At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead incident response and enhance security operations with innovative automation.
- Company: Fast-growing financial services organisation focused on tech and cyber security.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, hands-on experience, and opportunities for growth in a dynamic environment.
- Other info: Be part of a transformative journey in a fast-paced, collaborative setting.
- Why this job: Shape the future of cyber security while working with cutting-edge technologies.
- Qualifications: 4+ years in Cyber Security, strong hands-on experience with security tools.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
We're partnering with a fast-growing financial services organisation investing heavily in technology, cyber security and digital transformation.
This is the first dedicated Cyber Security Engineer within the IT function, making it a rare opportunity for someone who wants to build rather than maintain.
You'll help shape the security capability, lay the foundations for future growth and stay highly hands-on.
The role is roughly 70% Security Operations and 30% Security Engineering, giving you the opportunity to own incident response while driving automation, tooling improvements and AI-led security initiatives.
What's a typical day look like?
- Own Security Operations, incident response and threat investigations
- Investigate, triage and respond to alerts across SIEM, EDR/XDR, Microsoft Defender and cloud platforms
- Build automations using Power Shell, Python, APIs and native platform tooling
- Integrate security tools to reduce manual effort and improve response times
- Design AI-assisted security workflows to improve detection and investigation
- Tune detections, policies and controls to reduce false positives
- Work closely with Engineering and Infrastructure teams
- Support the cyber uplift, digital transformation and security roadmap
- Contribute to ISO 27001 and APRA security initiatives
About you
- 4+ years' experience across Cyber Security Engineering, Security Operations or SOC
- Strong hands‑on experience with SIEM, EDR/XDR and Microsoft security tools
- Experience investigating incidents and leading security response activities
- Automation experience using Power Shell, Python or similar
- Exposure to Azure, Microsoft 365 and/or AWS
- Comfortable improving tooling rather than just operating it
- Financial Services or regulated industry experience is highly regarded
- Curious, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-growing environment
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Cyber Security Engineer employer: Kapital Consulting
Our Client is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the rapidly evolving field of AI within Financial Services. Employees benefit from comprehensive growth opportunities, including hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and the chance to contribute to impactful projects that shape the future of finance. Located in a vibrant area, the company promotes a healthy work-life balance and encourages a supportive environment where every team member's contributions are valued.
