ICT Security Specialist
2 weeks ago
Location Profile: Heatherwood School is a secondary school for students aged 12–18 years with mild intellectual disabilities. The school provides programs on and off campus to support student independence, personal growth, and the ability to engage in socially productive and fulfilling lifestyles.
Heatherwood Vision Statement: The Heatherwood school community aims to provide a dynamic and supportive learning environment that develops students' self-motivation, independence, and personal worth. Programs are delivered within the framework of Department of Education policies and the school community's values, promoting social equality, respect, and shared responsibility.
Position Summary: Heatherwood School seeks an ICT Security Specialist to manage and lead IT security, network infrastructure, and digital learning systems. The role involves planning, implementing, and maintaining cybersecurity measures, monitoring network systems, managing disaster recovery, and supporting secure learning environments. The position works closely with school leadership, Heatherwood IT staff, and the DE Central ICT and TSSP teams to ensure compliance with DE Victoria ICT standards.
Responsibilities include maintain and auditing devices, providing technical support and ensuring technology is inclusive for students with mild intellectual disabilities and any duties as directed by the Principal.
Key Selection Criteria
SC1 – ICT Security Expertise: Proven experience in cybersecurity, managing network systems, servers, virtual machines, and security applications in line with DE standards.
SC2 – Network and Systems Management: Experience deploying and maintaining IT infrastructure, including Sentral, Xuno, servers, routers, switches, VPNs, and MDM systems.
SC3 – Problem-Solving and Incident Response: Demonstrated analytical skills, experience with vulnerability testing, incident response, and mitigation strategies.
SC4 – Communication and Collaboration: Ability to communicate complex ICT/security concepts to non-technical stakeholders and work collaboratively with leadership, ICT teams, DE teams, and vendors.
SC5 – Policy, Compliance, and Professionalism: Knowledge of ICT security frameworks, DE policies, child safety standards, and maintaining ICT documentation and operational procedures.
SC6 – Local Criteria Proven ability to work with students who have special needs.
Key Responsibilities:
Plan, deploy, and manage the school's Learning Management Systems, including developing and testing disaster recovery strategies to ensure uninterrupted digital learning experiences.
Implement, configure, and maintain database systems across school environments, ensuring strong security controls, reliable backups, and comprehensive documentation of database architecture and processes.
Deploy, configure, and maintain servers, switches, routers, virtual machines, and other core network systems, ensuring alignment with DE ICT security standards and best practices.
Develop and enforce ICT security policies and procedures to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of school data across all IT systems.
Conduct regular network and system assessments, identify vulnerabilities, and provide actionable recommendations to school leadership to optimise performance, resilience, and security.
Monitor cybersecurity threats and respond to incidents, implementing mitigation strategies to prevent data breaches, system downtime, or other ICT security risks.
Manage endpoint and device security, including Mobile Device Management (MDM), application deployment, and policy enforcement across all school-owned devices.
Perform regular vulnerability testing on networks, servers, and databases, identifying weaknesses and implementing improvements to strengthen the overall ICT security posture.
Oversee operational and preventive maintenance of backups and disaster recovery systems, ensuring business continuity and secure access to critical resources.
Provide guidance and advice to school leadership and staff on ICT security best practices, risk management, and compliance with DE cybersecurity policies.
Maintain accurate ICT documentation, including system logs, operational procedures, and security reports, ensuring compliance with DE Information Security standards.
Research emerging cybersecurity threats, tools, and technologies, using findings to inform proactive ICT security planning and strengthen protection of school IT systems.
Support ICT solutions for students with mild intellectual disabilities.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term
Contract length: 26 months
Pay: $93,265.00 – $109,967.00 per year
Work Location: In person
