Listing Description

About us:

It’s our mission to build a world that communicates more humanly. Since 2001, we’ve been delivering innovative and powerful communication solutions. Today, we’re a communication intelligence company applying powerful machine intelligence and carefully developed algorithms to deliver effective human engagement at scale even when we are not face to face — all guided by our values of Listening, Respect, Innovation, and Passion.

Our customers use Whispir to communicate across multiple channels from SMS to email, to dynamic landing pages, voice and more – all easily configured to meet their specific needs. All of our customers benefit from our low code – no code platform and powerful APIs. Our promise is to deliver a platform capable of achieving the world’s highest engagement rates.

About the position:

Reporting through to the Head of Information Security, the successful candidate will gain exposure to a wide range of challenges across information security including international regulatory requirements, developing a security operations and vulnerability management capability and threat hunting. The ideal candidate will have 2-3 years of commercial experience and strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities 

• Identifying relevant security event logs and onboarding into SIEM;


• Creating threat use cases for detecting anomalies and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs);


• Monitor alerts and responding to potential incidents;


• Vulnerability scanning and triage;


• Investigating and tuning false positive alerting and managing SIEM platform health;


• Development, implementation and maintenance of security incident management processes including playbooks; 


• Collaborating with the Major Incident Management team in the coordination of incident response for major incidents e.g. P1 and P2 incidents; 


• Hunting for threats and anomalies;


• Assist with orchestration and automation improvements and participate in purple team defensive activities.

Skills & Experience

• Degree in Information Technology


• CISSP or other security industry qualification desirable


• Demonstrable experience working with public cloud hosted environments and working knowledge of event logging practices (preferably AWS)


• Understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK framework


• Scripting proficiency (e.g. Python)


• Strong problem solving and analytical skills Knowledge of security and privacy frameworks e.g. ISO27001

Why We Think You Will Love Working at Whispir:

• No on-call required for this role


• In-house fortnightly complimentary hair cuts from our Melbourne Office


• Totally flexible working hours because you know how to get the most out of your day


• Birthday paid leave


• Paid parental leave


• Perkbox - discounts and special offers across 1000’s of retailers

We still want to hear from you, even if you don’t meet all of the above requirements. If you’re ready to change the way our world communicates, Apply Now!