Howdy, Security Enterprise Architects. Fancy leading a team of architects and genuinely shaping a security architecture function from the ground up?
The function is yours to shape. No inheriting someone else's mess.
Hands-on, not hands-off. Lead architects who actually build things.
Dotted line to the CISO from day one. Real seat at the table. Lead people.
Want real CISO-level visibility without the politics of a fully-baked, set-in-stone practice? If you've got serious security EA runs on the board and you're ready to put your stamp on something - keep reading.
Before the nitty gritty, here's what's in it for you:
$270k inc. super | Flexibility available for the right person
Permanent, full-time role based in Melbourne
Access to a dedicated employee health and wellbeing platform - clinical services, psychology, nutrition, all from your phone
35% subsidy on private health insurance
A Good Health Day each year - a day off, no questions asked, just for you
8 hours of community leave per year, plus employer-matched donations up to $1,000
Flexible working approach - it's about outcomes, not where you sit
Salary packaging options including motor vehicle
Employee discounts across a broad range of retail, travel, and lifestyle partners
A genuinely inclusive workplace - multiple employee networks, real commitment to diversity
So, what are you actually walking into?
This is a replacement role sitting inside a growing security architecture function within a significant, complex Australian organisation. You'll report into the Architecture Squad Lead with a dotted line to the CISO - that's real visibility, not a token reporting line.
The function is still maturing. That's the honest truth, and it's also the opportunity. You won't be inheriting someone else's half-baked decisions - you'll be the one making the calls, setting the roadmap, and building the practice the right way.



You'll lead a team of lead and solution architects and be genuinely across what they're producing, not just rubber-stamping it from above.
Day to day, think along the lines of:
Owning and evolving the security architecture roadmap
Reviewing solutions and feeding architectural guidance directly to the CISO
Finding practical, workable solutions to breached controls
Balancing competing priorities across security and customer-facing programs - this one comes up a lot, so you'll need a strong answer for it
Building strong relationships horizontally across other security streams
Driving governance aligned to NIST, ISO *****, and APRA CPS *******
Developing architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails
Engaging and influencing senior stakeholders up to executive level
This is not a role for someone walking into enterprise architecture for the first time. They need a proven Security EA - someone who has been here before and knows how to lead, not just contribute.
To be seriously considered, you'll need:
Proven EA experience in security - cannot be your first EA role
7+ years in security architecture within a corporate environment
Experience leading architecture teams (lead and/or solution architects)
Robust across the security stack: IAM, cloud, AppSec, SIEM, network/endpoint, incident response
Demonstrated application of NIST CSF, ISO *****, and APRA CPS *******
A solid technical background in cyber security
Comfortable operating at senior and executive stakeholder level
Financial services or health sector experience highly regarded
TOGAF or SAFe familiarity
CISSP or CISM desirable
Melbourne-based | Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident only
If any of this has landed, there's plenty more context - technical and otherwise - that can be shared confidentially once we've had a chat.
Reach out to Kris Rosentreter at Decipher Bureau:
#J-*****-Ljbffr

📌 Enterprise Architect - Security (Melbourne)
🏢 Decipher Bureau
📍 Melbourne