Protective Security Advisor, Public Sector

DXC Technology (NYSE:DXC) - where brilliant people embrace change and seize opportunities to advance their careers and amplify customer success.

This role will see you working within DXC’s Public Sector Security Team to cultivate and embed an enduring and positive security culture in DXC’s Public Sector Industry. You will support and work closely with our Chief Security Officer - Public Sector Industry, and focus on strengthening internal security governance, policies, and procedures to safeguard our Industry’s people, information, and assets, including those same resources entrusted to us by our customers.

**Key responsibilities**:

- providing enabling protective security advice - aligned to Commonwealth/customer security expectations - while proportionately safeguarding information, people and assets
- establishing new, and maintaining existing internal security frameworks, policies, and team standard operating procedures
- responding to and processing security related requests submitted to the team
- facilitate security training, awareness sessions and briefings to personnel
- contributing to continuous improvement initiatives to ensure our security documentation and processes remain fit for purpose
- contribute to maintaining the physical security accreditation standards of certain restricted office areas in Canberra, ACT, including risk assessments and participating in a rotational afterhours response roster
- Defence Industry Security Officer duties, including security clearance administration, maintaining relevant security registers and personnel databases, and support security incident responses
- other reasonable tasks as directed by the Chief Security Officer - Public Sector Industry from time to time

**Key requirements**:
Critical to your success, you will be an effective team player and leverage your:

- capability to develop, maintain and implement high-quality written security policies and procedures, including security communications to personnel
- experience responding to security incidents, and conducting security compliance activities
- excellent time management to deliver a diverse workload in a high pace environment
- strong communication skills to clearly articulate security requirements and champion security, and
- ability to establish and maintain effective and trusted working relationships both internally and externally.

**Additional specific job requirements / qualifications**:

- You must be an Australian Citizen
- Ability to obtain and maintain a minimum Negative Vetting Level 1 security clearance, and satisfactorily pass DXC’s pre-engagement integrity checks
- Previous employment in a federal government protective security function (Highly desirable)
- Completion of a Diploma of Security and Risk Management, and/or Diploma of Government (Security) (Highly Desirable)
- Completion of the DS&VS Security Officer Training within the last 3 years (Not essential but desirable)
- Preferred location: Canberra, ACT

**Our culture and benefits**:DXC is committed to building better futures for our customers, colleagues, environment, and communities. We take care of each other and foster a culture of inclusion, belonging and corporate citizenship. We put this to action developing and implementing societal initiatives within our Social Impact Practice. #WeAreDXC

As an employer of choice, our “people first” philosophy means we offer competitive remuneration, benefits, training and career opportunities that reflect our commitment to improving the lives of our employees, and the communities in which we live and work. Some of these include;
- Extensive resources to support your onboarding and continual development including DXC University
- DXC Recognition, our global virtual platform that fosters a culture of appreciation and celebration with real-time reward and recognition
- We know that great people refer great people. We will reward you when you bring your friends and family to work at DXC
- More time to do the things you love with flexible leave options, including purchased leave
- Take time to give back with charitable and emergency services volunteer days
- Well-being matters to us and our Employee Assistance Program is there to support you and your family

And of course, all the basics: Novated Leasing, discounted health insurance, paid parental leave and many other discounts

In return, we agree to ensure a hiring process that is enjoyable, thorough, and fair. We strive to provide an environment that lets you thrive and show off the very best version of yourself, while learning about us at the same time.

Interviews and onboarding are conducted online, as part of us being a virtual-first company.

**We are an Equal Opportunity Employer**:DXC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we welcome submissions from people from all walks of life. We celebrate our diversity and recognise it is the unique contributions of our people that give us our edge. We stand by the