Principal Security Engineer
Department of Justice QLD
Pay Range
Base pay range: $133,603.00/yr - $143,125.00/yr
As the Principal Security Engineer, you will manage the security components of the Department’s information technology infrastructure and services to ensure secure, high-quality access to information. You will lead the development and implementation of comprehensive security strategies, assessing security risks, vulnerabilities, and threats to ensure a secure operational environment. Your responsibilities will include coordinating the design and execution of information security policies and procedures, overseeing compliance with security standards, and implementing advanced security measures to safeguard departmental assets.
Key Responsibilities
* Analyse issues relating to cyber security and coordinate investigations relating to security compliance.
* Coordinate information security standards implemented within the Department to comply with the Queensland Government's Information Architecture Standard on Information Security.
* Ensure Departmental interfaces with external agencies comply with security policy and standards and are in line with industry best practice.
* Ensure compliance with the Information Security Policy and Standards of the Department.
* Drive technical security operations activities to maintain and improve the security posture of the agency.
* Coordinate the implementation and monitoring of security measures ensuring that the Department's information resources, data and network are secure, recoverable and uncorrupted.
* Provide input into the Department's ICT Policy and Standards from an information security perspective.
* Monitor new projects to ensure that security issues and impacts are considered.
* Coordinate, monitor and review Departmental procedures to ensure security of information management and provide advice on remedial options to ensure effective procedures in relation to information security.
Technical Skills, Abilities And Cultural Capability
* Ability to work well in a demanding, dynamic environment and meet overall objectives.
* Sound knowledge of information security technologies, such as firewalls (Checkpoint, Azure), Secure Web Gateways (NetSkope), Web Application Gateways (Azure Front Door, Azure WAF), SIEM (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel), DLP, encryption and endpoint security (Microsoft Defender).
* Sound knowledge of modern security architectural design principals and components such as Zero Trust, Authentication / Authorisation, Penetration Testing, User Behaviour Analytics, Vulnerability detection and management.
* Experience managing workloads in an ITIL based support environment.
* Sound knowledge and experience (as part of a team) ensuring compliance against Cyber Security frameworks (e.g., Essential 8 (E8), Information Security Manual (ISM), NIST Security Frameworks, and ISO 27001).
Applications remain current for 12 months.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/673262/25
Closing Date: Monday, 5th January 2026
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Information Technology
Industry: Government Administration
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