Job Description
About the prospect
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A large, regulated financial services organisation is investing heavily in a major cyber security uplift program and is looking for a senior Network Architect to help shape the network security architecture underpinning it. This is a hands on architecture role covering secure enterprise connectivity, AWS network security and patching governance across network and security infrastructure, working closely with cyber, cloud, infrastructure and endpoint teams.
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What you'll be doing
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Defining current state and target state network security architecture across corporate, cloud, third party and remote access environments
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Designing secure AWS networking patterns including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect/VPN, private endpoints, egress control, segmentation and inspection patterns
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Supporting patching uplift across routers, switches, firewalls, proxies, VPN and load balancers
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Partnering with endpoint and security teams to integrate EDR, device compliance, secure access, telemetry and privileged administration paths
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Reviewing third party connectivity and managed service provider access for secure integration, monitoring, ownership and resilience
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Producing architecture diagrams, security patterns, decision records, risk assessments and implementation guardrails
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Supporting architecture governance and cyber risk forums with clear technical recommendations
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Network Architect (AWS Security)
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6 Month Contract
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Melbourne - Hybrid
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Day Rate: $1,100 - $1,200
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What we need to see
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10+ years in network architecture, network security engineering or infrastructure security roles
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Strong enterprise networking background including routing, switching, DNS, firewall policy, proxy, VPN, WAF, load balancing and segmentation
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Solid AWS networking and security experience (VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, Route 53, Security Groups, NACLs, AWS Network Firewall, WAF, VPC endpoints, CloudWatch, VPC Flow Logs)
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Experience delivering cyber uplift or infrastructure security programs in complex enterprise environments
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Understanding of Zero Trust, least privilege, defence in depth and secure administration principles
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Experience with DLP tooling and policy enforcement across endpoint, network and cloud environments
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Exposure to regulated environment controls such as ISO *****, NIST CSF or CIS Controls
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Bonus points
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Working knowledge of Azure security patterns
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Experience with NAC/ZTNA/SASE and remote access controls
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AWS Advanced Networking or AWS Security Specialty certification
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CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, TOGAF, CCNP or CCIE Security
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📌 Network Architect (Victoria)
🏢 CircuIT Recruitment Group
📍 Victoria