Cyber Security Risk Manager for Defence Digital Modernisation

3 weeks ago


Canberra, ACT, Australia Leidos Full time

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions to the Federal Government's complex IT engineering challenges. As a Prime Systems Integrator, we tackle projects that are often on a scale and variety rarely seen by other organisations.

With our team of cyber professionals providing leading-edge cyber security capabilities for the environments our deployed military personnel rely on, this role offers you the opportunity to utilise your broad experience in a supportive team environment, learn new technologies in the cyber security space, and interact with highly technical peers, partners, and customer personnel.

Your New Role

As a Cyber Security Risk Manager, you will be responsible for conducting proactive risk management activities including the delivery of high-quality, comprehensive risk assessments, discovery, analysis, tracking, and reporting. This is an interesting role with broad responsibilities and scope that will allow you to test and hone your skills while contributing to National Security.

Risk Management Responsibilities:

  • Lead and undertake the timely delivery of cyber security risk analysis and advisory services to stakeholders and the broader team.
  • Prioritise and present identified risks and recommendations at relevant forums.
  • Proactively maintain the risk register and track risk response progress.
  • Oversight, measuring, and monitoring of security risk across multiple complex environments.
  • Evaluation of the effectiveness of security controls against the Australian Government ISM, Essential 8, NIST, other approved cyber security frameworks, and standard designs.
  • Development and submission of high-quality artefacts including risk assessments and reports.
  • Practical application of cyber security governance, risk, and compliance principles and frameworks.
  • Continuous improvement of risk management processes and service delivery.
  • Mentoring of staff.
  • Security and compliance auditing.
  • Documentation and record management.

Our ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience in a similar role working in a complex environment. You will also have experience in risk management and completing risk assessments, as well as proven leadership and problem-solving abilities. Certification such as CRISC, CISM, CISA, CISSP, ISO27001, or similar will be viewed favourably.

The estimated annual salary for this position is $120,000-$180,000 AUD, depending on location and experience.

We value diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applications from candidates who share our commitment to these values.



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