Cyber Security Consultant
About us
Mantel is an Australian-owned IT Professional Services consultancy, focused on emerging technology to help advance our clients by leveraging AI, Digital, Cloud, Data & Security technology. We are a fully AI-enabled technology consultancy and the partner that bridges the gap between blue-sky ambition and practical steps to deliver value. Since our inception in November 2017, we have experienced remarkable growth across Australia & New Zealand and are honoured to be recognised as a Great Place to Work for 6 years in a row!
We hire smart and talented people and get out of their way. As a principle-based organisation, we have a flat structure with no hierarchy. By focusing on our five principles and not getting caught up in red tape, we trust you to get the job done!
Working in our emerging and growing cybersecurity capability, you will work closely with clients across our teams. Mantel presents a cohesive, integrated cybersecurity capability, bringing together security specialists with our broader cloud, data, and digital teams. Our capabilities span governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), cyber engineering, and offensive security, enabling large-scale cyber security initiatives for our clients.
About the role
Our Cyber Security team supports clients in building a culture of Security awareness driven through real-time continuous assurance, integrated tooling, preventative controls and well managed business and technology risk. In this role, you will be working closely with clients to assist them in optimising and re-engineering their Security Operations Centre.
This position will cover a wide remit including client engagements, stakeholder management and delivery of solutions. It also requires the ability to integrate and configure security tools into new or existing software delivery pipelines and would suit someone looking to focus on the engineering side and deepen their cyber security skills, with exposure to a broad range of different environments.
Your day-to-day:
- Security Operations Centre enablement, optimisation and automation, working with Splunk, Sentinel, Chronicle and other leading SIEM and SOAR providers
- Cloud Security - reviewing, designing and implementing secure solutions on one or more major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google)
- Identity, Access, and privileged access management working with solutions such as Entra, Okta, PingIdentity, Saviynt, Sailpoint and CyberArk
- Software Security Integration with developer build tools such as Github Actions, AWS CodeBuild, GCP CloudBuild, Buildkite, etc
- Software security posture assessment using tools and frameworks such as OWASP-SAMM, SAST, DAST, SCA, CNAPP, SSPM and CSPM
- Threat and Vulnerability management, using solutions such as WatchTower, Palo Cortex Cloud, Snyk, Wiz, Orca, Wiz, Prisma Cloud and others
- Conduct Security Review Processes for: Security Architecture, Design Secure Coding and Security Testing
- Use professional judgement while treating colleagues and clients with respect and compassion, and a demonstrated ability to display our five Mantel principles
What you’ll need to be successful:
- Willingness to continually upskill; including learning new technologies and obtaining new certifications
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills, including strong stakeholder management, presentation and communication skills
- Bring a positive can-do attitude to the team, with a developer-friendly problem solving orientation (shifting security left)
- Hands on experience working in a Security Operations Centre or similar security operations role with SIEM and SOAR tools such as Splunk, Sentinel, Phantom, XSoar and others
- Hands-on experience implementing security solutions
- Certifications in either Palo Alto Networks Certified Security Service Edge (SSE) Engineer, PSE-Prisma Cloud / Certified Cloud Security Professional or AWS Certified Security - Specialty.
- Hands on coding or scripting experience
- At Mantel, we want you to be yourself. We trust our team members to use their professional judgment while treating colleagues and clients with respect, compassion, and professionalism in alignment with our five principles.
- You take ownership, always stepping up to help and prioritising your teammates. You're also a clear, kind communicator who makes sound decisions based on good judgement.
What you can expect from us:
- You’ll get all the tools you need to hit the ground running including a new phone, laptop & swag.
- We believe in unique experiences for all. Our My Deal program allows you to tailor your yearly plan, with the support of your Leader, to decide on what’s most important to you. That might be extra professional development, extra annual leave, time to work on your side hustle, or something else completely different! One size does not fit all.
- A true investment in your AI-first career. We are a fully AI-enabled consultancy and provide you with the tools to lead. This includes access to the Mantel AI Gateway, our secure, centralised platform with multiple AI models, plus a dedicated monthly budget and a safe environment to experiment and innovate.
- You’ll be genuinely supported by an organisation that cares about not only you but your family as well, Mantel offers Flexible Personal Leave options for those unplanned moments in life.
- We support a flexible hybrid approach to working which is guided by our principles; we trust each other to “make good choices” about the best workplace locations for the requirements of the project, role and client. This can change based on our client needs.
- We know you won’t have one job for life. At Mantel, we believe in supporting our team to take their career in a direction that aligns with their passions. We have internal opportunities across Cloud, Data, Digital, Delivery & Security.
- Our elite partnerships are a direct result of our deep platform mastery. For you, this means you'll be working alongside teams with the highest levels of technical expertise and tackling the most complex, high-profile projects on the market. Check out our partner awards and recognitions here.
- Mantel is a certified Family Inclusive Workplace, which means we are committed to improving your wellbeing at work through leading practices on flexible work, parental leave, family care and family wellbeing
We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds and minority groups to apply.
Location: Sydney
Salary Range: $100,000 - $115,000 inclusive of superannuation
Pay: From $90,000.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sydney NSW 2000
