Primary DetailsTime Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Technical Threat SpecialistAt QBE, our purpose is to enable a more resilient future. We’re an international insurer and reinsurer with a local presence in 27 countries. Leveraging our deep expertise and insights, QBE offers commercial, personal and specialty products and risk management solutions to help people and businesses manage risks, build strength, and embrace change to their advantage.
The opportunityAn exciting opportunity to support the execution responsible for all purple teaming engagements, attack simulations and development of the deception operations. You will work closely with other teams within Group Cyber Security to push the boundaries of technology in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Your new role- Support the delivery and daily operations for the Advance Threat Services function, consisting of the purple team engagement and deception operations. The goal is to continually improve the threat detection, prevention, and response capabilities for QBE:
- Conduct attack simulations to identify gaps in detection and prevention capabilities and offer guidance on necessary improvements.
- Support the development of the Attack Simulation Platform and Deception technology.
- Collaborate on scoping of purple team projects with our security partners and Global Security Operations.
- Develop and maintain cyber detection rules and use cases to detect threats and security risks in QBE’s IT infrastructure.
- Assist with building custom detection rules for specific environments and systems to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of the detection systems.
- Participate in the development of automation for both purple team and deception operations. In addition, any defensive activities to support the security operations.
- Monitor the latest attacker techniques and behaviour, exploring detection and prevention methods to improve QBE’ security controls.
- Communicate and collaborate with other divisions within Group Cyber Security, Engineering, and Global IT to advance detection, prevention, and response approaches through information sharing and Cyber defensive training.
- Hunt for threats by developing hypotheses, defining search criteria, validating findings, and suggesting corrective measures.
- Create and maintain threat hunting procedures for QBE by working closely with the Threat Intelligence team.
- Assist in the recommendations for security configurations for both purple team and deception infrastructure at QBE.
- Support and educate global team members on technical topics pertaining to red and blue team activities within security operations, helping upskill the global team.
- Support the GSOC team with Incident Response when required.
- Produce comprehensive reports with meticulous attention to detail.
About youIn order to succeed in this position you will have:
- Experience in cyber both offensive and defensive security.
- Deep understanding of tactics, techniques, and procedures that modern attackers use to compromise organisations.
- Technical hands-on experience within Cyber Security
- Experience in demonstrating technical problem solving.
- Knowledge in performing both red team and purple team engagements that simulate real-world attack scenarios.
- Good knowledge in developing and implementing effective strategies for cyber threat hunting, building detection, and offensive security.
- Advanced technical expertise of security solutions and technologies, including Windows, Linux, applications, networking, and architecture.
- Experience in collaborating with technical teams and global stakeholders.
- Be able to communicate effectively and update senior stakeholders globally.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Security certifications in any of the following SANS (GCIH, GCIA, GPEN, GREM), ISC2 (CISSP, CCSP), ISACA, CEH, CREST, OSCP or equivalent
We are here to support you We are here to support you We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As an QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:
- ‘Hybrid Working’ - a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance
- Our ‘At My Best’ wellbeing program, including free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice
- Discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services including benefits through our various sports and arts sponsorship partners
- BCS Organisational Membership
Some of the awards QBE are proud to have won, been a finalist for, and shortlisted for include:
- The British Computer Society 2021 Winners - Inspirational Individual of the Year; IT Service & Support Professional of the year
- British Claims Awards 2022 Winner - InsurTech Award
- Insurance Times Claims Excellence Awards 2022 Winner - Claims Product Solution of the Year
- Working Families Best Practice Awards 2021 Finalist for: Best COVID-19 Response
- Insurance Post British Insurance Awards 2022 Shortlisted for: Best Customer Care, Diversity & Inclusion Initiative of the Year 2022, Specialist Insurer of the Year (for Construction), General Insurer of the Year
We are proud to have partnerships with organisations such as Stonewall and Working Families, and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles and Race at Work charter helps keep us accountable and transparent.
Why QBE?Working for us. Working for you. We understand that one size doesn’t fit all and that priorities can change depending on your life stage. That is why our blend of wellbeing initiatives and benefits offer flexibility to suit what matters most to you. Offering a great range of benefits which enable you to bring your best self to work, including competitive salaries and bonus structures, health and wellbeing programs, hybrid working for the flexibility of working from home and the office. In addition to this, we also offer flexible parental leave for both parents and have several employee network groups that support and empower our diverse workforce.
At QBE, we view our people as our most precious asset. We understand the importance of fostering a work environment that is responsive to the changing needs of today's workforce. QBE aims to build a workplace that is fair and inclusive because we want to attract and retain the best people to do the job, we have adopted flexible working across the company and welcome this conversation.
About QBE QBE helps businesses build resilience through risk management and insurance.
QBE European Operations is part of QBE Insurance Group, one of the world’s leading international insurers and reinsurers and Standard & Poor’s A+ rated. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, QBE’s gross written premium for the year ended 31 December 2021 was US$18.5 billion.
As a business insurance specialist, QBE European Operations offers a range of insurance products from the standard suite of property, casualty and motor to the specialist financial lines, marine and energy. All are tailored to the individual needs of our small, medium and large customer base.
To find out more about why you should work for QBE, visit our careers website .
What next?If you have a passion to contribute to QBE’s vision of enabling a more resilient future for our customers and the community, we encourage you to
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.