Security Analyst

Auckland and Wellington

Position Filled

Security Analyst

  • 2 roles available
  • Full time, permanent,40 hours per week, Monday - Friday
  • Hybrid - mix of office and remote based work

Known as Cyber Security experts, our client delivers the most comprehensive end-to-end cyber security service throughout Australia and New Zealand. Within their Managed Security Services, our client is looking to enhance their technical team with two Security Analysts - one to be based in Auckland and the other to be based in Wellington.

Responsible for establishing and maintaining continuous security monitoring and management services, the Security Analyst will provide core security operations, project support, basic engineering and Tier 1 & 2 analytical support.

Key focuses of this role include:

  • Perform event analysis, conduct and review vulnerability assessments, and assess potential data sets and feeds for security value and impact
  • Support the threat response for security incidents, and specify security controls and mitigations
  • Ensure best practice for configuring collection and security monitoring rules are implemented and operating
  • Support and engage effectively with customers
  • Assist with customer management, customer briefings, process and governance improvement, audit compliance etc., and provide general project support
  • Prepare internal and client communications around security issues

Ideally, we are looking for a candidate that can bring the following experience, knowledge and skill:

  • Tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related is preferred
  • Relevant qualifications and industry and vendor certifications preferred include GSEC, CISSP, ITIL, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, CheckPoint, F5, Tenable etc
  • 1-2+ years’ experience working in relevant IT roles, as a SOC Analyst or Security Analyst in a corporate or government environment
  • General understanding of:
  • - SIEMs; familiarity with the ELK stack or Splunk (preferred)
  • - A broad range of security technologies such as IDS, DLP, Firewalls, Proxies, Anti-Virus, Identity Services, EDR Solutions, Vulnerability Management, Threat Intelligence
  • - IT disciplines such as Networking, Endpoint, Data Centre, Server Platforms, Cloud Services
  • - Current threat landscape, response and mitigation tactics in information/cyber security
  • An aptitude for working with open source and commercial off the shelf security tools and infrastructure
  • Ability to provide technical analysis and direction for investigations
  • Ability to follow and develop processes and playbooks, and prepare reports, dashboards and documentation
  • Excellent verbal and written communication with attention to detail

Professional, ethical and customer obsessed, your motivation to go above and beyond is a common thread throughout your work history. With a thirst for continuous development, your innovative and collaborative mindset will support you in continuing to build a fantastic career within an industry that is only just starting to expand.

If this is the opportunity you have been waiting for - don't hesitate, apply today!

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