responsibilities
• Execute cyber security intelligence activities to identify threats across Telstra and its business units.
• Use specialised toolsets to gather, analyse, and evaluate information from professional threat feeds, internal systems, and publicly available sources.
• Collate and assess information to produce quality intelligence that supports the anticipation and prevention of potential threats.
• Conduct research and analysis across cybercrime, OSINT, technical security, and the current threat environment.
• Produce clear, accurate, and consistent intelligence reports and communications for operational, technical, and business audiences.
• Contribute to Threat Labs activities through the analysis of technical data and the application of knowledge across networks, platform configuration, and scripting.
• Support security operations with timely intelligence, research, technical analysis, and communications.
• Rapidly assess information security risks and develop a strong working knowledge of telecommunications and information security.
• Engage effectively with stakeholders across Telstra and communicate intelligence findings with clarity and influence.
• Identify and execute creative and effective solutions to analytical, technical, and operational issues.
• Work collaboratively across the broader Threat Research and Intelligence Group to support shared priorities and security outcomes.
• Contribute to the improvement of intelligence methods, processes, documentation, data sources, and tooling.
• Operate with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgement when handling sensitive security information.
About YouYou are an intelligence or cyber security professional with strong analytical and critical-thinking abilities, sound technical skills, and the communication capability to engage effectively across a range of audiences.
You bring:
• Knowledge of the role cyber security intelligence plays in identifying and managing threats.
• Demonstrated analytical and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to rapidly grasp information security risks within the current threat environment.
• Strong technical skills, including an understanding of networks, platform configuration, and scripting.
• Exceptional written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and with influence using a variety of media.
• Strong verbal communication and stakeholder-engagement skills across management, operational teams, vendors, and external organisations.
• The ability to gather, assess, and evaluate information from varied technical, commercial, internal, and publicly available sources.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and execute creative and effective solutions.
• The ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams while taking ownership of assigned issues and deliverables.
• The ability to develop and apply strong working knowledge of telecommunications, information security, cybercrime, OSINT, and intelligence operations.
• High levels of professionalism, adaptability, integrity, and care when working with sensitive information.
Highly desirable:
• An understanding of information security within a telecommunications environment.
• Experience in intelligence analysis, cyber security research, technical security operations, or incident support.
• Experience using analytical, research, scripting, or security toolsets.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications, industry training, or certification.
Skills Required
- Knowledge of the role cyber security intelligence plays in identifying and managing threats
- Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to assess information security risks
- Strong technical skills in networks, platform configuration, and scripting
- Exceptional written communication skills
- Strong verbal communication and stakeholder-engagement skills
- Ability to gather, assess, and evaluate technical, commercial, internal, and publicly available information
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills
- Ability to work collaboratively and take ownership of issues and deliverables
- Working knowledge of telecommunications, information security, cybercrime, OSINT, and intelligence operations
- Professionalism, adaptability, integrity, and care when handling sensitive information
- Understanding of information security within a telecommunications environment
- Experience in intelligence analysis, cyber security research, technical security operations, or incident support
- Experience using analytical, research, scripting, or security toolsets
- Relevant tertiary qualifications, industry training, or certification
What We Do
We believe it’s people who give purpose to our technology. So we’re committed to staying close to our customers and providing them the best experience. And delivering the best tech. On the best network. Because our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We build technology and content solutions that are simple and easy to use, including Australia’s largest and fastest national mobile network. That’s why we strive to serve and know our customers better than anyone else – offering a choice of not just digital connection, but digital content as well. And that’s why we have an international presence spanning 15 countries, including China. In the 21st century, opportunity belongs to connected businesses, governments, communities and individuals. As Australia’s leading telecommunications and information services company, Telstra is proud to be helping our customers improve the ways in which they live and work through connection.
