The Role:

Our client is a Financial services business based in Sydney. They are embarking on a number of exciting new IT projects and are looking to hire a Cyber Security Analyst. This role is responsible for monitoring, analysing, and responding to security threats across the organisation’s IT environment. This role plays a vital part in protecting sensitive data, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and maintaining the integrity of systems and networks. Working closely with IT, compliance, and business teams, the analyst will proactively identify vulnerabilities, investigate incidents, and support the implementation of security controls.

Key Responsibilities:

The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Monitor and analyse logs, events, and alerts using Microsoft Sentinel and other SIEM tools
• Identify suspicious behaviour and escalate potential incidents for investigation
• Support incident response activities, including documentation of timelines, root causes, and remediation actions
• Maintain dashboards and reports for security metrics and compliance tracking
• Assist in the development and maintenance of incident response playbooks
• Support the implementation and review of IAM policies, including SSO, MFA, and account lifecycle management
• Assist in provisioning and deprovisioning user access across systems and applications
• Monitor access logs and support periodic access reviews
• Review and manage compliance configurations in Microsoft Purview, M365, Fabric, and cloud services
• Monitor and enforce Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies across endpoints and email
• Ensure encryption standards are applied to data at rest and in transit
• Assist with internal audits and regulatory reporting requirements
• Develop and deliver security awareness training and phishing simulations across the organisation
• Monitor emerging threats and communicate relevant trends to stakeholders
• Coordinate with external vendors for penetration testing and remediation activities
• Support vulnerability assessments and security audits
• Conducting phishing simulations

Key Skills:

• Strong understanding of cyber security, information protection, identity, network, cloud infrastructure and end point devices.
• Ability to identify, assess, and respond to security threats and vulnerabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues to non-technical audiences
• Demonstrated experience in a cyber security analyst or similar role, preferably within Microsoft security environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field is preferred and industry certifications such a CompTIA Security+, or Microsoft SC-200 are advantageous

Our client is keen to start interviews next week so apply today to start the conversation