Infrastructure Security Specialist

**Job no**: V14212
**Work type**: Ongoing Full Time
**Location**: Melbourne, Any - Any location
**Categories**: Cyber Security

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) is the national agency responsible for administering the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (National Scheme) in partnership with 15 National Boards for the regulated health professions.

This is a full-time opportunity based in Melbourne working a hybrid (2 office days) arrangement.

**About the Role**

Are you ready to take the lead in securing critical infrastructure that supports Australia's healthcare regulation? At Ahpra, we're on a mission to protect and strengthen our digital environment—and we need an Infrastructure Security Specialist with vision and expertise to help us get there.

In this exciting and impactful role, you’ll develop and implement infrastructure security strategies across both on-premises and cloud environments. You'll be at the forefront of ensuring the performance, reliability, and security of our networks, systems, and services.

You will play a pivotal role towards ensuring continued cyber and information security posturing, by identifying risks and vulnerabilities and proposing recommendations to respond to potential threats. Your work will directly contribute to maintaining the integrity of healthcare regulation in Australia.

**Key Accountabilities include**:

- Review and assess Ahpra’s enterprise and security solution architecture/design to identify security risks and provide recommendations for compliance with Ahpra Cybersecurity Strategy, Policies, Standards, and best practices, and assist in implementation.
- Work closely with the IT Service Management and operations teams to audit on-premise infrastructure / Azure tenant and make / implement recommendations
- Improve vulnerability management across all infrastructure technologies
- Design and implement ZTNA / network segmentation in conjunction with Infrastructure specialists based on MPLS / SD Wan
- Contribute specialist capabilities to the solutioning and implementation of initiatives including, but not limited to:

- Securing Ahpra’s SOE (servers and end user devices)
- Configuring and managing security software, such as EDR and endpoint protection
- Define Cryptographic Standard and align TLS configuration across all systems
- DNS design including Https
- Data loss prevention
- Saas based security tooling including, SASE, WAF, Salesforce,
- Support design and solutions for hardening systems to minimise potential vulnerabilities.
- Contribute to and support configuration of IT infrastructure, including firewalls, routers, switches, and intrusion detection / prevention systems (IDS / IPS / EDR / xDR / Canary tokens)
- Govern infrastructure configuration and as-built against design and policies

Key technologies:

- Microsoft AD / EntraID / Intune / SCCM / M365 / Purview / AVD / PAW
- Microsoft Azure cloud
- Windows desktop 10/11
- Palo Alto
- Global Connect
- Juniper Wireless /
- F5 / CloudFlare
- Darktrace, MS Defender, Crowdstrike
- MS Sentinel / Purview
- Lets Encrypt / Key Management / secrets management / PAM

**About you**

You will have a wealth of professional experience within security engineering, architecture, technical implementations and a strong background in certification, accreditation, and the implementation of robust security frameworks within complex ICT environments. You will bring deep expertise in Australian Government information assurance requirements, including the Information Security Manual (ISM), NIST CSF2.0 and Essential 8 ML2, and have played a key role in securing critical systems across large-scale government and enterprise projects.

You can review more in the attached role description:
- Discounted health insurance with Medibank Private
- Great work/life balance
- Sophisticated open plan workspaces in a 5-star rated building in a central location
- Attractive salary of $155,869 plus Superannuation

**To apply**:

- Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process
- Applications Close: 11.30pm AEDT Sunday 6 July 2025

Ahpra requires all employees to comply with Ahpra policies, including the Flexible working policy.

**We will be shortlisting throughout the advertising period and should we identify suitable applicants, we may cease advertising early.**

With respect, no agencies please

**Advertised**: 23 Jun 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 06 Jul 2025 E. Australia Standard Time