Key Accountabilities Key accountabilities for the role include:
Ensure Solution Architectures are compliant with customer's Security Policies, Standards, Patterns, & Principles with deviations appropriately managed using customer risk management frameworks and processes.
Perform a Security Quality Assurance function and support operational readiness processes.
Comply with customer Business Principles, Values, Code of Conduct and policies and procedures.
Mentor Security Architects.
Produce security architecture patterns and guidelines.
SME in one or more security domains.
Communicate and influence at an executive level.
Manage high complexity programs of work.

Qualifications/Experiences

Essential
Extensive experience (8+ years) in providing complex security solutions, including security requirement elaboration, security controls definition and security threat/risk assessment.




Experience in solving enterprise-scale security problems involving high levels of ambiguity.
Experience in developing and/or contributing to architecture or technology strategy.
Tertiary qualifications in IT, Engineering or complementary discipline.

Highly Desirable
Industry certifications, for example:
Security/Risk Management: CRISC, CISSP, CISM, SABSA.
Networking: CCNP, CCIP, CCIE.
Cloud: CCSP, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, MS Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
Others: TOGAF, ITIL, COBIT 5.
Experience with Agile and DevOps.
Knowledge and experience in IT systems planning, design and technical architecture.
Experience in designing Service Oriented and RESTful architectures.
Experience in securing Agentic AI solutions.
Experience in designing secure cloud-based solutions.

📌 Lead Security Architect Sydney
🏢 Ad Astra Consultants
📍 Sydney