Take hold of a monster opportunity and join our security operations team as a Senior Security Specialist.  If you’re a good fit for this role and live in Brisbane we’d love you to apply. 

Why join us?

• You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
• Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
• Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
• In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

About the role

We’re all about helping our members make the most of their money. And while they go after their goals, you can too. As a Senior Security Specialist at Australian Retirement Trust, you will play a key role in strengthening and maturing ART’s security operations capability. Working closely with our Security Operations Manager, managed service providers, technology teams, and external partners, you will help ensure ART continues to protect members' data through high‑quality detection, response, and continuous improvement of our security ecosystem.

You will also:

• Support and enhance ART’s Security Operations capability across SIEM, Microsoft Defender suite, cloud security monitoring, and other core security technologies.
• Lead and deliver Defender uplift initiatives across Defender for Office, Identity, IoT, Endpoint, and Cloud Apps (critical requirement).
• Design, develop, and implement new Splunk use cases to improve threat detection and security analytics (critical requirement).
• Conduct monitoring, analysis, and incident response activities to identify, investigate, and resolve security threats on a 24/7 basis.
• Drive configuration improvements across ART’s security controls to uplift security posture and maximise technology investments.
• Lead and support all phases of the security incident lifecycle, including digital forensics, root cause analysis, documentation, and post‑incident review.
• Maintain and improve security incident response plans, playbooks, and processes, including risk assessments and vulnerability assessment contributions.
• Manage stakeholder engagement by providing clear communication to technical and non‑technical audiences, and guiding remediation actions with internal and external teams.

This role is a permanent opportunity. 

📍 Location: Brisbane. 

About you

It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:  

• Specialist knowledge of information security threats, network/web protocols, operating systems, and security technologies.
• Hands‑on experience configuring and supporting platforms such as Microsoft Defender, SIEM (Splunk/Sentinel), cloud security, IDS/IPS, endpoint protection/XDR, and related security tools.
• Proven capability delivering uplift in Microsoft Defender security technologies (critical requirement).
• Demonstrated experience designing or enhancing Splunk detection use cases (critical requirement).
• Strong understanding of security incident response processes and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
• Familiarity with security standards and methodologies (ISO 27001, NIST 800‑53, NIST CSF).
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively in cross‑functional environments.
• Tertiary qualifications in IT, Information Security, Data Science, or equivalent experience; relevant certifications such as Microsoft Information Protection Administrator are highly regarded.

About us

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of over $330 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you’ll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

Apply online now

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Awaken your career at Australian Retirement Trust and apply now. Applications close 11:30pm 30 January 2026. 

We don’t want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you’ll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you’ve made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us – and recruitment is no different.