Cyber Threat Defence Analyst

About the role

Join the Cyber Threat Incident Response (CTIR) team in London as a Cyber Threat Defence Analyst. You will protect Macquarie’s global infrastructure by detecting, triaging and mitigating advanced cyber threats across a worldwide financial services environment.

Key responsibilities

• Triaging alerts using Splunk, EDR platforms, PCAP files and other tools to respond to sophisticated attacks.
• Analyzing attack trends and threat actor tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) to shape proactive defensive measures.
• Assessing critical vulnerabilities, evaluating their threat potential and recommending mitigations.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years of security or technology experience in large enterprise environments.
• Hands‑on experience with aggregate log analysis (e.g., Splunk) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions.
• Offensive‑security mindset with knowledge of threat‑actor TTPs.
• Ability to conduct manual, static and dynamic malware analysis.

Required skills

• Splunk (or comparable log‑analysis platform)
• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools
• Malware analysis (static and dynamic)
• PCAP analysis and network traffic inspection

What we offer

• Wellbeing leave day per year and a minimum of 25 days annual leave.
• Generous parental, fertility and volunteer leave policies.
• Comprehensive medical, life‑insurance and employee assistance programmes.
• Salary‑sacrificing options, learning & development reimbursements and professional membership support.