Careers at ASIC

SOC Engineer

At ASIC, you can be the change that ensures a fair, strong and efficient financial system for the benefit of all Australians. Contribute to delivering on ASIC's purpose, vision, and strategic priorities to help maintain the integrity of the financial system and protect consumers from harm.

ASIC's Cyber Security Group is seeking a skilled Security Operations Centre (SOC) Engineer to join their Cyber Security Operations Centre team.

• Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide locations
• 24 Month Fixed Term position
• Salary from $123,444 to $144,386 (depending on experience) + 15.4 % superannuation
• Applications will close at 11:59pm AEST, Sunday 22 June 2025

The team 

The Cyber Security team at ASIC delivers a comprehensive range of services to safeguard the organisation's digital environment. These services include threat monitoring, incident response, security architecture, and cyber assurance. The team plays a critical role in protecting ASIC's systems and data, ensuring resilience against cyber threats, and supporting the organisation's regulatory mission.

The role

As a SOC Engineer you will be part of a team delivering proactive threat hunting and incident response. Your responsibilities will also include conducting investigative analysis, addressing cyber-related queries, and contributing to the Cyber Uplift Program.

More specifically, you will: 

• Develop alerting rules and threat response playbooks for systems integrating with Microsoft Sentinel.
• Configure and troubleshoot log source integrations into the SIEM.
• Build and refine KQL queries to support investigations, threat hunting, and traffic analysis.
• Implement Sentinel-as-code using CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage and triage incidents in the Sentinel queue, supporting root cause analysis.
• Assist the CIRT lead during active incidents.
• Design use cases for threat hunting and threat modelling.
• Enhance ASIC's cyber posture by addressing security findings across on-prem, cloud, and third-party environments.
• Configure and analyse cyber threat intelligence feeds to detect and respond to Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).

About you

The ideal candidate for the SOC Engineer role is a skilled cybersecurity professional with experience in threat detection, incident response, and Microsoft Sentinel. This candidate will excel in KQL, log integration and automation via CI/CD. They will also be proactive in threat hunting, cyber intelligence and improving security posture across diverse environments.

In addition, you will have:

• Relevant Tertiary qualification and/or equivalent experience in a cybersecurity role, with proven experience as a SOC Analyst, SOC Engineer, Incident Response Engineer or Threat Hunter.
• Strong understanding of:

• Cyber incident response processes and technologies.
• Log analysis across various sources to identify threats and vulnerabilities.
• Security incident triage and resolution, including reporting on SIEM alerts, vulnerabilities and abnormal system or data activity.
• Endpoint protection technologies such as HIDS/HIPS, host firewalls, application/device control.
• Network security tools such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, mail gateways, CASB, VPNs and preferably WAF/API gateways.

• Familiarity with Australian Government security frameworks, including the PSPF and ISM.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for resolving complex stakeholder queries.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
• Effective communicator, both written and verbal.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and take ownership of outcomes.

Click ‘apply' to start your application. Applications will close at 11:59pm AEST, Sunday 22 June 2025.

About ASIC

ASIC's remit is one of the broadest of regulators across the world. ASIC regulates corporations, markets, financial services and consumer credit and monitors and promotes market integrity and consumer protection in the Australian financial system. Through our enforcement work, we hold to account those who contravene the law, working to achieve strong outcomes that address the greatest consumer and investor harms.

ASIC is committed to a providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where the very best talent in Australia chooses to work. Indigenous Australians are encouraged to apply as well as applicants from all backgrounds and with different abilities.

We offer a range of employee benefits including:

• Attractive superannuation
• Additional leave entitlements
• 50/50 hybrid work-from home model
• Flexible work arrangements
• Assistance for study and professional development

Click here to view ASIC's salary and benefits guide.

To read more about ASIC, you can visit our website or review our Corporate Plan.

To work with us, you need to be an Australian citizen and be prepared to complete an ASIC Suitability and Baseline Assessment.