The Role:
The Security Expert will provide services as a senior information and cyber security analyst, to oversee the technical implementation and delivery of a suite of priority cyber security services to the department and its partners, including the Australian Signals Directorate (ASDs) recommended service offerings. The Security Expert will be working in a small team overseen by Agency project management.

PRIMARY TECHNOLOGIES: MS-Office productivity applications, MS endpoints (server and desktop Operating Systems) and endpoint security controls associated with ASDs Essential Eight, DNS and other network protocols of interest to Cyber operations, Hostbased Intrusion Detection / Prevention Systems (HIDS/HIPS), Wintel, Linux and other mid-range platforms, secure network and gateway service technologies.

The Security Expert Key Tasks/Duties may include some or all of the following:

• Manage alignment of cyber security controls with corporate level information and cyber security requirements.
• Assess cyber security/access management policies and procedures.
• Assess and report on cyber security policies, procedures and controls relating to the project and services.
• Oversee validation activities for cyber security projects to completion.
• Provide expert technical advice, support and recommendations on Governance Risk Compliance (GRC) best practices in relation to government information and cyber security policy, threat and risk management frameworks.
• Proactively share knowledge and expertise as the cyber security GRC subject matter expert, and provide assistance and mentorship to less experienced colleagues.
• Document and deliver a range of technical / risk assessment documentation and reports including (but not limited to):
  • Security Risk Assessments (SRA).
  • Threat and Risk Assessments (TRA).
  • Statements of Applicability (SoA).
  • Security Risk Management Plans (SRMP).
  • Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA).
• Negotiate, engage and manage relationships with other service providers to build security services and related project delivery capability.
• Collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve project outcomes.
• Encourage innovation, continuous improvement and manage and support change.
• Provide leadership, direction, and oversight for GRC services and activities to support the projects.
• Manage the assessment and reporting of information and cyber security risks, governance and compliance controls with regard to systems, processes, procedures, tools and techniques utilised by the services.
• Provide leadership on GRC system and process management at the organisational and business levels.

The Candidate:
Essential criteria

• Demonstrated experience and success delivering governance, risk and compliance documentation including SRA, TRA, SoA, SRMP and PIA, using Federal Government information security policy (i.e. Information Security Manual, Protective Security Policy Framework) and the ACSCs Cyber Security principles and guidelines and recommended service offerings.

Weighted Criteria

• Demonstrated experience in supporting the delivery of strategic, contemporary cyber security solutions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry Cyber Security frameworks, best practices and standards.
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry public cloud best practices and standards.

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• 5 months initial contract with 2×6 months extension
• Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days WFO
• Possibility of a 32 hour/week, 4 days working arrangement
• A fun, collaborative and productive team.
• Below the line role

The Role:
The Network Engineer provides network security engineering services to deliver the technical implementation of a suite of priority cyber security services to the department’s agencies, including the engagement planning, technical design, implementation and on-boarding of the Customer Agencies to the services. The Network Engineer should have significant experience in engineering contemporary security and networking controls including DNS configurations, TLS and DMARC implementations.

Primary Technologies: MS-Office productivity applications, MS endpoints (server and desktop Operating Systems) and endpoint security controls associated with ASDs Essential Eight, DNS and other network protocols of interest to Cyber operations, Hostbased Intrusion Detection / Prevention Systems (HIDS/HIPS), Wintel, Linux and other mid-range platforms, secure network and gateway service technologies.

The Network Engineers Key Tasks/Duties may include some or all of the following:

• Responsible for delivery of optimal cyber security networking solutions.
• Oversee the design, installation and operation of network security monitoring, client and transport processes.
• Provide broad technical support and design services for project build, test and solution deployments for networking solutions and controls.
• Liaise with the infrastructure, cyber security and gateway teams in the design, procurement and deployment of secure network solutions and services.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement and manage and lead change in secure network solutions.
• Collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve project outcomes.
• Oversee and prepare a range of technical documentation and reports for network and network security solutions.

The Candidate:
Essential criteria

• Demonstrated experience and success engineering and delivering secure network solutions, including designing and implementing DNS configurations and change management within large and complex government environments.

Weighted Criteria

• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing network services including DHCP, DNS, HTTPS, TLS and SMTP and related security controls and configuration.
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry Cyber Security frameworks, best practices and standards including Federal Government information security policy (i.e. Information Security Manual, Protective Security Policy Framework) and the ACSCs Cyber Security principles and guidelines.

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• 5 months initial contract with 2×6 months extension
• Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days WFO
• Possibility of a 32 hour/week, 4 days working arrangement
• A fun, collaborative and productive team.
• Below the line role

The Role:
The Senior Security Expert will provide services as a senior information and cyber security analyst, to oversee the technical implementation and delivery of a suite of priority cyber security services. This role is required to have in-depth knowledge of specific ICT security models to provide expert advice on the creation and operational maintenance of system roles, access authorisations, and security profiles and promote the development and exploitation of ICT security knowledge. The Senior Security Expert will be working in a small team.

Primary Technologies: MS-Office productivity applications, MS endpoints (server and desktop Operating Systems) and endpoint security controls associated with, DNS and other network protocols of interest to Cyber operations, Host based Intrusion Detection / Prevention Systems (HIDS/HIPS), Wintel, Linux and other mid-range platforms, secure network and gateway service technologies.

The Senior Security Expert Key Tasks/Duties may include some or all of the following:

• Implement security/access management policies and procedures.
• Plan and implement security policies and procedures.
• Ensure security regulations are observed at all times and ICT teams follow methodology.
• Review scheduled security reports to track and report on compliance.
• Perform complex risk assessments to identify high-risk access privilege assignments and segregation of duties conflicts.
• Monitor and manage change requests to ensure that ICT systems are under change control.
• Provide expert technical advice, support and recommendations on security best practices.
• Manage alignment of cyber security controls with corporate level information and cyber security requirements.
• Assess cyber security/access management policies and procedures.
• Assess and report on cyber security policies, procedures and controls relating to the project and services.
• Oversee validation activities for cyber security projects to completion.
• Provide expert technical advice, support and recommendations on best practices in relation to government information and cyber security policy, threat and risk management frameworks.
• Proactively share knowledge and expertise as the cyber security subject matter expert and provide assistance and mentorship to less experienced colleagues.
• Document a range of technical / risk assessment documentation and reports including (but not limited to):
  • a. Security Risk Assessments (SRA).
  • b. Threat and Risk Assessments (TRA).
  • c. Statements of Applicability (SoA).
  • d. Security Risk Management Plans (SRMP).
  • e. Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA).
• Negotiate, engage and manage relationships with other service providers to build security services and related project delivery capability.
• Collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve project outcomes.
• Encourage innovation, continuous improvement and manage and support change.

Core responsibilities include:

• Deliver a range of technical / risk assessment documentation and reports relating to the delivery of cyber projects including (but not limited to):
  • a. Security Risk Assessments.
  • b. Threat and Risk Assessments.
  • c. Statements of Applicability.
  • d. Security Risk Management Plans.
  • e. Privacy Impact Assessments.
• Provide leadership, direction, and oversight for services and activities to support the projects.
• Manage the assessment and reporting of information and cyber security risks, governance and compliance controls with regard to systems, processes, procedures, tools and techniques utilised by the services.
• Provide leadership on system and process management at the organisational and business levels.

The Candidate:
Essential criteria

• Demonstrated experience and success delivering governance, risk and compliance documentation including SRA, TRA, SoA, SRMP and PIA, using Federal Government information security policy (i.e. Information Security Manual, Protective Security Policy Framework) and Cyber Security principles and guidelines and recommended
  service offerings.

Desirable criteria:

•  Demonstrated experience in supporting the delivery of strategic, contemporary cyber security solutions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry Cyber Security frameworks, best practices and standards.
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry public cloud best practices and standards.

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• 5 months initial contract with 2×6 months extension
• Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days WFO
• Possibility of a 32 hour/week, 4 days working arrangement
• A fun, collaborative and productive team.
• Remote arrangement possible
• Below the line role

You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call and be prepared to sign a nondisclosure. Feel free to call thereafter on the following 0485 835 307

The Role:
The Security Engineer provides wintel and midrange security engineering services to deliver the technical implementation of a suite of priority cyber security services, including the engagement planning, technical
design, implementation and on-boarding to the services. The
security engineer should have significant experience in designing and implementing contemporary information and cyber security controls for email security, MS-Exchange, SOE management and endpoint security across wintel and a range of other midrange platforms.

Primary Technologies: MS-Office productivity applications, MS endpoints (server and desktop Operating Systems) and endpoint security controls associated with ASDs Essential Eight, DNS and other network protocols of interest to Cyber operations, Host based Intrusion Detection / Prevention Systems (HIDS/HIPS), Wintel, Linux and other mid-range platforms, secure network and gateway service technologies.

The Security Engineers Key Tasks/Duties may include some or all of the following:

• Responsible for the delivery of optimal cyber security solutions on wintel and other midrange platforms and endpoints.
• Oversee the design, installation and operation of secured security monitoring, client and transport processes and security solutions.
• Provide broad technical support and design services for project build, test and solution deployments for security solutions and controls.
• Liaise with the infrastructure, cyber security and gateway teams in the design, procurement and deployment of secure platform and network solutions and services.
• Oversee the adoption and operation of resilient security solutions.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement and manage and lead change in security solutions.
• Collaborate with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders to achieve project outcomes.
• Oversee and prepare a range of technical documentation and reports for information and cyber security solutions.

The Candidate:
Essential criteria

• Demonstrated experience and success designing and implementing endpoint securitysolutions in large complex environments, including security controls for email security, MS-Exchange and SOE management.

Desirable criteria:

• Demonstrated experience in configuring and deploying secure network services on endpoints, including host-based sensors, agent software and related security controls and configurations.
• Demonstrated knowledge of industry Cyber Security frameworks, best practices and standards including Federal Government information security policy (i.e. Information Security Manual, Protective Security Policy Framework) and Cyber Security principles and guidelines.

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• 5 months initial contract with 2×6 months extension
• Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days WFO
• Possibility of a 32 hour/week, 4 days working arrangement
• A fun, collaborative and productive team.
• Remote arrangement possible
• Below the line role

You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call and be prepared to sign a nondisclosure. Feel free to call thereafter on the following 0485 835 307

The Role:

The Senior Business Analyst Key Tasks/Duties may include some or all of the following:

• Supporting strategic business engagement and project initiation ·
• Pre-project analysis and discovery 
• Contributing to capability uplift ·
• Supporting and coaching business teams in the adoption of agile practices
• Architecting business requirements and designs to enable alignment across a range of business teams

The Candidate:
Essential criteria

• Extensive experience using multiple business analysis techniques and skills from various methodologies.
• Ability to choose and apply techniques that will provide the most value for any given situation/project
• Excellent at facilitating collaboration between all project stakeholders, including designing and leading workshops
• Ability to independently seek out and engage stakeholders, establishing and nurturing productive relationships
• Excellent creative problem-solving skills
• Experience working in an Agile and Iterative Development approach
• Work independently in complex situations with a pragmatic approach to allocated work, demonstrating commitment to project outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high quality, concise, easy to read and relevant architecture and analysis documentation for digital services
• Experience in coaching business teams in agile approaches for change
• Ability to train and support business subject matter experts in how to be a Product Manager/Owner
• Strategic mindset that will help identify opportunities for alignment and efficiencies that are not readily apparent.

Desirable criteria:

• Demonstrated experience working within the Australian Public Service framework at a federal level.
• Experience in guiding projects on the adoption of the Australian Government’s Digital Service Standard and the principles behind human-centred design
• Experience with data analytics, including data modelling and data management.

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• 12 months initial contract with 2×12 months extension
• Hybrid working arrangement
• A fun, collaborative and productive team.
• Remote arrangement possible
• Below the line role

“OPENING THE GATEWAY BETWEEN TALENT & OPPORTUNITY”

You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call and be prepared to sign a nondisclosure. Feel free to call thereafter on the following 0485 835 307

The Role:
A division in the Department is looking for Azure Platform Engineers who have experience in managing cloud hosted infrastructure using infrastructure as code in support of data and analytics workloads.

The roles will be responsible for the detailed solution design, development, and implementation of infrastructure in Azure in support of data and analytics workloads. These outcomes are delivered using an infrastructure as code deployment model using Terraform.

The successful candidates will have experience with the following platforms and technology:
1. Azure Cloud

• Azure hosted Data and Analytics Platforms such as:
  • Data Lake
  • SQL Databases
  • Azure Databricks
  • Synapse Analytics
• Azure security features such as:
  • Networking
  • Identity and Access Management
  • Policy

2. Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform based infrastructure management
• Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines

3. Infrastructure as a Service hosted platforms

• ArcGIS Enterprise
• Virtual Machine hosted services

4. Desirable: Experience with legacy data technology solutions – Oracle, Ingres, SQL Server, Wintel Server Network file shares

The Candidate:
Essential criteria

• Experience designing, building and maintaining cloud hosted platforms and services (Infrastructure, Platform and Software as a Service)
• Experience developing, implementing, and supporting cloud infrastructure using an infrastructure as code (IaC) approach
• Understanding of cloud security features for platforms and services such as Identity and Access Management, Networking and Policy
• Experience working in Data and Analytics focused projects (Data Engineering, Storage or Data Science)
• Working with multi-disciplinary teams using an Agile methodology

Desirable criteria

• Experience working with Data Lake
• Experience working with Geospatial platforms

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• 12 month contracting role, 2 x 12 month extensions
• A fun, collaborative and productive team.
• Below the line role