Senior Cybersecurity Analyst (splunk) - Federal Government

Verizon Verizon · Telecom · Lyneham, Australia

Senior Cybersecurity Analyst role focused on SIEM (Splunk) tuning, threat analysis, and incident response within a Federal Government context. Requires experience with Splunk analytics, Federal SOC processes, and incident response structures. The role involves continuous monitoring, detection, and response management of gateway activity, collaborating with customers, and developing mitigation strategies.

What you'd actually do

  1. Tune the SIEM tool (Splunk) security policy with use cases, threat libraries, and watch list details.
  2. Collaborate with customers and be the subject matter expert to define application and log onboarding requirements.
  3. Facilitate discussions to offer guidance in meeting organizational best practices.
  4. Incorporate asset landscape and severity ranking into log ingestion requirements.
  5. Execute threat analysis and incident investigations.

Skills

Required

  • SIEM Splunk analytics including dashboard development and use case configuration
  • Federal Government Security Operation Centre processes
  • incident response structures
  • malware identification
  • modern network and cloud technologies
  • NV1 clearance

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science/Information technology
  • SIEM and other Security certifications e.g. CISSP Certification or CISM
  • NIST, ISO27001, Essential Eight, PSPF, and ISM
  • producing professional-level documentation in English
  • problem-solving and security analytics to identify process gaps

What the JD emphasized

  • Minimum NV1 clearance through Australian Government Security Vetting Agency's (AGSVA)