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Senior security systems engineer

Canberra
PERSOL
System Engineer
Posted: 16 December
Offer description

PERSOL brings together the legacy and experience of four organisations that shaped the staffing landscape over the past century: Kelly Services, who pioneered the modern temporary help industry in 1946; SKILLED, who crafted the staffing industry in Australia in 1964; Programmed, the leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand; and PERSOL, the largest workforce solutions provider in APAC.

Job details

Our IT Consulting client is now partnering with Defence agency to look for multiple NV1 & NV2 Security Systems Engineers - Contract role (12 months + 2 x 12 months extension option)

Location: Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney

The Security Systems Engineer will be a highly organised, dynamic, outcome-oriented individual with excellent communication skills. They contribute specialist technical and cyber skills, acting as a subject matter expert (SME) to Government entities.

Key duties and responsibilities

Systems Engineers are subject matter experts required to provide advice, design, implement, and remediate security controls across a suite of technologies for multiple external Australian Government entities, ranging across a number of systems.

The Security Systems Engineer will perform the following duties and responsibilities:

* Work across multiple external Australian Government entities to deliver advice and implement security controls, enhancing the security posture of systems from Official to Top Secret.
* Develop documentation for security engineering and administrative tasks (e.g. SOPs, Request for Change, design documentation, as-built-as-configured, etc.).
* Facilitate and participate in workshops focused on security engineering design and remediation activities.
* Develop and test prototype security configurations to inform the development of advice and guidance.
* Implement security controls in accordance with ASD's Information Security Manual (ISM), Essential Eight, or other industry cyber security standards.

Skillsets

* Minimum 7 years experience as a Systems Engineer. Demonstrating experience, providing advice, designing, implementing, and remediating one or more of the following:
* Microsoft Active Directory
* Networking, Gateway or Software-Defined Networking
* Cross Domain Solutions and/or Diodes
* Sentinel or Splunk
* Enterprise Linux, Unix, or Similar environments, such as RHEL
* Cloud environments, such as SaaS, PaaS, or laaS on Azure, AWS, GPC, or similar
* Complex Windows Enterprise Environments
* Ability to work independently and effectively in hybrid or remote teams.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce technical documentation, reports, presentations, and senior executive briefings.
* Ability to provide direction to others regarding the purpose and importance of their work.
* Ability to illustrate the relationship between operational tasks and organisational goals to others.
* Sets work tasks for others that align with the strategic objectives and communicates expected outcomes.

If you meet these requirements, please apply now or for a confidential discussion please call Athena Yung on or reach out

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