Cyber Security Architect – 12-Month Contract

Location: Sydney Contract: 12 months Program: Risk Uplift Program

The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Cyber Security Architect to join a significant Cyber Risk Uplift Program of Work on an initial 12-month contract.

The role will sit across three key workstreams: Network Segmentation, Identity and Cyber Hardening , helping to uplift the organisation's overall cyber security posture and address key security risks across the technology environment.

This is a hands-on architecture role where you'll work closely with cyber security, infrastructure, network, identity and technology teams to define and deliver practical security solutions.

Key Responsibilities

- Provide cyber security architecture expertise across a major risk uplift program.
- Lead architecture activities across network segmentation, identity and cyber hardening.
- Develop security architecture, technical designs and implementation patterns.
- Support the design and delivery of network segmentation and Zero Trust initiatives.
- Provide architecture guidance across IAM, privileged access and identity security.
- Define and implement cyber hardening strategies across infrastructure, cloud and endpoint environments.
- Assess existing security controls and identify opportunities to remediate security risks.
- Work closely with engineering and delivery teams to embed security requirements into solutions.
- Translate cyber risk and security requirements into practical technical outcomes.




- Engage with senior technical and business stakeholders across the program.

About You

You will be an experienced Cyber Security Architect / Security Architect with a strong background in cyber transformation, security uplift or risk remediation programs.

Ideally, you will bring experience across several of the following:

- Cyber Security Architecture
- Network Segmentation
- Zero Trust
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
- Network and infrastructure security
- Cyber security hardening and uplift
- Cloud Security – Azure and/or AWS
- Endpoint Security / EDR
- Vulnerability Management
- Security frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001 and/or CIS
- Security architecture and technical design

You don't need to be an expert across every domain. We're particularly interested in candidates with robust network segmentation and/or identity architecture experience, combined with broader cyber security architecture and security uplift experience.

What You'll Bring

- Proven experience as a Cyber Security Architect, Security Architect or similar.
- Experience delivering cyber risk, security uplift or transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture principles.
- Ability to translate cyber risks into practical technical solutions.
- Experience operating across complex enterprise technology environments.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to work across multiple concurrent workstreams and delivery teams.

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