Senior Incident Response Analyst

Location: Melbourne/Sydney,  (Hybrid)

In this position, you’ll be based in Melbourne, Yarra Falls office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex.

We give you a world of potential

The Global Information Security (GIS) team is responsible for driving the development, deployment, monitoring and management of information and cyber security across the Computershare businesses, globally. We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Incident Response Analyst to join our GIS team in the Yarra Falls office. In this role, you will be responsible for leading complex incident investigations, building and tuning threat detection capabilities, and mentoring SOC Analysts to support global 24/7 operations.

Why is this role exciting? Well, there are a few things that make this role stand out:  

• Be part of a supportive, collaborative team that contributes to cross-team investigations of fraud or other financial breaches.
• You will work closely with fraud prevention teams, compliance officers, and IT security teams to ensure alignment on security goals. 

A role you will love

This role acts as the primary escalation point for incidents that exceed Tier 1/2 capabilities and ensure operational continuity outside of Security Operations leadership working hours. This includes close collaboration with teams like Security Engineering, Threat Intelligence, the NOC and Incident Management to manage and resolve cyber security incidents to competition. 

Some key responsibilities: 

• Focused on the operational and tactical build out of threat detection and response.

• Conduct targeted threat hunts and help embed high-confidence detection into playbooks and response workflows, supporting our Incident Detection and Response Capability.

• Lead incident response lifecycle from detection through to post incident review.

• Support the development of SOC Analysts by providing escalation support, training and structured feedback.

• Work closely with fraud prevention teams, compliance officers, and IT security teams to ensure alignment of security goals.

What will you bring to the role?

• Experience building detection logic and analytics rules.(e.g KQL, Sigma) 

• Experience in SOC, IR or similar roles with demonstrable knowledge in threat hunt or tier 3 response. 

• Deep understanding of MITRE ATT&CK, threat actors, and attack chains. 

• Experience in financial services, aviation, government or other regulated industries.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to brief groups of people and translate technical terms into easy-to-understand concepts for non-technical colleagues.

Rewards designed for you   

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle. 

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family. 

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.   

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future. 

And more. Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub.