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 current 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 requiredHighly 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/OpsAdditional information:
* For further information regarding the role or to apply please click on the APPLY ONLINE button below
* Applications to remain current for 12 monthsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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