Principal Security Operations Center Analyst
Reports to: Manager, Security Operations Center
Location: Remote Australia
Compensation Range: $180,000 to $215,000 AUD base plus bonus and equity.
What You’ll Do:
As our Principal SOC Analyst in Australia, you're the most senior technical voice on the APAC SOC floor, working Monday to Friday. You'll take ownership of the hardest intrusions, turn what the floor sees every day into durable detection and product improvements, and raise the bar for every analyst around you. You'll lead by example as a cultural driver for the team, and you'll help build our Human Led Agentic SOC, where agents handle volume and humans own quality. You'll work closely with Product, Product Research and Detection Engineering & Threat Hunting. We'll also support you in publishing your research through Huntress blogs, webinars and conference talks.
Responsibilities:
Own complex, multi-host intrusions end to end, from triage through forensic timelining, root cause and remediation, across endpoint, identity (Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace) and SIEM telemetry
Act as the SOC's technical partner to Product, Product Research and DE&TH: turn recurring floor pain points into lasting detection, suppression and product fixes rather than workarounds
Perform advanced static and dynamic malware analysis, research emerging tradecraft, and publish findings through Huntress content
Find repeatable investigation patterns and toil, then design, build and maintain both automation and human-led agentic workflows with Workflow Engine owners, Product and Engineering, with inline QC/QA built in from the start
Own quality on the floor: grade AI agent and analyst output, trace misses to their root cause and fix them at the source, and act as final technical reviewer on detection tuning, suppression decisions and high-impact incident reports
Provide technical leadership and mentoring across every level of the team: set investigation standards, run case reviews, ride-alongs and knowledge sessions, advise the Senior Manager on SOC direction, and help assess candidates in the hiring process
Be a cultural driver for the team: model Give a $hit, Warrior Spirit and Outcome-Obsessed, keep a low-ego, share-everything team culture, and champion the “agents handle volume, humans own quality” mindset
Handle threat-related escalations from SOC Support, writing clear explanations of complex activity and its business risk for technical and non-technical audiences
What You Bring To The Team:
6+ years in SOC, Incident Response, DFIR or MDR roles, including leading multi-host intrusion investigations
Deep knowledge of attacker tradecraft across MITRE ATT&CK (credential access, lateral movement, persistence, defense evasion, living-off-the-land) and how to detect it
Deep forensic and investigation experience across Windows, macOS and Linux
Strong cloud identity investigation and remediation experience in Microsoft 365 / Entra ID and Google Workspace
Advanced static and dynamic malware analysis, including extracting IOCs and determining capability and intent
Strong enterprise Windows administration (Active Directory, Group Policy, PowerShell, domain trusts) and core networking knowledge
Strong hands-on AI skills: daily use of tools such as Claude and Codex for analysis, research and building automation and agentic workflows (Python, PowerShell or similar), with sound judgment about validating their output
Understanding of inline quality delivery: building QC/QA into workflows as they run (quality gates, statistical sampling, drift detection and regression testing) rather than relying on after-the-fact review
Proven technical leadership and mentoring: you've raised the standard of a team, not just your own work, and you explain complex findings clearly in writing and verbally
Preferred Qualifications:
Published research, blogs, conference talks or open-source security tooling
Detection engineering experience: writing and tuning detections and SIEM queries
Investigations in other cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP
Previous MSP/MSSP/MDR experience and familiarity with RMM tools
What We Offer:
Fully remote work
At least one annual trip to the US for Summer Summit, with additional local events in Australia!
New starter home office set up reimbursement ($800 AUD)
12 weeks paid parental leave for both primary and secondary carers
Monthly digital allowance for personal phone and internet costs ($185 AUD)
Monthly home office tech stipend to upgrade or replace equipment ($40 AUD)
Subsidised private health insurance through our preferred provider
Stock options for all full-time employees
Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth
People from all culturally diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples, are encouraged to apply.