Cyber Threat Response Analyst | Adversary Operations

Location: Sydney

Employment type: Permanent - Full time, Mid-senior, Senior

Join our diverse and global Cyber Threat and Incident Response team within the Cyber Security Department of our Technology division. This role is based in our Sydney office within our Cyber Threat Defense team.

We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for performing hypothesis-driven threat hunting, combining behavioral threat intelligence, controls-based research, and defensive cyber expertise to identify improvements to Macquarie’s overall cybersecurity posture. You will conduct proactive, intelligence-driven threat hunting across Macquarie’s global environment, using attacker TTPs, behavioral analytics, and large-scale telemetry (EDR, SIEM, TIP) to identify previously undetected threats. You will perform threat modeling, execute structured hypothesis-driven hunts, uncover detective and preventative control gaps, and translate findings into actionable improvements in collaboration with our Security Operations and Detection Engineering teams.

Qualifications

- Experience in aggregate log analysis (Splunk, Google SecOps, or others) and with an Endpoint Detection and Response platform




- Ability to translate technical findings into actionable insights and communicate those to technical and non-technical stakeholders, with a focus on detail-oriented delivery
- Offensive security/adversarial mindset and knowledge of threat actor TTPs
- Experience threat hunting in an enterprise infrastructure, including Windows/Linux systems, Active Directory, cloud platforms, and identity systems
- Minimum of 4 years of related security or technology experience in enterprise environments with a focus on threat hunting, security operations, or pen testing.

Benefits

- 1 wellbeing leave day per year
- Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year
- Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers
- 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
- Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave
- Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations
- Access to a wide range of salary packaging options




- Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for skilled membership or subscription
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
- Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About Macquarie

Technology enables every aspect of Macquarie, for our people, our customers and our communities. We’re a global team that is passionate about accelerating the digital enterprise, connecting people and data, building platforms and applications and designing tomorrow’s technology solutions.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, family and domestic violence status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process. To learn more, contact our team for more information.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.

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📌 Cyber Threat Response Analyst | Adversary Operations (City of Sydney)
🏢 Macquarie Bank
📍 City of Sydney