Cloud Security Engineer

Gateway Synergy is looking for a highly experienced Cloud Security Engineer for a government agency. An exciting opportunity is open for a rapidly growing project. Be part of a team that makes meaningful changes and improves Australian lives. 

The Role
The agency strives to encourage the sustainable growth of Australian industries including the delivery of a national innovation system to drive knowledge creation, international competitiveness and greater productivity.

The CIO Group provides a range of enabling services and operations delivery to the department and to Australian businesses and are seeking an experienced and motivated Cloud Security Engineer with a minimum of 5 years’ experience to assist with the management and development of the Department’s Cloud security infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities
Cloud Security Engineers will be required to:

• Support security operations engineering projects within the Azure environment.
• Deploy cloud-based security services, process automations, reviews and general feature updates.
• Develop enterprise level detailed architecture documentation for Cloud based services.
• Develop high level solution architectures for cloud-based systems.
• Develop detailed architecture guidance for cloud engineers.
• Provide impact analysis of user/stakeholder requirements.
• Ensure that the enterprise and system solutions maintain adherence to whole-of-government standards.
• Provide technical guidance and input into the design and build of cloud-based systems.
• Liaise with a cross-functional teams including business owners, scrum masters, business analysts, developers, enterprise architects & testers to produce solutions in accordance with stakeholder requirements and project objectives.
• Provide expertise and assistance in platform automation – testing, continuous integration and deployment
• Promote key enterprise architecture principles as applicable to cloud platforms – re-use before buy/build, configure over customise, open data/access over siloed functionality
• Promote and help ensure solutions align with the DTA’s Digital Service Standard
• Be strategic, a leader and influencer.
• Undertake additional duties as required.

The Candidate
Essential Criteria:

• Cloud Security experience:

o Demonstrated experience 5yrs+ supporting security operations engineering projects within the Azure environment, including architecture documentation, deployment of services, process automation and reviews and general feature updates.
o Demonstrated experience in managing cloud-based security services such as Sentinel, MS Defender, SIEM solutions, Endpoint Protection services (EDR), Office 365, Data Loss Prevention tools, CASB, Vulnerability Scanning and Management.

• Cloud experience:

o Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementation with technologies including: Azure Logic Apps, Azure SQL, Azure Service Bus, Azure API Manager.
o Experience developing and deploying solutions using Azure DevOps and Visual Studio for code development and management of repositories, and deployments using CI/CD.

• Cultural fit:

o Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams, including ability to work with technical and non-technical staff at all levels.
o Demonstrated ability to collaborate and mentor team members to promote team harmony.

• Agile:

o Experience working with Agile Multi-disciplinary teams to deliver secure, user friendly and reliable solutions that meet stakeholder, citizen, and business expectations.
o Ability to pragmatically change direction and scope as new information is discovered and challenges or opportunities present themselves.

Desirable Criteria:

• Demonstrated track record of technical leadership across project and operational tasks
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of cloud-based technologies and architectures

Please provide a one-page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

Closing date vacancy:
Friday, 21 February 2025 • 11:59pm, Canberra time

If you would like to look at our other unlisted roles, you can find them at: https://gatewaysynergy.com.au/careers/ 
 
You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call with Wiliana on 0482 074 845

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