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Intermediate Security Engineer, Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)

Remote, Australia· REMOTE

Pro Hacker+ signal

About the role

The engineer leads incidents through detection, containment and recovery, maintains runbooks and runs root cause and lessons-learned reviews. The role also automates security processes and closes detection gaps. It follows a compressed Sunday–Wednesday schedule for 24/7/365 coverage.

What you will do

  • Lead incident response from detection to recovery
  • Maintain incident response documentation and runbooks
  • Run root cause and lessons-learned reviews
  • Automate security processes
  • Identify gaps and improve detections

What they ask for

  • Demonstrated ability to handle incidents independently
  • Experience with SIEM and security logging
  • GCP and/or AWS experience
  • Python skills or willingness to learn
  • Interest in technical documentation
  • Remote within Australia
  • Compressed Sunday–Wednesday shift schedule

Nice to have

  • Forensic analysis of compromised hosts
  • Cloud-based security investigations

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Posted 2026-09-09