Cyber Security Advisor

One of our Federal Government Clients is seeking to engage a Lead Cyber Security Adviser – EL1

Please check below all the job details

1. Contract Duration: 18 Months (06 Months initially + 12 Months extension)
2. Work Location: Canberra (03 Days office and 02 days home each week))
3. Eligibility: You must need to have NV1 Security Clearance or above.
4. Tentative Start Date: 29th Sep 2026
5. Working Hours: 7.5 hours a day/ 37.5 hours a week

Key duties and responsibilities

The Cyber Security Engineer will be required to perform the following work:

• Implement secure technology patterns across Digital Strategy projects, including solution configuration, control implementation, testing, deployment support, transition to operations and operational readiness activities.
• Build, configure and validate security controls, remediate agreed gaps and produce implementation artefacts that support practical delivery, handover and ongoing maintenance.
• Implement secure SharePoint Online records management capabilities, including access models, retention and information protection settings, secure site patterns and integration with operational records processes.
• Configure Microsoft Entra ID capabilities for secure authentication, authorization and access governance, including conditional access, application access patterns and integration with cloud services.
• Implement Azure DevOps pipeline security and code assurance capabilities, including automated scanning, security gates, remediation workflows and secure release practices aligned to delivery teams’ ways of working.
• Engineer secure implementation patterns for Azure Foundry, AI accelerator and emerging technology solutions.
• Develop strategies for identity, access, data protection and deployment considerations for remote and regional operating environments.
• Implement controls and capture evidence against relevant Australian Government cyber security requirements, including the ISM, PSPF, Essential Eight, privacy, data protection and supply chain security obligations.

Technical skills

• Practical experience configuring Microsoft Entra ID, conditional access, application access patterns, cloud service integrations and secure authentication/authorisation models.
• Security control implementation and assurance: Ability to build, configure, test and validate security controls, remediate gaps, produce implementation artefacts and support transition to operations.
• Working knowledge of the ISM, PSPF, Essential Eight, privacy, data protection and supply chain obligations.

Essential Criteria

• Candidate Relevant Experience on EDRMS, RAN, Regional Infrastructure Uplift project(s):

Demonstrated experience in

1. Enterprise security engineering and/or architecture.
2. Design and implementation of Entra Id Suite security and access management capabilities.
3. Applying the ISM. PSPF and Essential Eight to enterprise information systems.
4. Embedding security into low-code/RAD platforms.
5. Cloud security across Azure/AWS/M365 as well as AI and Foundry resources.

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$1000 for each successful referral after the successful selection and joining of the referred candidates