AO7 Principal Project Officer (Exercising).

The Cyber Security

Unit (CSU) is responsible for enhancing government cyber security capability. This team provides cyber security leadership, governance, policy and standards, advocacy, capability development, and incident coordination. The CSU also manages several whole of Government threat management services, works to optimise cyber awareness and resilience across Queensland and supports State-wide industry cyber development.

As the Principal Project Officer (Exercising), you will work closely with a wide range of key stakeholders to develop and deliver an exercising strategy and program that helps Queensland Government entities better prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from, cyber incidents.

As The Principal Project Officer (Exercising), You Will

- Establish, maintain and uphold a framework for managing exercises to ensure a uniform approach to cyber security exercises across government. This includes exercise design, management, and assessment.
- Offer recommendations and insights on securing funding for exercises that enhance entity capabilities while still adhering to budgets and meeting legislative and compliance obligations.




- Manage the implementation of review and exercise evaluation outcomes and provide data and recommendations to inform training and skills gaps identification. Contribute to the achievement of best practices in exercise design, management and evaluation.
- Create and maintain a resource library of exercises and exercise management templates that ensure rigor, relevance and consistency in application and exercising the right skills and capabilities.
- Coach other staff to build capability in the design and management of exercises to lift capability, capacity and consistency.
- Coordinate and facilitate the design, management and evaluation of entity, State, and national level exercises as well as supporting Queensland Government entities with the design, conduct and reviewing of their exercises.
- Plan and scope exercise related business administration and activities, ensuring compliance with set budgets, governance, work health & safety and other requirements to support effective and compliant utilisation of assets and resources in the delivery of business priorities.

Occupational group IT & Telecommunications

📌 Principal Project Officer (Exercising) (Brisbane)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Brisbane