Job Description
Howdy, Security Enterprise Architects. Fancy leading a team of architects and genuinely shaping a security architecture function from the ground up?
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The function is yours to shape. No inheriting someone else's mess.
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Hands-on, not hands-off. Lead architects who actually build things.
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Dotted line to the CISO from day one. Real seat at the table. Lead people.
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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.
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Before the nitty gritty, here's what's in it for you:
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$270k inc. super | Flexibility available for the right person
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Permanent, full-time role based in Melbourne
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Access to a dedicated employee health and wellbeing platform - clinical services, psychology, nutrition, all from your phone
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35% subsidy on private health insurance
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A Good Health Day each year - a day off, no questions asked, just for you
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8 hours of community leave per year, plus employer-matched donations up to $1,000
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Flexible working approach - it's about outcomes, not where you sit
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Salary packaging options including motor vehicle
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Employee discounts across a broad range of retail, travel, and lifestyle partners
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A genuinely inclusive workplace - multiple employee networks, real commitment to diversity
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So, what are you actually walking into?
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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.
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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.
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Day to day, think along the lines of:
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Owning and evolving the security architecture roadmap
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Reviewing solutions and feeding architectural guidance directly to the CISO
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Finding practical, workable solutions to breached controls
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Balancing competing priorities across security and customer-facing programs - this one comes up a lot, so you'll need a robust answer for it
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Building strong relationships horizontally across other security streams
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Driving governance aligned to NIST, ISO *****, and APRA CPS *******
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Developing architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails
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Engaging and influencing senior stakeholders up to executive level
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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.
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To be seriously considered, you'll need:
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Proven EA experience in security - cannot be your first EA role
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7+ years in security architecture within a corporate environment
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Experience leading architecture teams (lead and/or solution architects)
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Strong across the security stack: IAM, cloud, AppSec, SIEM, network/endpoint, incident response
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Demonstrated application of NIST CSF, ISO *****, and APRA CPS *******
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A solid technical background in cyber security
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Comfortable operating at senior and executive stakeholder level
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Financial services or health sector experience highly regarded
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TOGAF or SAFe familiarity
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CISSP or CISM desirable
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Melbourne-based | Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident only
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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.
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Reach out to Kris Rosentreter at Decipher Bureau:
#J-*****-Ljbffr

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