$69,811 - $95,873 ( plus super)
- Canberra - ACT
**The Role**
- Are you interested in delivering cyber security operations to detect, prevent and disrupt cyber-enabled threats?
- Can you put yourself in the shoes of a hacker, or do you see yourself on the other side, defending Australia from cyber threats?
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is a vital member of Australia's national intelligence community. As a cyber specialist, you will be provided with a unique opportunity to undertake challenging and rewarding work that contributes to maintaining Australia's national security. Our mission is to 'Reveal Their Secrets - Protect Our Own', and that's exactly what you'll do.
As a cyber specialist - defensive or offensive technologist, you will either:
- Conduct operations to disrupt, deny or degrade the computer networks of adversaries, including offshore cyber criminals, and to support military operations. Working under ASD's legal oversight, you will be given a 'license to hack'; or
- Develop and maintain systems to actively monitor and defend the Australian economy and systems of national significance from adversaries. You will help contribute to building Australia's cyber security resilience by protecting critical assets and information.
**About our Team**
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is a vital member of Australia's national intelligence community. As a technical cyber operator or analyst, you will be provided with a unique opportunity to undertake challenging and rewarding work. You will conduct and/or support technical cyber operations that contribute directly to ASD's core missions to inform, disrupt and protect. Working under ASD's legal oversight, you will be given a 'license to hack'. You may conduct or support offensive technical cyber operations to disrupt, deny or degrade the computer networks of adversaries, to support military operations and to counter terrorism, cyber espionage and serious cyber-enabled crime.
ASD cyber specialists work across the full spectrum of operations required of contemporary signals intelligence and security agencies. These may include high-impact offensive cyber operations to support a range of Australian Government priorities including military operations, law enforcement, criminal intelligence activity against cyber criminals and responding to reliable cyber incidents against Australian networks.
Our cyber specialists have a mix of specialist skills and abilities. Applicants with experience or qualifications in any of the skills, disciplines or platforms listed below are encouraged to apply.
- Cloud security and development
- Cyber security
- Digital forensics
- Intrusion detection and analysis
- Multimedia technology, including industry standard video, graphic and web production
- Network development
- Penetration testing
- Programming/software development
- Radio/communications technology
- Research and development on emerging technologies
- Reverse engineering
- Security assessments and auditing
- Security program management
- Systems administration
- Systems and software design
- Threat assessment
- Threat intelligence and modelling
- Vulnerability research and discovery
- Web-based platforms, mobile technologies, scripting or systems administration.
ASD will mentor, develop and train you to be amongst the best. You will work in multidisciplinary teams and learn to use our specialised systems. We will support you with on the job training, and you will attend relevant industry courses and conferences to develop your skills. ASD will help you build strong foundations for a diverse and rewarding career.
📌 Asd 4, 5, 6 - Cyber Specialists - Defensive And
🏢 Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)
📍 Canberra