Defensive Response AnalystFlexible

• Ability to support and influence some of Australia’s most iconic retail, industrial and health businesses
• Work collaboratively with our cyber security community across the Wesfarmers Group
• Flexible, supportive work environment and work from home options
• Full-time permanent role based in Southbank, Victoria

About the team

Our Group Cyber Security (GCS) team is responsible for leading strategy, architecture and risk approaches for cyber security across the Wesfarmers Group, ensuring alignment with organisational objectives and risk appetite. GCS collaborates with our businesses to embed robust, forward-thinking cyber practices that deliver real business value. The team also coordinates incident response and intelligence activities across the Group while supporting the divisions in strengthening their cyber threat preparedness.

What you’ll do

Reporting to our Cyber Resilience and Intelligence Lead, this role will:

• Operate proactively to establish strong and effective relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Triage, investigate and document cyber incidents; support major event coordination and forensic analysis to assess impact and containment
• Contribute to investigation playbooks and enhance incident response procedures, reporting and analytics
• Lead after-action reviews and publish findings to strengthen cyber defence and inform Group-wide practices
• Monitor internal data and external trends to assess threats, guide control requirements and support strategic defence planning
• Manage GCS Lab infrastructure and ensure compliance with technology and cyber security standards across environments
• Promote cross-functional learning through team collaboration, SOC rotations and external engagement
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and best practice to enhance the Groups ability to anticipate and respond effectively to potential cyber security incidents

What you’ll need

• Proven ability to effectively navigate complex environments with agility and accountability, applying a solutions-focused mindset to manage competing priorities, align diverse stakeholders and drive outcomes
• Demonstrate flexibility and commitment by regularly going above and beyond to deliver great results
• Experience in developing security operations and defence protocols, processes and reporting in hybrid and cloud-centric environments (e.g. AWS and Azure)
• Understanding of security technology including SIEM, EDR, Identity Detection and Network security
• Experience with SIEM, EDR and other security technologies leveraged during incident response and management
• Knowledge and experience in cyber-attack stages
• Skills and experience in protecting networks against malware and malware analysis concepts, methodologies and performing impact assessments
• Experience in threat and risk analysis/modelling, global industry practices, for incident response, threat management and / or security engineering
• Tertiary qualifications in a Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a Cyber Security specialisation

About Wesfarmers

As one of Australia’s largest listed companies, we’re proud of our longstanding contribution to Australians. We continually reinvent ourselves and invest in the businesses we own and operate, including leading retailers like Bunnings, Kmart, Target, Officeworks and Priceline. We also have an online offering, including OnePass and the Group shared data asset. Our work doesn’t stop there, we operate in the industrials sector which supplies the nation with chemicals, energy and fertilisers, and industrial and safety products. And we participate in an integrated lithium joint venture, including the operation of a mine and concentrator and the development of a refinery.

Join the team at Corporate Office which provides support and advice across the Wesfarmers Group

The Corporate Office provides corporate services and support to the autonomous businesses within the Wesfarmers Group, enabling the achievement of Group objectives. It leads capital allocation and portfolio management for the Group and focuses on leveraging and enhancing the Group’s reputation to support attraction and retention of talent, securing investment opportunities and maintaining a low-cost capital. To do this, we need great people, working together and role modelling our values and ways of working.

Our culture

We’re results focused, but we’re a business that cares. Here we are less about titles and more about everyone playing a valuable role. We provide autonomy and space with freedom to operate, quickly learning from mistakes because we know they are part of the way forward. We’re curious, open minded, and collaborative. And although we’re thought leaders, we’re humble, and willing to share knowledge and learn from one another.

We know that diversity fosters greater innovation and better customer connection, so we strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment.

Next steps

If this sounds like your next career move, then combine your cover letter and resume into one document and click on the ‘Apply’ button by Friday, 26 September 2025. Please note that we may commence interviewing of candidates prior to this closing date.

For brief enquiries please contact Human Resources on (08) 9327 4223.

We’re hiring the best and the brightest talent. Let’s start to explore the possibilities of achieving great things together.

For more information, visit our website at www.wesfarmers.com.au