Security Consultant, Cyber Security Operations

Join a major organisation with a large, complex technology environment and play a key role in protecting enterprise and cloud systems from evolving cyber threats.

About the Role

You’ll be part of a dedicated Cyber Security Operations team, responsible for investigating security alerts, supporting incident response, and strengthening data protection, vulnerability management, and detection capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Triage and investigate SIEM and EDR alerts

• Respond to security incidents and support forensic analysis

• Investigate DLP, phishing, spoofing and data governance events

• Monitor vulnerabilities and track patching compliance

• Support SIEM/SOAR integrations, detection rules and automation workflows

• Contribute to playbooks, documentation and post-incident reviews

About You

• Experience in security operations or incident response

• Hands-on knowledge of SIEM/SOAR platforms

• Understanding of DLP, information protection and data governance

• Familiarity with vulnerability and patch management

• Strong analytical and communication skills

• Advantageous: AWS/Azure security experience or scripting (PowerShell/Python)

Why Apply?

• Work across enterprise and cloud environments

• Hands-on technical role with real impact

• Opportunities for growth, collaboration and continuous learning

If you’re ready to strengthen cyber resilience and work with modern security tools and practices, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re proud to have won the Best Mid-Sized Recruitment Company to Work For at the 2023 TIARA Recruitment Awards, and to have been finalists, for the second year in a row, in the Client Service and Recruitment Leader of the Year categories! At Salt, our mission is Creating Futures by putting our clients, candidates, partners, and team members at the heart of everything we do. We extend our sincere appreciation to everyone who has contributed to our continued success.

Salt acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia as the continuing custodians of country and culture. We pay our respects to all First Nations Australians and their Elders past and present.