Aps5 Cyber Security Analyst Cbr: Services Australia

**Job Information**:
Industry
- IT Services

City
- Canberra

Province
- Australian Capital Territory

Country
- Australia

Postal Code
- 2600

Number of Positions
- 2

**About Services Australia**

We touch the lives of almost every Australian and we are here to help people meet life's challenges. Services Australia is responsible for the delivery of advice and high quality, accessible social, health and child support services and payments. We continually build on our foundation of service excellence to shape how government services are delivered to the Australian community. Our task is to modernise the way we work to deliver simple, helpful, respectful and transparent services every time. We offer work that improves the lives of Australians, great working conditions, workplace diversity and inclusion that reflects the community we serve and flexible work practises for work and family life balance.

**Aurora offers**:
- 18-month employment contract with a competitive salary
- Learning and development - including on-the-job and formal training/qualification
- Ongoing support and coaching throughout the program from an experienced neurodiversity specialist provider
- A dedicated agency relationship manager.

**About the role**

APS5 Cyber Security Analyst (2 Vacancies)

**About the team - Cyber Operations Branch**

**Tenure**

The roles are full-time, non-ongoing/ongoing, non-ongoing contracts for up to 18 months.

**Location of role**

These roles are located in Greenway, Canberra, ACT

**What you will do
The Cyber Security Operations team is the first line of defence in the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC). They are responsible for monitoring, analysis, remediation and referral of suspicious or malicious cyber events impacting Services Australia and its shared service agencies. All Security Analysts are required to exercise independence, initiative and judgment in the assessment of cyber security events.

A Security Analyst is expected to complete complex tasks under limited direction against established priorities and procedures. Employees in this role are responsible for making decisions relating to detection and response of cyber events, based on technical knowledge, best practice, research and analysis. This role requires in-depth knowledge of cyber security fundamentals to accurately determine impact, relevance and urgency on cyber security incidents.

**As a Cyber Security Analyst, you will work as part of a multi-skilled team to**:

- Have accountability for tasks and decisions and supports less experienced employees in achieving their goals through the provision of guidance and quality assurance.
- Develop plans and objectives for short-term tasks of the work area and contribute to strategic planning for longer-term initiatives of the section.
- Identify problems or issues and resolve or establish treatments to mitigate.
- Contribute to the setting of the direction of work priorities and practices, monitoring work flow and identifying training needs for lower classification levels.
- Ensure knowledge of and compliance with legislative, financial and administrative frameworks, government decision-making processes and agency guidelines and regulations.

**Requirements**:
**_
What you should have_**

These things are important to have:

- Ability to work in a fast-paced Agile team environment
- Ability to think critically and have solid problem-solving skills
- Ability to work on tasks autonomously and seek assistance when required
- Good time-management skills
- Effective communication skills, ability to convey messages, both verbal and written
- Good attention to details
- Positive attitude towards learning new technologies and products
- A background in IT, either professionally or academically, with knowledge of an Agile project delivery lifecycle
- Ability to analyse business requirements and design documentation
- Ability to interact with client and Services Australia project stakeholders, including team leads

**_
What is nice to have_**

These things are not essential, but if you have them that's great:

- Obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering; Software Development; Information Technology; Systems Engineering; Computer Science; Network Security; Data and Analytics; Mathematics; Statistics; Engineering; Business; Software Development; Cyber Security or related disciplines or have relatable real-world experience in same or similar fields.
- A strong interest or experience in any of the following or related fields: Systems Testing, Applications Development, Data Analytics, Systems Analysis, Business Analysis, Systems Administration, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing (AWS, Azure, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes), DevOps, Networking, Engineering, Business, or in related disciplines
- Passion for cyber security, learning, and knowledge sharing
- Previous experience in governance & compliance or cyber security role would be desirable
- Proactive in following the assurance proc