Cyber Security Associate Analyst

Cyber Security Associate Analyst - 4 Roles Available (Engineering, Design & Assurance, Strategy & G

**Location**:MELBOURNE, VIC, AU, 3008SYDNEY, NSW, AU, 2000

**Employment Type**:Permanent Full Time
- At Insignia Financial, we’re not just dreaming about the future of wealth management — we’re making it happen. With over 2.2 million customers and $321.8 billion in funds under management, we’re transforming how Australians grow and protect their money through smarter technology and simpler, more meaningful experiences.
- As one of the country’s largest wealth and retirement businesses, we help Australians plan for and live well in retirement, with Technology as the backbone of our business. Cyber security sits right at the heart of that, keeping our platforms safe and trusted. With increasing demand for secure digital experiences, we’re investing heavily in our cyber future, including growing the next generation of cyber experts.

**Cyber Launchpad** is our new, purpose-built Associate Analyst program designed to give early-career cyber professionals a serious start in cyber. We have four specialist roles, where you’ll get hands-on experience, tailored mentoring, and structured learning in a real-world enterprise environment. You’ll be embedded in our core domains, work alongside seasoned experts, and help protect the financial future of millions of Australians.

Join a culture that’s diverse, inclusive, and built to help you succeed — this is your chance to build a career that actually makes a difference.

**About the Program**
- We’re **hiring four full-time Associate Cyber Security Analysts** to join our Cyber Security teams in:

- **Engineering**- Gain hands-on experience managing security platforms, monitoring live environments, triaging incidents, and improving threat detection across enterprise systems.
- **Design & Assurance** - Learn how to embed security into software delivery pipelines and cloud platforms, working on DevSecOps practices, automation, and secure design.
- **Strategy & Governance** - Build expertise in cyber risk, compliance, policies, and governance frameworks that guide security at scale across the organisation.
- **Cyber Security Management Team** - Have breadth across all core cyber domains, working directly with the GM Cyber Security and wider leadership team to support key initiatives and build broad, strategic insight into how cyber operates.

**Role 1: Associate Cyber Security Analyst - Engineering**
- In this opportunity you will get hands-on with the systems that keep our business secure. Supporting the deployment, management, and fine-tuning of critical security platforms, from intrusion detection and endpoint protection to cloud-native tooling and data loss prevention.
- You’ll actively contribute to monitoring and maintaining live environments, help triage incidents, and learn how to optimise security telemetry for threat detection. It’s the perfect fit for someone who loves learning by doing, and who wants to deepen their understanding of how enterprise security really works.

**What you’ll bring**:

- A passion for cyber and an eagerness to get hands-on with tools and systems
- Some foundational knowledge in networking, operating systems, or IT troubleshooting
- An analytical mindset — someone who spots issues and wants to get to the root cause
- Confidence to ask questions, work through challenges, and grow with feedback
- Bonus points if you’ve dabbled in home labs, online courses, or self-led projects
- You’ll be based in **Melbourne or Sydney**, embedded in a supportive team with direct 1:1 mentoring from your manager. You’ll have access to tool-specific training, knowledge-sharing sessions, and a growing engineering community that values curiosity and continuous learning.

**Role 2: Associate Cyber Security Analyst - Design & Assurance**
In this role you you’ll be embedded in a fast-moving, hands-on team shaping how security is designed and delivered into real tech solutions. Think DevSecOps, secure software pipelines, container security, and cloud platforms.
- You’ll be learning from some of the best in the business, supported by curated training, live tool demos, and internal workshops — all while building technical depth through hands-on experience. You’ll work on real-world challenges like embedding security into software delivery pipelines, using automation tools to identify and fix vulnerabilities, supporting threat modelling and risk assessments, and learning how to secure modern platforms from code to cloud.

**What we’re looking for**:

- A keen interest in software security, with a naturally curious mindset and a drive to learn fast
- Some familiarity with coding, GitHub, or CI/CD concepts
- Not afraid to try, fail, ask questions, and try again
- A communicator who collaborates well and thinks critically
- Being based in either **Melbourne or Sydney**, you’ll join a collaborative team with strong mentoring from senior professionals across the Design &