Cyber Security SpecialistJS Careers · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cyber Security Specialist

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-28 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Full-time Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$8,333–A$12,500/mo

About the Company

Incident Response Threat Detection SOC Web & API Security AWS / GCP We are partnering with a leading Australian bank to appoint an Cyber Threat Incident Response Specialist to join its cyber defence function. This is a hands-on role focused on investigating and responding to advanced cyber threats, coordinating remediation across technology and security teams, and helping strengthen detection and response capability across customer-facing banking services. You will work across Security Operations, Fraud, Cloud, Applications, Infrastructure and broader Technology teams, while also supporting a 24/7 SOC through a rotational on-call schedule. Investigate and respond to complex cyber security incidents Coordinate containment, remediation and recovery across multiple technology teams Lead incident activity involving phishing, credential compromise, account takeover and fraud-related threats Support major incident response and escalation Contribute to incident playbooks, response processes and continuous improvement Analyse attack trends, threat activity and emerging risks Investigate alerts and suspicious behaviour across enterprise environments Improve detection logic, monitoring and proactive security controls Work closely with SOC, Threat Intelligence and Engineering teams Support a rotational on-call model Investigate security incidents involving web applications and APIs Apply knowledge of common application vulnerabilities and the OWASP Top 10 Support remediation of vulnerabilities affecting customer-facing digital services Work with application and engineering teams to reduce recurring security risks Hands-on experience across technologies such as:

Requirements

  • ● Around 5 years' experience across security operations, incident response or cyber defence
  • ● Experience working within a large enterprise environment
  • ● Strong hands-on incident investigation capability
  • ● Experience coordinating remediation across multiple teams
  • ● Knowledge of web application and API security
  • ● Experience with phishing, fraud, credential compromise or account takeover incidents
  • ● Banking or financial services experience would be highly regarded
  • ● Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • ● This is an opportunity to move beyond traditional SOC monitoring into a role with ownership of cyber incidents, working across threat detection, incident response, cloud, web security and fraud-related cyber activity within a complex banking environment.
  • ● If interested, please apply or get in touch for a confidential discussion.