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Senior Analyst / Assistant Manager – Incident Response

McGrathNicol

Sydney, New South Wales

Senior · Full-time

The Role

This position involves supporting cyber incident response engagements across triage, evidence collection, and forensic analysis of endpoints, servers, and cloud environments. Analysts examine security telemetry and logs to reconstruct timelines, assess incident scope, and assist technical teams with containment and eradication, while producing clear, client-ready reporting under senior direction.

Skills & Experience

Candidates should bring hands-on experience with forensic acquisition, chain-of-custody procedures, and log analysis tools such as EDR and SIEM platforms. Familiarity with defensible evidence handling practices is essential. Relevant certifications in digital forensics or incident response, such as GCFE, GCFA, or GCIH, are advantageous for this level of role.

Who It Suits

This role suits an analytically minded professional with a solid incident response foundation who thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure environments. Someone seeking structured career development within a collaborative advisory team, comfortable balancing technical investigation work with clear written communication to both technical and non-technical client audiences, will find it rewarding.

Typical advertised salary for Incident Response roles in Australia: A$95,000–A$129,000 (median A$100,000 — from 9 recent listings analysed by Forensic Focus).

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Listed: 2026-06-22