Cyber Security Architect

About the Role:
The Cyber Security Architect will be a key role in designing and implementing robust security solution ensuring the protection of digital assets and aligning with security strategies with objectives leading cyber protect and defence capabilities

This role will be based out of our Cremorne Head Office in Melbourne with hybrid WFH arrangements. Applications from other states will also be considered.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Designing, creating, and maintaining the security systems

• Develop and maintain the organisational cyber security strategy, roadmap, and reference architecture.
• Align with the Enterprise Architecture and Engineering team(s) on security standards, principles and practices that best support the business.
• Support the development of security policies, processes, application references models, guidelines, and artifacts.
• Develop security tooling strategies for cyber security services in support of the security reference architecture.
• Create a reusable and repeatable approach to conduct security reviews of SaaS and other technologies to support the overarching security supply chain process.
• Guide and streamline our architectural best practices for Ventia. This includes providing sensible defaults, guides, templates, tools, examples, feedback on solution previews, providing constraints, making decisions, coaching, and training others.
• Define a process for informing and then handing over security gaps, issues, concerns, or findings and outcomes to business owners, security operations, risk management and other key stakeholders for operational management.
• Share your expertise to help guide Ventia on the best ways to embed cyber security controls into their solutions and projects.
• Promote security and take a proactive approach to engaging across Product, Engineering, and our business to help ensure security is considered as a default requirement in projects and business solutions.
• Cultivate, establish and actively manage effective working relationships ensuring collaborative alignment and a win-win approach to achieve outcomes.
• Report and provide feedback to Ventia leadership team of Security & Risk on any key learnings across the business.

Key Experiences & Skill:

• Strongly geared towards developing cyber security & risk strategy that protects the business while enabling efficient operations
• Understanding of TOGAF
• Minimum 5 years in similar role
• Proven experience in security frameworks and industry experience
• Skilled in understanding and adopting relevant cyber security industry trends
• Data-driven decision maker
• Operational and technical excellence
• Demonstrated experience in managing, maintaining and governing digital security and vendors
• Technical proficiency and in-depth knowledge on eg firewall, SaSE, Encryption, Network etc
• Skilled in risk assessment, threat modelling and risk mitigation strategies
• Leadership abilities to influence security initiatives access Ventia
• Champion of agile ways of working
• Good PM skills to plan and execute effectively.
• Great team player.

What We Offer You:
Ventia offers you a flexible, supportive, and inclusive work environment where you matter.
We take our people’s careers seriously, helping them to learn and grow.
There’s nothing more important to us than keeping our people and the public safe.
We look after each other and foster our people’s wellbeing.

About Ventia:
Ventia is a leading infrastructure services company, operating across Australia and New Zealand. Our clients are the owners and operators of assets that are critical to our local communities. We pride ourselves on working smart, safely and sustainably, harnessing the latest technologies and brightest minds. With a diverse and proud heritage, we have a track record of delivering essential services to the communities in which we operate.

Diversity:
Ventia is enriched by the diverse experiences, talents and cultures that our people bring to the organisation, while celebrating and respecting the communities we operate in. We are committed to providing a safe and positive environment that provides equal opportunities for individuals of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Māori and Pasifika people, LGTBQI+, Women, Veterans and spouses and people with disabilities.
 

Position Reference Number: (159505)