Cyber Security Engineer - Azure, Soc - Federal Government

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HiTech Group Australia, Australian Capital Territory, AU

Published 2026-04-06

Description

Long term contract supporting national cyber security initiatives Flexible hybrid working arrangements – Canberra based Rewarding hourly rates $$$

A highly regarded Federal Government department is seeking to engage Multiple Cyber Security Engineers/Cyber Security Specialists  to support its Cyber Security uplift Stream on a department wide ICT modernisation. You will play a key role in strengthening security monitoring capabilities, optimising SIEM performance, and enhancing visibility across enterprise systems in a complex, high-security environment. The successful Cyber Security Engineers/Cyber Security Specialists  will be offered a contracts on a newly established ICT modernisation program.

 The successful Cyber Security Engineers/Cyber Security Specialists  will be responsible for, but not limited to: Monitoring and maintaining the SIEM platform to ensure operational effectiveness
Designing and improving SIEM dashboards, correlation rules, alerts and playbooks
Onboarding, structuring and optimising log ingestion from network, endpoint, cloud and application sources
Analysing ingestion trends to improve performance and reduce storage costs

 The successful Cyber Security Engineers/Cyber Security Specialists  will have experience in the following: 3+ years’ hands-on experience in SIEM engineering, CSOC or security operations roles
Strong experience onboarding and pre-processing logs across diverse environments
Designing, developing and managing SIEM platforms, dashboards and reporting
Creating and tuning correlation rules to reduce false positives

This is a great opportunity with a leading Federal Government Agency  to join a highly skilled team! The successful Cyber Security Engineers  will be offered a long-term contracts (up to 3 years) on a newly established ICT modernisation program.. These rare and long term (up to 3 year contract ) Cyber Security Specialists  opportunities offer a diverse work environment and attractive contracting rates . These position are also available on a non-ongoing  fixed term arrangement if this is more suitable. Speak to us today – Hi Tech  ************ and click on ‘Quickly Apply – Ref LS2057 or seek out more roles at ****************** .



Location

Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Australia
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Job type Full time
Contract type Permanent
Salary type Monthly
Occupation Cyber security engineer - azure, soc - federal government
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