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About the Role

Northrop Grumman Australia is seeking an entry to mid-level team member for its Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC). This role offers a proactive, hands-on, and evolving environment for building a long-term career in cyber defence, moving beyond traditional log-watching to defending enterprise networks against sophisticated threats with modern tooling and ongoing capability development.

Responsibilities

• Work across incident response and proactive cyber defence activities.
• Analyze logs and alerts.
• Perform threat hunting.
• Conduct incident investigation and response.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of security posture.
• Help uplift and tune security controls (IPS, email gateways, EDR, SIEM).
• Assist with improving processes and technologies.
• Support the secure evolution of the environment, including M365, cloud technologies, and emerging capabilities.

Requirements

• Australian Citizenship required.
• Must be an Australian Citizen.
• Requires a Defence security clearance.
• Satisfy police checks and employment screening verification.
• At least 1 year of experience in a SOC role.
• Solid understanding of networking.
• Solid understanding of common attack techniques.
• Solid understanding of basic incident response concepts.
• Willing to be mentored.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Ability to collaborate well with others.
• Possess integrity, initiative, and a genuine interest in defending systems.

Skills

• Incident Response
• Proactive Cyber Defence
• Log Analysis
• Alert Analysis
• Threat Hunting
• Security Controls Tuning (IPS, EDR, SIEM)
• M365 Security
• Cloud Security
• Networking
• Attack Techniques
• Incident Response Concepts

Location

• Australia

Work Type

• Standard business hours
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Entry to Mid-level
• 1+ year SOC experience

Benefits

• Further education
• Leadership development
• Professional industry memberships
• Unlimited access to online training
• Purchased annual leave (2 weeks)
• Salary packaging
• Novated car leases
• Generous paid parental leave (18 Weeks)
• Volunteer leave
• Enhanced Reservist Leave
• Health & Wellbeing program
• Employee Assistance Program

About the Company

• Northrop Grumman Australia has 800 employees leveraging global resources to deliver sovereign Defence capability.
• The company is building its business and capabilities, and developing a reputation as a great place to work.
• Northrop Grumman is a pioneering company with careers across air, cyber, land, sea, and space.
• Over 90,000 employees work together to defend and define the future.
• Careers are as varied as interests, offering opportunities to do your best work.
• The company fosters collaboration among diverse backgrounds, passions, and disciplines.
• There is a shared drive to push the boundaries of science, technology, and engineering to meet global customer needs.

Equal Opportunity

• Everyone Matters: Doing the right thing and sharing success are core values.
• Candidates from diverse backgrounds are welcomed.
• Committed to reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Second Innovate RAP 2024-2026).
• Supports Veteran employment.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Veterans are encouraged to apply.