Sr Engineer II - SecOps Insider threat

At Aristocrat, we are at the forefront of entertainment and technology, pushing boundaries to build world-leading gaming content. Our mission is to bring happiness to life through the power of play, and our culture is built on innovation, creativity, and integrity. As a Sr Security Analyst, you will play a crucial role in our Security Operations Center (SOC), ensuring the safety and integrity of our systems. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a dynamic team, collaborate globally, and drive impactful security initiatives. Your expertise will be instrumental in protecting our assets and supporting our mission to deliver world-class gaming experiences. Join us and be part of an ambitious team that values connection and strives for excellence!

What You'll Do

• Serve as the incident lead for handling and investigating high-severity and complex security incidents from beginning to end. Focus on defining the incident scope, containment, eradication, and recovery phases. Work closely with technical and business partners. Assume responsibility for the root-cause analysis.
• Lead complex, multi-stage investigations across endpoint, identity, network, cloud, and SaaS telemetry, including advanced malware analysis, credential-compromise, and lateral-movement investigations.
• Define detection strategy aligned to MITRE ATT&CK and the organization’s threat model; identify and recommend new detection logic across SIEM, XDR, EDR, and SOAR.
• Conduct threat hunts guided by threat intelligence, emerging TTPs, and gaps in detection coverage; convert findings into new detections, playbooks, and control recommendations.
• Lead Tier 2 SOC operations, ensuring shift priorities, case load, and blocking issue flow meet SLAs and quality standards.
• Build and maintain SOC playbook, runbook, and knowledge-based library; ensure content stays current with tooling and threat changes.
• Identify, build, and recommend process improvements across the SOC, measuring and reporting their impact.
• Chip in to and help implement the multi-year security operations strategy, including detection coverage roadmap, telemetry strategy, automation targets, and capability maturity.
• Interpret security findings as risk-centered advice for security engineering, IT, and business collaborators.
• Mentor and develop Tier 1 and Tier 2 analysts through structured mentoring, investigation walkthroughs, and technical training.
• Participate in cross-functional forums and collaborate with global security teams to ensure a cohesive, consistent approach to security operations.
• Provide senior on-call coverage for major incidents involving blocking issues.