Senior Cyber Defense Analyst

🕒 September 8

🇦🇺 Australia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧐 Analyst

👻 Ghost score 21%

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Kyndryl

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2021

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

Consulting • Logistics • Healthcare

Kyndryl is a leading IT infrastructure services provider, serving thousands of enterprise customers worldwide. The company specializes in designing, building, managing, and modernizing complex, mission-critical information systems. Kyndryl offers a range of services including IT consulting, cloud services, cybersecurity, data and AI solutions, and digital workplace transformation. With a strong focus on innovation, partnerships, and co-creation, Kyndryl helps businesses tackle IT complexity and drive operational excellence. The company operates across various industries such as automotive, healthcare, banking, and more, providing expertise and solutions to address industry-specific challenges. Kyndryl's global network and strategic alliances empower enterprises to adapt to the evolving technology landscape, ensuring their essential systems are reliable and efficient.

📋 Description

• Protect customers and Kyndryl environments through cybersecurity operations, incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, detection engineering, and security investigations • Own investigations from initial alert triage through investigation, containment, remediation, and recovery • Investigate and respond to cyber threats across complex enterprise environments • Leverage SIEM platforms, endpoint detection capabilities, and security telemetry to identify, analyze, and respond to threats • Conduct proactive threat hunting activities • Develop, tune, and optimize detections and security queries • Perform detailed investigations into suspicious activity and security incidents • Apply investigative techniques and threat intelligence to identify indicators of compromise and emerging threats • Collaborate with security professionals across the organization

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, threat hunting, or cyber defense roles • Hands-on experience managing security incidents through the full investigation lifecycle, from alert triage to remediation and closure • Experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, QRadar, Elastic, LogRhythm, or similar technologies • Strong investigative and analytical skills for identifying, analyzing, and responding to complex cyber threats • Experience in detection engineering, including creating, tuning, and optimizing detections and security analytics • Experience conducting proactive threat hunting and leveraging threat intelligence to identify indicators of compromise (IOCs) • Knowledge of digital forensics techniques and experience investigating endpoint and/or network-based security incidents • Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash is highly desirable • Experience with Palo Alto technologies, particularly XDR, is advantageous but not required • Customer-focused mindset • Growth mindset and commitment to personal and professional development • Inclusive, open, and borderless approach to working with others

🏖️ Benefits

• Access to skilling and certification programs • Career development opportunities and career path tools • Personalized development goals • Continuous feedback • Cutting-edge learning opportunities, including certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon • Coaching and hands-on experiences • Be Well programs supporting financial, mental, physical, and social health • Flexible, supportive environment • Fully remote work arrangement • Employee referral program