Information Security Analyst

Company Description

At Leidos, we do work that really matters inspired by our mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more efficient through technology, engineering, and science. With 25 years of local experience, our 2000 team members, work together to solve Australia’s toughest challenges in government, defence, intelligence and border protection. We’re robust and ambitious, and we empower our people to do their best work. You’ll feel inspired by what you can achieve and will be supported by an inclusive and flexible culture that genuinely cares for your wellbeing. Together, we can be the difference.

We've got so much to offer at Leidos, here are a just a few of the **Benefits** we provide our team:

- ** Flexible work arrangements** to support work life balance enabling you to feel supported and achieve balance.
- ** Life Days** are the Leidos way of recognising that we all need some extra time out to take care of life. By working slightly more than the minimum weekly hours (2 hours per week for full timers) you can accrue up to **an extra 12 days of leave** per year.
- ** Professional development** and support to set you up for success and assist you in achieving your career aspirations.
- ** Leidos Life Hub **provides access to discount offers or cashback rewards with over 400 Australian and International retailers

**Job Description**:
We have an opportunity for an Information Security Analyst to join our team in Scoresby Melbourne or Canberra, to support the development of the Australian Defence Force's Health Knowledge Management System. You will be responsible for maintaining accreditation and certification of software systems and the associated support organisation in order to meet customer needs, as part of a supportive and integrated team of peers. The team is developing complex and exciting technologies, designed to operate in traditional, cloud and mobile data centres and includes Project Managers, Software/System/Security Architects and Engineers.

Responsibilities include:

- Author and contribute to the design and definition of the security solution components
- Work with the engineering team and architects on solutions and alignment to existing and pipeline security solutions
- Assist in managing the information security architecture of the evolving design of the solution, including the integration with security models of external systems
- Ensure that information security requirements to be met by the supported systems are adequately and unambiguously defined
- Maintain and support certification and accreditation of the supported systems through updates to the security documentation suite in line with relevant policy, processes and frameworks (PSPF, DSPF, ISM)
- Assist in the management of information security procedures to meet program requirements, and coordination of information security incident responses
- Coach and mentor others to foster security awareness and foster a strong security culture.

**Qualifications**:
**About You and What You'll Bring**
- Substantial professional experience with security management, architecture, certification and accreditation
- Experience in Defence information assurance requirements including the Australian Government Information Security Manual
- Knowledge and exposure to systems and enterprise architecture, systems engineering, software and ICT engineering and interface protocols
- Experience working on large, complex ICT systems and in Defence ICT.
- Relevant certifications or Professional membership would be **desirable**.

Your personal and professional attributes will include strong and proven problem solving and organisational skills. You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, together with the ability to coach and mentor others to further the professional development of the team.

Additional Information

We’re a certified Family Friendly Workplace. We respect the caring responsibilities and needs of our people who needs to care for loved ones; it’s a mindset - not a policy. When you grow, we grow. Be it through our exciting pipeline line of projects or by partnering with a People Leader who will guide, mentor and support you

We’ve been keeping Australia safer, healthier and more efficient for 25 years, here’s just three ways how:

- We’re building the next generation secret end user environment for the Australian Department of Defence across a number of strategic locations around Australia.
- We support over 26,000 ATO users for their end user technology needs.
- We developed agile desktop environment for the Australian Department of Defence to improve cybersecurity.

**_ Due to the nature of the role we require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and be able to hold and maintain an NV1 security clearance._**

Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold du