Role: Security Architect - (EL1 Level)
Location of work:
Canberra
Length of contract:
12 months
Contract extensions:
24 months extension (two extensions of twelve months each)
Security clearance:
Negative Vetting Level 1 security clearance
Essential Criteria:
* Ability to determine security requirements by evaluating business strategies and leading threat and risk assessment activities. Researching information on security standards, conducting system security and vulnerability analyses and risk assessments.
* Undertaking of reviews of existing system security measures with the provision of recommendations and enhancement implementations.
* Demonstrated ability to develop, deliver and update System Accreditation Plan (SAP), Security Risk Management Plan (SRMP) and other relevant documents to ensure Capability solution architecture/design(s) are able to sufficiently mitigate the identified threats.
* Experience liaising with certification and accreditation authorities, business stakeholders and other solution architects to drive a solution/design to an accreditation outcome.
* Review internal and externally developed security engineering artefacts to ensure that all security requirements are addressed.
* Advise Programme Design Authority on system security threats, risks and mitigation measures.
Desirable Criteria:
* Demonstrated hands on experience in security practices, policies and technologies.
* Possess a strong technical skills set that will enable working with various security technologies as they relate (in particular) to cloud based solutions and distributed systems.
* Experience in working in an Agile Scrum environment.
* Strong administrative and time management skills, with the ability to effectively prioritise work, allocate tasks and to work independently when required.