Principal Incident Response Analyst at Atlassian | AU | Rezi

Principal Incident Response Analyst at Atlassian

Principal Incident Response Analyst

Atlassian · AU

1 weeks ago

Principal Incident Response Analyst

Atlassian · AU

8 days ago
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About the Role

The Principal Incident Responser at Atlassian plays a critical role in maintaining the security and integrity of our data and environment. This position is key to the team's planning and execution of work that advances our ability to handle incidents from initial triage to remediation. This involves developing and implementing incident response tools, systems, and playbooks, managing information security incidents, and delivering projects that advance our security posture.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the region's security incident response, providing technical leadership during critical (Severity 0/1) incidents by driving complex investigations, cross-team coordination, and resolution.
  • Manage all incident-related communications, providing clear status updates to executives, management, and key stakeholders such as Legal, Privacy, and Communications.
  • Serve as the primary liaison with external bodies, including law enforcement, CERTs, and ISACs, during and after incidents.
  • Coach and mentor team members in their day-to-day incident response activities.
  • Own and deliver projects to advance the team's incident response capabilities, including building new tools, systems, and programs that uplift Atlassian's overall security posture.
  • Enhance team readiness by creating and running regular training exercises and incident response drills.
  • Conduct comprehensive post-incident reviews to identify root causes and drive improvements to the incident response process.
  • Collaborate with other security teams to develop long-term strategies and plans to prevent future incidents.
  • Produce and disseminate threat intelligence specific to Atlassian's products and infrastructure.
  • Stay current with the latest security trends, threats, and technologies to ensure the team remains prepared for emerging risks.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
  • At least 5 years of experience in security incident response, including leading high-severity incidents for enterprises and coordinating response efforts across multiple teams.
  • Specialization in two or more of the following areas: Malware Analysis, Forensics, Threat Hunting, Network Analysis, or Cloud Endpoint Analysis.
  • Strong technical foundation in security technologies (e.g., firewalls, IDS), cloud platforms (GCP), and network protocols.
  • Experience building and maintaining security tools using a scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Go).
  • Expertise in creating and maintaining incident response playbooks.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, with strong analytical abilities and the capacity to work effectively under high pressure.

Skills

  • Malware Analysis
  • Forensics
  • Threat Hunting
  • Network Analysis
  • Cloud Endpoint Analysis
  • Security technologies
  • Cloud platforms (GCP)
  • Network protocols
  • Scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Go)
  • Incident response playbooks
  • Written communication
  • Oral communication
  • Analytical abilities

Location

  • Australia

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Principal
  • 5 years of experience

Education Level

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field

Benefits

  • Health and wellbeing resources
  • Paid volunteer days

About the Company

  • At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
  • We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success.

Equal Opportunity

  • We never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
  • To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
  • In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.