About the Company We are partnering with a leading Australian organisation to fill a critical leadership role within their cyber security team during a period of strategic growth and platform unification.
About the Role As the
Security Operations Lead, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening the organisation's cyber defence capabilities. This is a technical leadership position where you will drive incident response efforts, enhance SIEM capabilities, implement security automation, and shape detection and protection strategies.
Ideal for a senior and technical hands-on security operations specialist or incident responder, ready to step into a more strategic, leadership-focused role, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact on enterprise-wide security.
Key Responsibilities - Establish, lead, and scale a new Security Operations function.
- Drive end-to-end incident response, including threat hunting, containment, eradication, recovery, and post-incident reviews.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to share threat intelligence, best practices, and insights to enhance the organisation’s security posture.
- Own and evolve SOC operations and the SIEM capability (MS Sentinel preferred).
- Provide strategic direction on tooling and automation for detection and response.
- Act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor to internal stakeholders on security operations and incident response.
- Partner with other teams to embed proactive detection and prevention capabilities across the organisation.
What We're Looking For - Proven experience in a SOC or cyber defence role within a large-scale or enterprise environment.
- Deep expertise in Incident Response, including hands-on experience managing complex security investigations.
- Strong familiarity with SIEMs and log analysis platforms (e.g. MS Sentinel, Splunk, Elastic).
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to operate autonomously and influence across technical and non-technical teams.
Why Join? - Competitive salary + bonus (negotiable)
- Be part of a major security uplift and digital transformation program
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Opportunity to shape and lead a critical security function
Location: Perth / Flexible WFH options
How to Apply Click
Apply or send your CV directly to
Jasmine McCrudden at jasmine@decipherbureau.com