The role
The Lead System Administrator specialising in Cybersecurity plays a crucial role in engineering and maintaining our robust ICT infrastructure. In this hands-on leadership position, the Lead System Administrator will design, architect, and implement secure and scalable cybersecurity solutions tailored to our organisation's needs. The Lead System Administrator - Cyber will apply their deep technical expertise to drive the administration and optimization of cutting-edge cybersecurity tools, ensuring our systems remain secure, resilient, and operationally efficient. They will lead the configuration, monitoring, and maintenance of security solutions to protect sensitive data and mitigate risks. Furthermore, they will share their expertise in mentoring and coaching junior team members whilst collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive capability engineering initiatives, system upgrades, testing, and maintenance efforts.
Role responsibilities
Under broad direction, the Lead System Administrator - Cyber will be responsible for the following key duties:
• Design and Architecture:
o Lead the design and architecture of cutting-edge cybersecurity tools and solutions tailored to our organisation's needs.
o Develop security strategies and roadmaps to enhance our overall security posture.
• Technical Leadership:
o Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the system administration team.
o Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive cybersecurity initiatives, upgrades, testing, and maintenance efforts.
• Security Operations:
o Oversee the administration and optimization of cybersecurity platforms to support our Security Operation Centre and ensure operational integrity.
• Mentorship and Development:
o Mentor and coach junior team members, fostering their professional growth and development.
o Conduct regular training sessions and knowledge-sharing activities to enhance the team's cybersecurity skills.
• Stakeholder Communication:
o Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
o Collaborate with internal teams and external partners to align security efforts with business objectives.
• Policy and Procedure Development:
o Develop and maintain cybersecurity policies, procedures, and standards whilst ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best
practices.
Core skills
We encourage applicants with the following skills and attributes to apply:
• Demonstrated ability to design and deploy complex ICT infrastructure in enterprise or government environments both on-premise and cloud.
• Ability to develop and implement ICT system administration policies, strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong background across various system and applications used by cybersecurity teams (SIEM, AV/IDS, vulnerability management tools).
• Demonstrated ability to work across a full project lifecycle in collaborative teams.
• Strong leadership, mentorship, and ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and architecting cybersecurity solutions.
• Ability to solve complex problems and make strategic decisions.
• Proficiency in various cybersecurity tools and technologies.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft and Linux operating systems
• Technical skills across virtualisation, network fundamentals, cross-domain or multidomain solutions, programming/scripting is desirable.
Education/Qualification/Experience requirements
The following education, qualifications and/or experience will be highly regarded:
• Proven experience in enterprise or government ICT environments, with a strong background in cybersecurity.
• Extensive experience in Operating Systems and Applications Patch Management processes.
• 6+ years of experience as a System Administrator.
• Professional certifications will be highly regarded.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology (not essential).
• Cloud experience is desirable.
We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce, so if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply.
Please refer to our website for more information about ASIS and refer to the Candidate Information Pack for the role available through our Current Vacancies page.