Cyber Security Consultant

4 days ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia QBE Insurance Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year
Primary DetailsTime Type: Full timeWorker Type: Employee

  • Location: Sydney

  • Type: Permanent, full time

  • Hybrid role, Happy to talk flexible working

  • Click here to discover what it's like to be a part of QBE Group  

The opportunity

We're looking for an experienced and forward-thinking Cyber Security Consultant to join our expanding team. In this role, you'll collaborate closely with technology and business stakeholders to ensure systems are designed and implemented with security at the forefront. You'll play a key part in identifying and managing risks, ensuring compliance with established processes, standards, and best practices.

Your new role

A day in this role may look a bit like this;

  • Conducting 'Secure By Design' assessments to align risks with business risk appetite.

  • Providing technical security advice, solutioning, and assurance in line with industry best practices.

  • Taking personal accountability for identifying and mitigating technical or business security weaknesses.

  • Building strong relationships with divisional business and project stakeholders, proactively identifying issues, and improving security consultancy services for divisional and global projects.

  • Works closely with the broader cyber security team and other teams to identify opportunities for strategic security solutions.

  • Takes ownership of problems and proactively resolves technical problems, ensuring that technical solutions continue to meet business requirements. Takes full accountability for actions taken and decisions made

  • Works with our extended consulting team to review security related service now requests and complex problems

  • Contribute to a positive environment by modelling cultural expectations, continuous improvement, collaboration and embrace 'can do' attitude

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have experience within the Cyber and IT industry, with previous security consulting experience highly regarded. You will also have:

  • Demonstrated ability to assess security risks and think like an adversary to identify potential vulnerabilities.

  • Strong technical expertise with the ability to apply solutions effectively in a business context.

  • A curious, analytical mindset with agility to adapt to fast-paced and evolving business needs.

  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution.

  • Solid understanding of security and risk frameworks (e.g., ISO27001, NIST800, PCI-DSS) and related technologies.

About QBE

We can never really predict what's around the corner, but at QBE we're asking the right questions to enable a more resilient future – helping those around us build strength and embrace change to their advantage. We're an international insurer that's building momentum towards realising our vision of becoming the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

And our people will be at the centre of our success. We're proud to work together, and encourage each other enable resilience for our customers, our environment, our economies and our communities. With more than more than 13,000 people working across 27 countries, we're big enough to make a real impact, but small enough to provide a friendly workplace, where people are down-to-earth, passionate and kind.

We believe this is our moment – what if it was yours too? Your career at QBE — let's make it happen

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to and benefit from:

  • 'Hybrid Working' – a mix of working from home and in the office to enhance your work/life balance

  • Life Leave, supporting the life events we all experience, leaving your annual leave for rest

  • Free holistic wellbeing coaching, nutritional, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

  • 18 weeks' gender-equal flexible leave for all new parents, including paid super

  • Voluntary super contributions and company matching

  • Income protection insurance & reimbursed Death and Total Permanent Disability insurance premiums

  • A range of discounts on insurance products, car hire, hotels, goods and services

Rewards & Recognition

We value our employee's experience with us and are proud to have been recognised for the following awards:

  • 2025 Winner of Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award at the Insurance Business Australia Awards for our program

  • 2023 Most Inclusive Workplace at the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) Awards 

  • 2021 LinkedIn Top Employer & HRD Employer of Choice

  • 2020 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion and Excellence Award for Best Health & Wellbeing at the Australian HR Awards

  • Platinum employer on the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) – the definitive national benchmark on LGBTQI+ workplace inclusion

  • Ranked in the top ten in the AAGE Top Graduate Employers 2025 for medium sized program as voted by graduates

  • Family Friendly Workplace accredited employer since 2021

Apply now

APPLY NOW and let's make it happen 

Click APPLY to submit your application. Successful applicants will need to complete work rights, police and credit checks through our online provider as a condition of employment.

QBE recognise the value of diverse perspectives and experience. We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected for who they are. If we can provide support with access requirements, alternative work arrangements or you would like to connect with one of our networks please contact us at

Skills:

Analytical Thinking, Conflict Management, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Cyber Security Governance, Financial Systems, Individual Resilience, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Problem Solving, Risk Management, Security Monitoring, Team Management, Threat Mitigation, Vulnerability ManagementApplication Close Date: 26/11/2025 11:59 PM

How to Apply:

To submit your application, click "Apply" and follow the step by step process.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.

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