Cybersecurity Consultant

Position:  Cybersecurity Consultant

Datacom Location:  Australia (any city, advertising in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne)

Our Why 

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help them to use the power of tech to innovate and grow. 

About the Role (Your Why)

The Cybersecurity Consultant role is an oversight and trusted advisor role with a strong focus on planning and delivery of Managed Security Service where there are security related matters. The role provides Security Advisory, Security Risk Management, Security Reporting and Guidance on the implementation and management of technical controls related to security like Application Control systems, vulnerability management, and other essential 8 related controls.

Our offices are based across the country. We like to bring people together in person when we can, but we are mindful of the benefits of working from home for work/life balance. We therefore leave it to you and the team you join to figure out what works best!

NOTE: Due to the client, you MUST be an Australian citizen to apply for this role and be able to achieve NV1 security status if needed.

What You’ll Do

• Work closely with the client CISO/vCISO in the delivery of the client cybersecurity strategy, including the planning and implementation of cybersecurity controls which improves the client’s cybersecurity posture.
• Analysis of customer environments against IT security best practice or standards such as ISM, Essential Eight and sometimes NIST or ISO27k and identification of appropriate measures that can be undertaken to achieve best practice and compliance.
• Develop technical information materials and workshops on information security trends, threats, good practices and control mechanisms as appropriate.
• Provide operational management oversight in the form of monthly reporting that spans across cyber security incidents, server patching, security enhancements and the management of other technical controls.
• Participate in incident response as part of the clients CSIRT.
• Providing cybersecurity advice to clients.
• Assist the clients in responding to internal and external audit assessments.
• Assist with day-to-day vulnerability & ticket management when required,
• Assist with customer enquiries & escalations.

What You’ll Bring

Along with your team, you will be considered the information security experts and as such their contribution to improving the information security of systems, providing input to ICT projects, assisting other security personnel, contributing to information security training and responding to information security incidents are a core aspect of their work.

You will ideally possess the following skills, experience and attributes –

• Experience in an IT Security Management role with a particular focus on either the Operational, Policy or Risk & Assurance aspect or alternatively, you may have a strong technical engineering background and have layered some security over the top most recently.
• Knowledgeable of cybersecurity strategies and frameworks such as Essential Eight, ISM, and PSPF
• Experience of Application control, with exposure to Tenable and Trellix desirable.
• Experience in developing standard security artefacts (SSP, SRMP, IRP)
• Experience within a large complex organisation is ideal for this role, as is any experience within the federal government.
• Strong knowledge of information security topics and an ability to provide advice for the information security steering committee, change management committee and other agency and inter-agency committees.
• A genuine passion for IT Security and maintaining an up to date security knowledge base comprising of a technical reference library, security advisories and alerts, information on information security trends and practices, and relevant laws, regulations, standards and guidelines.
• Strong technical background in networking, compute, cloud and general IT.

Why Join Us Here at Datacom? 

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us. 

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment. 

We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities. 

We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.