Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

About Datacom

Datacom is a leading technology provider across Australasia, blending technology, expert knowledge, and talented professionals to help organizations succeed in an ever-changing environment. We collaborate with governments, enterprises, and growing businesses to resolve practical challenges and deliver impactful results for our customers, communities, and each other.

Position Overview

As a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer within our Cyber Defence Operations Centre (CDOC), you will play a pivotal role managing key security platforms, spearheading security enhancements, and helping to defend against highly advanced cyber threats. Your responsibilities will span a wide variety of tools and settings, focusing on maintaining confidentiality, integrity, and availability of critical client systems, while raising the standard in security operations and serving as a role model.

Key Responsibilities

• Configure and maintain hardware and software to support secure and dependable environments.
• Administer user accounts and access permissions.
• Manage backup and recovery processes.
• Enforce operational and technical security controls aligned with company policies.
• Monitor and analyze threat intelligence feeds, both open-source and proprietary, to detect new threats and vulnerabilities.
• Investigate threat actors, including their tactics, techniques, procedures (TTPs), and objectives.
• Lead and coordinate incident response activities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to contain and reduce breach impact.

Candidate Profile

• Three to five years of technical experience in cybersecurity roles; cyber operations experience is preferred.
• A highly motivated and proactive individual capable of independently managing workload.
• Advanced knowledge of attacker methodologies used to compromise organizations.
• Customer-focused approach ensuring consistent, high-quality service delivery.
• Strong familiarity with networks, firewalls, proxies, and command-line tools across operating systems.
• Experience with system/server diagnostic methods and fault detection techniques.
• Understanding of systems engineering principles and practices.
• Knowledge of IT security policies, including account management, password regulations, and access controls.
• Experience with threat intelligence frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and standards such as STIX/TAXII.
• Preferred experience with leading security platforms and tools, including SIEM, XDR, endpoint protection, identity security, and secure access solutions from vendors such as Microsoft, CrowdStrike, Zscaler, and Splunk.
• Experience or exposure to Intelligence platforms will be positively regarded.

Culture and Benefits

Be part of a supportive team that fosters career development, prioritizes wellbeing, and empowers you to make a meaningful impact. Enjoy benefits including industry-leading learning opportunities, paid parental leave, and wellness programs.

• Paid parental leave.
• 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Program (DataCare).
• Continuous learning, certifications, and career advancement resources.
• Access to top-tier learning platforms and future skills training.
• Employee recognition programs celebrating excellence.
• Attractive employee discounts and financial wellbeing initiatives.
• Engaging and impactful work that truly matters.

Eligibility and conditions may apply to certain benefits.