Information Security Specialist – Splunk Information Security Specialist – Splunk

So, why Optus?

At Optus, we don’t sit back and let the future happen to us – we’re out there making it. By expanding into new technology and relentlessly improving every day, we’re creating a better tomorrow for all Australians. We believe in the strength of a vibrant, diverse and inclusive workforce where backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people help us innovate and create strong connections with our customers.

About the role

Information Security Specialist (ISS) provides industry-leading security management, monitoring, administration, and support services to Optus Enterprise and clients (as required). This role will support the security solutions and services to meet the client’s specific requirements; or to support Information Security Team in delivering desired outcomes that primarily include building, operating security monitoring solutions, emerging threats, dark web monitoring, review of technical solutions, infrastructure, design.

This is a hands-on technical / analyst role providing configuration changes, technical analysis on data or products. This role does not provide direct consultancy to customers but may deliver reports to the customer directly or to internal Optus teams or working in collaboration with one or many security/delivery managers.

The ISS need to work closely with various internal and external partners and provide observations and recommendations for key decisions in the area of security, which may include operational technical support, and other duties supporting the client and / or internal Optus environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse complex cases involving a pattern of security events from SIEM, and other security data sources. Splunk experience is preferred.
• Develop and tune use cases, alerts, reports, custom dashboards and further enhancement
• Build, improve, and document processes for the management and monitoring of security solutions.
• Work with technical teams on log onboarding. Baseline and improve threat detection thresholds and improve detection methods.
• Configure, manage, and upgrade Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) platforms. Involve in the operational support of the environment to ensure platform availability.
• Act as a point of contact to the account management and delivery teams for all operational security related reporting for the customer account.
• On a periodic basis, meet with the security and account team to review security reports, status, review any risks, issues, incidents, and outstanding activities.

About you

• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience as an Information Security Specialist, Analyst in Security operations especially in security monitoring and network security domains.
• Advanced Knowledge and experience of SIEM (Splunk) Technologies (Logging, monitoring, Triage, reporting of Security alerts and Incidents, and processes) is a must.
• Scripting knowledge is desired for reporting purposes.
• Self-motivated, proactive team player who can work to contribute to the Optus team success
• Experience in assessing information security solutions with working experience on Security products that will include some of the following: SIEM, IDS/IPS, Vulnerability Management, Proxies, End point protection
• Security Analysis experience to include incident classification, investigation and remediation
• Certification(s) in Security Sector (CISSP, CISM, CRISC or similar) preferred
• Awareness of ISO 27001 and SOC2 standard.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

As a provider of essential services across Australia, Optus has a critical role in the community through keeping our customers connected to the people they love and the things that matter. It is also our priority to ensure we provide our amazing people and our customers with a healthy and safe workplace environment. In light of the significant risks posed by COVID-19, Optus expects all workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and will require vaccination for certain roles as well as access to Optus workplaces. Please speak to us if you have any questions about this policy or how it impacts you, including any concerns you might have about meeting this requirement.

Optus is a place where we let you do you. Whether you’ll be working in our corporate offices or in a retail store, we’re a highly collaborative workplace, and offer a range of perks such as:

• A competitive salary
• Discounts on products and services
• Ongoing training, mentoring and development opportunities
• Up to five days of Volunteer Leave per year
• Blended Ways of Working

We understand that flexibility means different things to different people. We’re proud to offer a variety of options to work in different ways, such as our Blended Ways of Working and job share. Our Blended Ways of Working lets our people work across home and our offices. Please talk to us about how we can make this role work for you.

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Please no recruitment agencies, we’ll be managing this role in-house. Any resumes submitted outside of our process will be deemed the sole property of Optus.

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