Senior Information Security Officer

Play a key role in detecting threats, strengthening defences, and building a safer digital future for healthcare.
Take the next step in your career with a role focused on improving cyber security awareness and risk management across multiple Metro South Health locations, including major hospitals and community facilities.
Your New Role
In this senior role, you will support the implementation and continuous improvement of cyber security practices across Metro South Health by:

• Conducting vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and information security risk assessments, and prioritising remediation based on risk.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders, vendors, and the Security Operations Centre to respond to threats and enhance security posture.
• Advocating for strong security configurations and access to critical security tools, including firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and endpoint protection.
• Supporting cyber security awareness and engagement programs to improve organisational resilience.

About You
You will bring a combination of technical expertise and stakeholder engagement skills to this role, with:

• Experience conducting vulnerability assessments or security risk assessments and developing mitigation strategies.
• Strong knowledge of security standards, controls, and technologies such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, IAM, PAM, and firewalls.
• Excellent communication skills, including technical documentation and the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Sound judgment and problem-solving skills to prioritise risks and recommend practical solutions.

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What We Can Offer You

• Opportunities to contribute to innovative, digital-first healthcare projects that directly impact patient outcomes.
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance and personal commitments.
• A diverse, inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve and values collaboration and respect.
• Access to cutting-edge technologies and ongoing learning to keep your cyber security skills current.
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Princess Alexandra Hospital
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together .

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Security