Information Security Senior Consultant

Role Title: Information Security Senior Consultant Detection and Response (Europe & Americas)

Role location:London

About Westpac:Westpac is one of the worlds oldest banks and a leading financial services organisation with a strong presence across Australia New Zealand and key international markets. We support individuals businesses and institutions through a broad range of banking and financial solutions.

Our culture is values led and performance driven. At Westpac success is measured by both what we deliver and how we deliver it. We focus on always delivering safely doing the right thing executing with excellence and delivering for customers. These outcomes are underpinned by our behaviours of Care Listen and Act which guide how we work together and how we build trust with our customers and communities.

About the Team:This role is a core part of Westpacs global 24/7 cybersecurity monitoring and incident response capability - the banks first line of cyber defence.

How will I help

You will be responsible for analysing and responding to potential cyber threats and attacks against our systems staff and customers.

You will also have the opportunity to design validate implement and continually improvedetection content translating threat intelligence and attacker behaviours into actionable detections aligned to Westpacs environment and cyber risk priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate and prioritise security alerts and events supporting in-depth analysis of logs and threat information from a variety of systems and security tools including endpoint and network devices.
• Ensurethreatsandalertsareprioritisedbasedonriskinvestigatedandmitigated effectively and efficiently based on available context and data.
• Applycriticalthinkingandananalyticalmindsettoguideandinfluencedecisions where documented process is unclear or incompleteincluding exceptions escalated by junior team members.
• Maintain andcontinually uplift SOC capability by recommending leadingand implementingoperationalandprocessimprovements and contributing tothe teamknowledge base.
• Collaborate withlocal and global detection and response teams to optimise detections integrate logic with SOAR playbooks and improve consistency coverage and control effectiveness.
• Support proactive threat hunting to identify control gaps emerging threats and opportunities to improve detection coverage.

Whatsin it for me

Youll be joining a highly supportive and collaborative team with international coverage during a period of growth across Westpacs international regions. You will work closely with experienced cyber security professionals and senior stakeholders across our global offices supporting incident response for real world cyber incidents and operational environments.

Were obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and were looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that return were committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways were already doing that:

• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance and a variety of leave options including Culture Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.

What do I need

• 5yearsofrelevantexperiencein a Cyber Security detection and response role
• Hands ondetection engineering experience and/or related qualifications highly regarded
• Highly developed written and verbalcommunicationcritical thinking and analytical skills.
• Proficiency with SOC tools such as SIEM and SOAR ideally in a corporatetechnologyenvironment.
• Astrongunderstandingofcommon cyber threats and attacks against financial services organisations.
• Proven ability to translate incident learnings into practical improvements in detection response and operational resilience.
• Strong technical background includingknowledgeofnetwork technologies and protocols.
• Ability to understand businesscontextidentifyissues and analyseandcorrelateinformation.
• Goodunderstandingofconcepts such as Cyber Kill Chain and MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Aself-leadercapableofworking independently on complex taskswithminimalsupervision.

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