Security Operations Analyst (Cybersecurity)

Location: Remote Australia; availability required for one of three Monday-to-Friday or Tuesday-to-Friday shifts in AWST or AEST.

Salary: A$110,000–A$140,000 annual base salary, plus bonus and equity.

Company

hirify.global provides in-house cybersecurity technology and a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center to protect businesses from cybercrime.

What you will do

• Triage, investigate, respond to, and remediate alerts generated by the hirify.global platform.
• Analyze EDR and SIEM telemetry, logs, forensic artifacts, and malware to determine attack scope and root cause.
• Investigate Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace compromises and provide actionable remediation guidance.
• Craft and tune detection signals, improve queue hygiene, and address emerging threats.
• Support customer and partner escalations and collaborate with Product and Engineering on human-led agentic workflows.
• Contribute to incident response, threat hunting, detection engineering, research, webinars, conference talks, and technical publications.

Requirements

• Must be based in Australia and available for an AWST or AEST shift.
• 2+ years of experience in SOC, incident response, managed detection and response, or digital forensics.
• Experience with Windows, Linux, or macOS, including attack surfaces, malware analysis, and threat actor techniques.
• Knowledge of Active Directory, PowerShell, Group Policy, local account creation, and common system administration practices.
• Working knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, networking concepts, ports and protocols, NAT, IP addressing, and VLANs.
• Strong forensic investigation, communication, self-guided learning, and AI-assisted analysis skills with validation of AI outputs.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work with at least one annual US trip for the Summer Summit and additional Australian events.
• A$800 new-starter home office setup reimbursement.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers.
• A$185 monthly digital allowance and A$40 monthly home office technology stipend.
• Subsidized private health insurance, stock options for all full-time employees, and access to BetterUp coaching and development.
• Inclusive culture with support for diverse backgrounds and reasonable workplace accommodations.