SOC Incident Responder (Cybersecurity)

Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company

hirify.global delivers innovative and sustainable solutions through collaboration and partnerships with clients across Australia.

What you will do

• Monitor and investigate alerts from Taegis, Microsoft Defender, users, and third parties.
• Perform incident triage, determine severity and business impact, and contain threats through account disablement, password resets, session revocation, device isolation, and IP or domain blocking.
• Analyze endpoint, network, identity, and cloud telemetry, correlate indicators of compromise with threat intelligence, and investigate malware.
• Maintain incident records, create reports, and collect and preserve evidence for forensic analysis.
• Coordinate investigations with IT Operations, Service Desk, Infrastructure, Network, and Cloud teams, including virtual war room operations.
• Improve SOC playbooks, detection rules, monitoring coverage, and response workflows while supporting threat hunting and security control validation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 2–5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, SOC, incident response, or security operations.
• Familiarity with Windows, Linux, cloud platforms, enterprise networking, SIEM technologies, and EDR/XDR platforms.
• Knowledge of email security, Active Directory, Entra ID, network protocols, and traffic analysis.
• Ability to participate in a 24x7 SOC shift rotation, on-call coverage, and after-hours major incident response.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent security investigations and communicate findings clearly.

Nice to have

• Baseline Clearance or NV-1 eligibility; existing NV-1 clearance is preferred.
• GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, CISSP, Security+, CySA+, or SC-200 certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, inclusive environment focused on trust, continuous learning, and employee wellbeing.
• Flexible work arrangements, including flexible start and finish times, work from home, and flex time.
• Annual salary reviews, salary packaging, and novated leases.
• Paid professional membership fees and life and health insurance discounts.
• Employee stock purchase plans, career development plans, and growth opportunities.