Cyber Security Advisor: ICT Disaster Recovery & Cyber Resilience Specialist

Federal Government | NV1 Clearance | Long Term Contract

Lead the Uplift of Enterprise ICT Resilience

We’re seeking an experienced ICT Disaster Recovery & Cyber Resilience Specialist to join a major Federal Government technology workplace undergoing a significant multi-year uplift of its disaster recovery and resilience capability.

This is a senior opportunity for a cyber security, disaster recovery or technology resilience professional who wants to move beyond day-to-day operations and influence enterprise DR strategy, governance, assurance and recovery capability.

You’ll work closely with technical teams, business stakeholders and senior leadership to ensure critical technology services can be recovered effectively following disruption or cyber events.

The Opportunity

You’ll take a leading role in strengthening enterprise ICT Disaster Recovery capability, with responsibilities including:

- Design and uplift enterprise ICT Disaster Recovery and cyber resilience capabilities.
- Develop DR strategies, policies, standards, governance frameworks and operating models.
- Develop and oversee technical recovery runbooks, testing programs and recovery exercises.
- Conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA), system criticality assessments and recovery prioritisation.
- Define and assess Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).
- Conduct tabletop exercises, recovery testing and post-incident reviews.
- Integrate disaster recovery requirements across architecture, cyber security, projects and operational environments.
- Assess resilience risks, capability gaps and remediation activities.




- Provide specialist advice to senior stakeholders and mentor junior team members.

What We’re Looking For

You’ll ideally bring:

- 5+ years' experience across ICT Disaster Recovery, technology resilience, cyber security or related disciplines.
- Previous experience within Australian Government environments.
- Demonstrated experience developing DR strategies, policies, standards and governance frameworks.
- Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, architecture, system dependencies and resiliency patterns.
- Experience across Azure, AWS and/or SaaS environments.
- Strong understanding of cyber security and the impact of cyber threats on recovery strategies.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, written communication and advisory skills.
- The ability to operate independently and provide senior-level technical and risk advice.

Highly Regarded

Experience with:

- PSPF, ISM, Essential Eight, NIST 800-34, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301.
- Disaster recovery planning, testing, assurance and recovery exercises.
- Business Impact Analysis and criticality assessments.
- Cyber incident response, crisis management and enterprise risk.
- Cloud-based continuity and recovery solutions.

Why Join?

- Take a leading role in a multi-year Federal Government resilience uplift.
- Influence enterprise-level Disaster Recovery strategy and governance.
- Work across cyber security, cloud, infrastructure, architecture and risk.
- Engage directly with senior technical and business stakeholders.
- Long-term 18-month contract with a potential 18-month extension.
- Opportunity available across all Australian states.

Essential Requirements

- Australian Citizenship
- Active NV1 Security Clearance
- Strong Federal Government ICT, cyber resilience or Disaster Recovery experience

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