Principal Security Consultant- Threat Detection (vic/nsw/act)

Company Overview-

Tesserent is a full-service cybersecurity solutions provider. We partner with clients across Australia and New Zealand in the protection of their digital assets. With offices across Australia and New Zealand, we partner with clients to provide a full suite of cybersecurity services. Our mission is to be the sovereign cybersecurity provider of choice for the protection of Australia and New Zealand’s digital assets.

Partnering with over 1,400 mid-sized to enterprise, government, and critical infrastructure clients, Tesserent delivers comprehensive, tailored solutions to prevent, detect and mitigate potential cyber-attacks. We have deep expertise in security advisory (GRC) and consulting, technical assurance and testing, cloud services, 24x7 managed services and monitoring, incident response and forensics and converged/physical security.

In 2023 Tesserent was acquired by Thales, becoming Tesserent | Cyber Solutions by Thales. Our integration further solidifies our position in the Australian and New Zealand cyber security landscapes as trusted delivery partners and sector thought leaders, with the global backing of the multinational support of Thales.

Role Overview-

Tesserent is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Principal Security Consultant to join our Technical Consulting team. The successful candidate will work with our customers and managed SOC across a range of activities, including end-to-end design and implementation of threat detection regimes on top of Splunk Enterprise Security, Microsoft Sentinel and possibly other SIEM systems in the future.

You will be capable of working closely with customers and internal teams to build strong relationships and can communicate technical concepts to a range of audiences, both technical and non-technical.

The role can be based in either Melbourne, Canberra or Sydney.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Leading customer engagements

• Staying current with threat intelligence and threat detection methodologies, including risk-based alerting

• Designing, developing, and tuning modern threat detection regimes suitable for customers of differing size and complexity, at different maturity levels in their cybersecurity journey

• Working with other Tesserent engineers and customers to ensure the chosen SIEM system is set up to support the implementation of threat detection rules, and has the correct data sources and other capabilities to support the required outcomes

• Working with the Tesserent SOC to test, automate and deploy threat detection rules at scale across supported customer environments

• Proactively work with customers to achieve set project deadlines

About You-

We are looking for someone to become a trusted technical advisor to our valued customers and a valuable internal resource for other team members. To excel in this role, you’ll need a combination of technical skills and personal attributes such as:

• Attention to detail

• Great communication skills

• Empathy

• Curiosity and critical thinking

• A proactive mindset

Knowledge, Skills & Experience-

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in security threat detection engineering across Splunk ES and/or Microsoft Sentinel

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in other cybersecurity or IT roles

• Highly regarded are:

  • Scripting or programming skills and experience
  • Automation and testing skills and experience
  • Data engineering skills and experience
  • Deep capabilities in implementing Splunk and/or Microsoft Sentinel

• Have achieved or working towards any of the following certifications:

  • MS-500: Microsoft 365 Security Administration
  • AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies
  • SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst
  • Splunk Core Certified Consultant
  • Splunk Enterprise Security Accredited Implementation
  • Splunk Certified Cybersecurity Defence Analyst

• Passionate about cyber security and helping guide customers to adopt leading solutions

• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple projects in a fast-paced environment

• Proven ability to lead customer engagements

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills

Our culture and values-

Tesserent focuses heavily on our culture and values to create an enjoyable working environment that recognises the best at Tesserent.

• We look for client success in everything we do
• We strive for continual improvement, challenging the status quo and searching out opportunities to learn, grow and lead for ourselves and the business
• Dependability is highly valued, when we say we are going to do something, we follow it through
• Having fun is a big focus for us, calling out and recognising other team members bringing enjoyment and laughter to our workday

Tesserent focus on teamwork, working together to achieve our goals and helping when someone is in need. We are always looking to share our ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Benefits-

• Salary in line with industry standards

• Opportunities to undertake technical training and secure industry recognised certifications

• Flexible working arrangement with a healthy mix of working from home, Tesserent offices, and customer offices

• Opportunities to work with some of the best cybersecurity professionals in the region and to grow and develop your career

• Joining a team of highly skilled and multi-cultural security professionals

If the above resonates with you and you would like to join a dynamic, fast-growing team of security consultants working on interesting projects, apply now with your CV and a cover letter outlining why you'd be a great fit for the role.