IT Security Officer

1 month ago


Canberra, Australia Softtest pays pty ltd Full time

Please respond to the job if you are an Australian Citizen and residing in Australia.

  • Contract start 21 November 2022 To 30 June 2023, 3 x 6 months extensions.
  • Australian Citizen, NV1 Clearance, Canberra, Sydney role.

Send your responses to jobs@softtestpays.com

Overview

We are looking for a Cyber Security analyst to safeguard the departments systems and critical information. The role will focus on everything from vulnerability management, investigation and incident response to security automation and system management.

Working under the guidance of the departments Information Technology Security Advisor (ITSA), you will liaise with the operations, infrastructure, third party providers and cloud teams.

Candidates should be energetic and highly motivated with a desire to learn in a dynamic enterprise environment. This is a highly technical role and as such, requires relevant technical experience.

The position will suit candidates who have a number of years of hands on technical cyber security experience, able to demonstrate leadership, strategic thinking and communicating with influence to a broad stakeholder group.

The successful candidate will work across the following systems:

Vulnerability management platform, Tenable SC

methodically troubleshooting and resolving technical issues

analyse data sets to identify unusual or anomalous behaviour

perform administration tasks in a Windows environment and work in areas which may include, security group policy, access management, patching, configuration monitoring

utilise technologies such as SIEMs, proxys, application whitelisting solutions

understand basic networking principles

communicate technical subject information and security advisory information to different audiences

work independently or part of a team on tasks and drive and deliver process improvement

Every application requires to address selection criteria as part of application submission

Essential Criteria

1. Working knowledge of the ISM, PSPF or the ACSC Essential 8 program.

2. Current NV1 security clearance.

3. Available to work full time with a commencement date before the 5/12/2022.

4. Previous work experience including referee reports demonstrating security incident analysis. Preference given to candidates with a strong background in MS Windows.

5. Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience/proficiency working with two or more of the following security toolsets; Logging/SIEM tools, Vulnerability scanners, Privileged access management solutions, Proxy servers, Firewalls.

Desirable Criteria

1. relevant tertiary or industry qualifications


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