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Security Analyst
Verse Group
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Security
- Location
- Destination Perth, WA
- Type
- Full-time
About the role
Our client is seeking a Security Analyst for a short-term contract to support and improve their cybersecurity posture. This is an opportunity for a hands-on security professional to contribute to security monitoring, incident response, risk management, and continuous improvement across a complex IT environment.
About the Role
You will play a key part in identifying and managing cyber risks, investigating potential security incidents, and improving information security controls across the organisation. You'll be responsible for security risk assessments, SIEM and log monitoring, vulnerability management, and compliance testing, while providing practical security advice to IT teams and supporting ongoing security capability uplift.
Key Responsibilities
Send me an email at hudson@versegroup.com.au or call me on 0485 001 398.
About the Role
You will play a key part in identifying and managing cyber risks, investigating potential security incidents, and improving information security controls across the organisation. You'll be responsible for security risk assessments, SIEM and log monitoring, vulnerability management, and compliance testing, while providing practical security advice to IT teams and supporting ongoing security capability uplift.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct security risk assessments for third-party applications, tools, and cloud or as-a-Service solutions.
- Maintain and improve business process documentation and security procedures.
- Monitor security events and analyse potential incidents across the organisation.
- Lead IT security and risk activities to identify, monitor, and improve cyber risk management.
- Investigate security incidents, coordinate resolution and preventive actions, and provide timely stakeholder updates.
- Oversee and improve information security controls, services, and system performance.
- Review asset and system monitoring results to identify anomalies, indicators of compromise, and other potential threats.
- Coordinate scheduled security scans, reviews, and compliance testing against security policies and standards.
- Maintain and protect network and security systems through SIEM and log monitoring, patching, vulnerability management, and malware defence.
- Diagnose and prioritise security breaches, conduct impact assessments, and perform root cause analysis.
- Provide security advisory services to IT teams and support security capability uplift.
- Experience in a hands-on security analyst or similar cybersecurity role.
- Experience conducting security risk assessments across third-party applications, tools, and cloud-based solutions.
- Strong incident monitoring, investigation, and remediation capabilities.
- Understanding of security controls, vulnerability management, patching, and malware defence.
- Experience with SIEM and log monitoring, security scanning, and compliance testing.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including impact assessment and root cause analysis.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to provide practical security advice to IT teams.
- Strong understanding of information security controls and cyber risk management.
- Ability to identify anomalies, indicators of compromise, and potential security threats.
- Experience improving security processes, documentation, and operational practices.
- A proactive, hands-on approach to security operations and continuous improvement.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to work effectively across IT teams.
Send me an email at hudson@versegroup.com.au or call me on 0485 001 398.
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