Cyber Security Specialist L5 and L6

Cyber Security Specialist

Level 5-6

$105,013 - $133,968 plus superannuation

ASIS is Australia’s overseas secret intelligence collection agency. Its mission is to protect and promote

Australia’s vital interests through the provision of intelligence services as directed by the Government.

Its work can involve collecting intelligence relating to national security, international relations and

economic issues. It also contributes to Australia’s coordinated national efforts against terrorism,

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and trans-national issues such as people smuggling.

ASIS employs people in a wide range of roles, including technologists. These roles require dynamic team

players who enjoy working with stakeholders, team members and individually on projects. ASIS is looking

for people who will be able to meet tight deadlines and work to support ASIS priorities. Sucessful

written communication skills; and, strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. Relevant

tertiary qualifications and demonstrable experience will be highly regarded.

ASIS is a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people are empowered through authenticity and a

sense of belonging to achieve their potential and contribute to a shared purpose and mission. We seek

peoples, women, people with a disability, neurodiverse, people from culturally and linguistically diverse

backgrounds and those who identify as LGBTIQA+.

We offer a competitive salary package including 22 days annual leave, shutdown between Christmas

and New Years Day, 15% employer superannuation contribution and generous paid maternity/paternity

leave. Full and part time positions as well as flexible work hours can be negotiated.

These roles are Canberra office-based with successful applicant required to obtain and maintain a

Security Clearance.

If you are interested in working in a particular area, we encourage you to tailor your responses to indicate

your relevant skills and experience with regards to that function. (Operations, Engineering, Assurance)

ROLE: Cyber Security Specialist (Level 5-6)**

Operating within Security Branch, Cyber Security Directorate monitors, enables, and advises on the

cyber security of the myriad technologies that underpin ASIS’s business and operations. Cyber Security

is multi-disciplinary team that consists of three key work streams - Operations, Engineering, and

Assurance - that provide the following services:
1.**Operations

a. Develop, monitor, and triage security logs and alerts;
b. Coordinate delivery of the Service’s cyber security incident response activities; and

c. Undertake threat hunts to proactively identify anomalous network activity.

2.**Engineering

a. Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify and address cyber security capability gaps;
b. Plan and manage the development of current and future cyber security capabilities;
c. Maintain cyber security capabilities as exemplars of effective and secure system design,

in a high-security environment.

3.**Assurance

a. Assess and report on the cyber security risk posture of ASIS’s systems;
b. Provide security architecture advice to ASIS’s projects and system managers; and

c. Develop and deliver cyber security awareness campaigns to ASIS staff.

Please ensure you identify the specific role(s) you would like to be considered for when submitting your

Roles

Analyst - Cyber Security Operations

You will be a member of the Operations team, responsible for the cyber security monitoring of ASIS’s

systems, and coordination of the Service’s cyber incident response activities. You will support the

delivery and day-to-day use of cyber security use cases, to enable the detection of key threats to the

Service. In the event of an incident, you will support the delivery of Service’s cyber security incident

response activities. You will also support cyber security threat hunt activities to proactively identify

potential threats to ASIS’s systems.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Familiarity with risk management.
- A working understanding of the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), Information

Security Manual (ISM), and Essential Eight (E8).
- Experience within at least one technology domain (e.g. infrastructure, virtualisation, databases,

software development, data analytics, machine learning, etc.).
- A desire to refine and expand your technical knowledge and skills in a cyber security context,

including, but not limited to: SIEM and Data Analytics platforms, query/coding languages such

as SQL, SPL, Java, Python and/or PowerShell, and digital forensics.

Engineer - Cyber Security Engineer

You will be a member of the Engineering team. You will support the development and maintence of

technical capabilities that directly support the broader team’s services. You will contribute to the

execution of ASIS’s Cyber Security Capability Roadmap by: researching, developing and integrating new

technical capabilities to en