Your part in the ongoing success of our department, in supporting key frontline services will see you responsible for a variety of work, including, but not limited to: * Lead and conduct technical investigations of security infrastructure to resolve business service degradation and failures within agreed service levels. * Provide technical expertise in the capacity planning, configuration management, administration, change management, documentation and support of security technologies. * Contribute with technical breadth across mainstream IT technology components to provide input into and review/challenge the technical design, installation and configuration of technology services to enable the secure delivery of business applications and services. * Drive the continual improvement of the Security Operations Centre services, including improved infrastructure administration, monitoring, automation and streamlining, investigative practices, vulnerability assessment and remediation, reporting and other standard operating processes & procedures. * Prioritise team workload, mentoring analysts and providing training and guidance through complex incidents. * Continually expand knowledge of developments and trends within the network and information security industry in order to evaluate the benefit and applicability of recent and emerging technologies. * Build and maintain effective working relationships by communicating and negotiating with information management and information communication technology professionals, and external stakeholders to promote sound information security practices throughout the organisation. * Participate as an active team member of the branch and directorate in the development of operational plans, information and communication technology strategies and security infrastructure.



Mandatory requirements * Participation in on-call arrangements and out of hours work as required Highly desirable requirements * Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science or equivalent and/or Information Security industry certifications such as CISSP, GIAC (GCED, GSOC, GCIH, GCTI, GCIA), CEH, OSCP, CCSP, CISM and security vendor specific certifications. * 4+ years of demonstrated experience, with an advanced skill level, in the effective configuration, support and administration of the following types of enterprise security solutions: Enterprise Firewalls & IDS/IPS * Application Delivery Controllers (Application Firewalls, Reverse Proxies, Load Balancers) * Networking & VPN solutions * Demonstrated experience, in the effective configuration, support and administration of enterprise security solutions, such as: Email & Web Content Filtering * Identity & Access Management * Multifactor Authentication & RADIUS * Cloud based services such as AWS & Azure. * SIEM & SOAR * EDR & NDR. * PKI * Microsoft Security Stack (including Sentinel and Defender) Desirable requirements * Experience in performing threat risk assessments utilising security and IT control frameworks such as NIST and ISO2700 series of IT security management best practices. * Experience in the following technology domains with a background in one or more: Security Assurance Testing (Pen testing). * Software Development and integration * Infrastructure (server operating systems, virtualisation, database, storage) * Automation & Orchestration * Desktop operating system management * Mobility (Apple, Windows, MDM's) * Knowledge of ITIL and Dev/Sec/Ops Additional information: * For further information regarding the role or to apply please click on the APPLY ONLINE button below
* Applications to remain current for 12 months

📌 Principal Cyber Security Specialist (Brisbane)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Brisbane