Security Operations Analyst

Paramount is a global media and entertainment organisation with some of the best known and loved brands in the world. Employing over 1,700 people locally, and a further 25,000+ globally, we deliver premium content through multiple platforms for the young (and the young at heart of course!).  

We pride ourselves on creating content that gets people talking. What’s more, you’ll find all these great shows (and more) on our free-to-air channels (10, 10 Bold, 10 Peach, Nickelodeon), our digital platform 10 Play that also includes a vast array of Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV known as FAST (including numerous MTV and Nickelodeon channels), and our subscription video on demand service Paramount+.   

The Paramount Technology department supports our global content company through the delivery of a high-quality viewing experience, system infrastructure support, and creating innovative ways for our employees to collaborate.  
 
Enough about us! We are now seeking an enthusiastic Security Operations Analyst to support our award-winning information security team by being part of Paramount’s Global Information Security Group. 

 
 
What you’ll do as a Security Operations Analyst at Paramount:  

You will be a `vital member of the Threat Response team, addressing information security matters globally using a wide variety of security tools. Primarily you will assist in investigating and analysing response activities related to security incidents or events. You will share our passion for defending large-scale networks while solving complex security problems. This position will also have the opportunity to work on security and technology initiatives with companywide reach. 

Role Details: 

Location: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth 

Permanent Full-Time Position: Offering stability and opportunities for long-term career growth. 

The working schedule for this role spans Monday to Friday, from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM when needed, working as a global team ensuring comprehensive global coverage.   

• Perform incident triage and handling by determining scope, urgency and potential impact  

• Ability to analyse different data types from various sources within the enterprise and draw conclusions regarding past and potential current security incidents 

• Understanding of incident response forensics methodologies, to include: memory forensics, host forensics, network forensics 

• Document incidents from initial detection through final resolution  

• Resolve incidents by working with other information security specialists and IT contacts to correlate threat assessment data 

• Participate in major incidents and incidents involving vendors 

• Monitor work being done by third parties on behalf of the Information Security team to ensure accuracy 

• Availability during off-hours and holidays 

What are we looking for?  

• 1-2 years of experience in a cyber incident response team (CIRT) or security operations center (SOC) 

• Knowledge of incident response process (preperation, detection & analysis, containment & eradication, lessons learned) 

• Technical understanding of SIEM, SOAR, EDR, firewalls, network and email security tools with a variety of enterprise IT and cloud-based architectures and technologies, such as networking, server infrastructure, operating systems, web applications, databases, containerisation and mobile 

• Familiarity of common cyber frameworks and models such as the MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model, Pyramid of Pain, and modern penetration testing techniques 

• Understanding of attacker techniques (TTPs) and exploits, including current attacker methodologies 

• Certifications relating to security operations, incident response or recognized technology certification such as Cisco CCNA or AWS cloud practitioner 

Why Paramount?  

We could just list the numerous benefits our employees avail of every day.  However, for now we'll just leave you with how our employees feel about us:  

• 92% of our employees stated they would highly recommend Paramount to a friend (Glassdoor)  

• We hold a 4.1 STAR RATING, by far the highest rating in the media sector (Seek Company Profiles)  

#LI-LG1  

Paramount embraces differences and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of factors such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property or birth. These grounds also include age, nationality, marital status, disability, place of residence and sexual orientation. 

 We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples, and the Traditional Custodians of the land where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging, and we are proud to live in a country which is home to the world’s oldest living cultures.