Digital Forensics & Incident Response Senior Analyst

About the role

Telstra is looking for an experienced Digital Forensics & Incident Response Senior Analyst to join its Cyber Emergency Response Team in Melbourne. You will operate on the front line of Telstra's cyber defence, investigating and responding to complex security incidents across its technology and network environments, helping identify, contain and respond to threats such as malicious code, unauthorised access, information disclosure and system compromise.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the response to complex cyber security incidents in a timely and effective manner.
• Conduct digital forensic, host, network and log analysis to identify indicators of compromise and determine incident scope.
• Gather, preserve and report digital evidence accurately, maintaining appropriate evidentiary standards.
• Identify security gaps and recommend controls and remediation actions.
• Partner with security, technology and business teams to strengthen cyber resilience.
• Contribute to incident response plans, playbooks and processes.
• Document and share technical knowledge and lessons learned, and maintain networks within the cyber security and incident response community.
• Take part in the team's on-call roster for critical security incidents.

Required profile

• Strong technical capability in cyber incident response and digital forensics, with judgement and communication skills to engage stakeholders.
• Ideally proven experience in cyber security incident response and digital forensics, including complex incident handling.
• Experience identifying and analysing indicators of compromise.
• Ability to work effectively during high-priority or time-critical incidents.

Required skills

• Host, network and log analysis.
• Incident response and forensic tools.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and command-line environments.
• Understanding of attack techniques, social engineering and contemporary cyber threats.
• Coding, web development or malware analysis experience is highly desirable.